Milena Stegner is a doctoral student in the field of AI ethics at the University of Freiburg and a research assistant for AI projects at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Heilbronn. As part of the Future Scouts programme of Stifterverband and Reinhard Frank-Stiftung, she is investigating the possible applications, potential and impact of AI chatbots in higher education. She places a particular focus on the social and ethical components of chatbots.