Overview
- She made the comments at a Stern magazine event in Berlin on Dec. 11.
- She noted people beside her increasingly imitate the diamond-shaped hand pose, which she jokingly called “plagiatsverdächtig.”
- Merkel said she has experimented with AI tools such as ChatGPT but described her enthusiasm as limited.
- She added that brief trials taught her how to prompt ChatGPT to tell her what she wants to hear.
- Now 71 and four years out of office, she is spending more time on history-focused travel, citing Florence and Pompeii.