After studying English, political science and philosophy/ethics in Freiburg and Edinburgh, Milena Stegner worked as a scientific author for a non-profit educational project and as a secondary school teacher in Berlin. Since October, she has been doing her doctorate at the University of Freiburg on social chatbots as a friend replacement. Since February 2024, she has been working as a Research Assistant at the DHBW Heilbronn at the AI Campus. Since August 2024, she has been a Future Scout for ‘Generative AI in Higher Education’ for the Stifterverband and the Reinhard Frank Foundation.