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6 December 2023
How do you humanise talking machines (but without the bad parts)? >
This year, AI systems that can write almost human-like texts have made a breakthrough worldwide. However, many academic questions on how exactly these systems work remain unanswered. Three UvA researchers are trying to make the underlying language models more transparent, reliable and human.
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5 December 2023
Without investment, AI will remain science fiction here >
OpenAI launched ChatGPT one year ago. Since then, developments have been moving fast across the ocean - with all the consequences. As a guiding country, can the Netherlands develop AI on European values?
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4 December 2023
The battle of directions at OpenAI: 'Profit chosen over responsible rollout' >
This week, OpenAI celebrated ChatGPT's first anniversary. But just last month, a major crisis seemed to put the company's future on the line. It exposed an internal directional battle that has not yet had its last word.
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4 December 2023
Matchmaking event ELSA Lab AI for Health Equity >
On Friday, December 1, the ELSA Lab AI for Health Equity was presented during a matchmaking event. Prof. Dr. Julia van Weet (UvA), one of the initiators, briefly discussed the background and goals of the ELSA Lab.
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4 December 2023
'We need to preserve digital sovereignty of universities' >
Universities are increasingly dependent on commercial providers of digital services and technologies.
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30 November 2023
AI system helps spot early-stage oesophageal cancer >
A new AI system can help endoscopists recognise oesophageal cancer early, according to a study by Amsterdam UMC and TU Eindhoven. "The earlier you recognise oesophageal cancer, the better the outcome for the patient," said Jacques Bergman, professor of endoscopy at Amsterdam UMC. "We are therefore very happy with this help from artificial intelligence."
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29 November 2023
SME DATALAB 42: Start a Student Project >
Are you interested in working together with students on digitisation projects, which are affordable, flexible and add value? With as result a data driven company with business impact? Then the SME DATALAB 42 is an interesting option for you.
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29 November 2023
Piyush Bagad receives KHMW Thesis Prize for Informatica and Informatiekunde >
Master AI alumnus Piyush Bagad is the recipient of the KHMW Thesis Prize for Informatica and Informatiekunde. During an award ceremony organized by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen on 27 November, he will receive a prize of 3000 euros for his thesis entitled “It’s About Time: Time Awareness in Video Foundation Models”.
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28 November 2023
How you can Quickly and precisely measure tumors, thanks to AI >
The CAESAR research group at Amsterdam UMC developed an AI tool that automatically shows liver tumors on CT scans of patients with colon cancer that has spread to the liver. This gives doctors quick insight into the size of the tumors. The fact that the tool is now being investigated in the doctor's daily practice is good news, as many AI tools remain stuck in the development phase. Researcher Michiel Zeeuw explains how this software came about.
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July 4, 2024
longform.ai receives funding from Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland to extract insights from audio data >
longform.ai, a spin-off from the University of Amsterdam, has received €300,000 in funding from Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland. The startup, co-founded by Paul Groth, professor of Data Science at UvA, develops AI technology to extract valuable insights from large amounts of audio data.
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July 4, 2024
The Symbiotic City now on display in ARTIS-Groote Museum >
The Symbiotic City presentation is now on display in the ARTIS-Groote Museum. This exhibition envisions a future Amsterdam where nature and people coexist in harmony. The project, initiated by Remco Kort, a microbiologist at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and ARTIS-Micropia professor, uses AI to visualize the collective insights from various disciplines gathered during The Symbiotic City workshop.
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July 4, 2024
Only through AI and machine learning can we come to grips with all chemicals around us >
The open-access Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS Au) has just published an invited perspective by Dr. Saer Samanipour and his team on the daunting challenge of mapping all the chemicals around us. Samanipour, an Assistant Professor at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), takes inventory of the available science and concludes that currently a real pro-active chemical management is not feasible. To really get a grip on the vast and expanding chemical universe, Samanipour advocates the use of machine learning and AI, complementing existing strategies for detecting and identifying all molecules we are exposed to.
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July 4, 2024
Developing a method to make AI explainable to humans >
AI can take over many of our tasks, creating endless possibilities. But how can we ensure that AI models are understandable and explainable to humans? In a new, interdisciplinary research project, UvA researchers are developing a method for this. ‘We accept more easily what makes sense to us – and that can lead us to trust systems that are not trustworthy.’
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Juli 4 2024
European Council adopts regulation on use of supercomputing in AI development >
The Council of the European Union has adopted an amendment to the regulation of the European High-Performance Computing (EuroHPC) joint undertaking. This amendment expands its objectives to facilitate the development and operation of 'AI factories'. This will make the EU's supercomputing capacity further available for innovative European start-ups and SMEs to train their AI models and develop their projects.
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