Ingo Hinterding

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Welcome, and enjoy your stay.

I’m Ingo Hinterding, a Creative Technologist and enthusiastic maker. Over the years, I’ve co-founded a handful of startups, and I’m now leading the prototyping team at CityLAB, Berlin’s public innovation lab. In my work, I focus on using technology and design to explore new possibilities in the public sector, and I’m often invited to speak on software prototyping and AI. I'm very honored to be named a Rising Star on the 2025 Government AI 100 list.

Here, I share my personal perspectives on tech, AI and large language models, software and hardware prototyping, design, and the experiments I’m tinkering with. If you have any questions, want to exchange ideas, or just feel like saying hello, I’d be happy to connect.

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Latest notes

August 06, 2025

A new blog post is out: Can AI play a Text Adventure?

August 06, 2025

Yesterday OpenAI finally dropped its new open source model called gpt-oss. As always, Simon Willison provides a great deep dive on his website. I have also included the LLM on my test page for german speaking models 🇩🇪 Germany’s Next Top Model.

Latest posts

✨ Can AI play a Text Adventure?

I love text adventures (not actually true). And I love AI (actually true). So I thought, why not combine the two? This is an ongoing experiment on how to use AI to solve Zork, an classic text adventure game.
✨ AI & the Future of Public Administration

Generated entirely by a large language model using the Deep Research method, this paper examines how AI is reshaping public administration through 2026. It offers a comprehensive analysis of digital transformation at the micro, meso, and macro levels, explores evolving regulatory frameworks, and presents global case studies—from Berlin’s digital initiatives to international trends.
✨ Local LLMs with Ollama: A Hands-On Guide

A practical walkthrough of local LLM deployment using Ollama, this guide explains everything from model selection and prompt tuning to customizing AI personalities with modelfiles.
🇩🇪🔍 Germany's Next Top Model Updated August 2025

Eine Vergleichstabelle aktueller Open Source Large Language Modelle und ihrer Unterstützung deutscher Sprache.
🇩🇪📝 LLMs im Land der Dichter und Denker

KI zwischen Goethe und GPU: Wie gut meistern Open-Source-Modelle die deutsche Grammatik?
🍎 Using a Mac Mini as a server

This article describes how I use a Mac Mini as a server and development machine for creative prototyping—and how it helps me save costs.

Recent projects

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🖼️ AI on Canvas

A digital artwork in an antique wooden frame, blending classic oil painting charm with generative AI. Each day, it regenerates, offering a new masterpiece that merges tradition with technology, capturing nature’s dynamic beauty and the spirit of adventure.
🖼️ Framed Utopia online & offline versions

A tiny window into a better world – one whimsical utopia at a time.
🌻 Flower Power

A 3d printed flower which shows the current charge of the house's solar battery in a playful way.
📖 Das Buch

An experimental “book” that automatically scans the day’s headlines, selects a related title, and displays its summary on an e-paper cover—inviting us to explore current events through the lens of literature.

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