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May 14, 2025
Roboat: testing autonomous boats in the canals of Amsterdam >
Roboat is an innovative project testing autonomous boats in the canals of Amsterdam, offering solutions for urban logistics, transportation, and waste collection.
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14 May 2025
AI020 Video Series - Felienne Hermans: In Praise of Messy Life >
At the AI020 conference in Amsterdam, professor Felienne Hermans ( Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) delivered a powerful keynote that struck a chord with many in the audience especially educators, researchers, and developers working at the intersection of AI and learning.
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13 May 2025
How a Lecturer Struggles with ChatGPT >
How do you teach critical thinking when students can outsource their work to AI? Hans de Zwart, philosophy of technology lecturer at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, shares how tools like ChatGPT are transforming not always positively his teaching practice.
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13 May 2025
Max Welling: AI Must Be the Economic Engine of an Independent Europe >
Europe risks falling behind in the global AI race unless it acts now. That was the message from Professor and entrepreneur Max Welling during the EW Economic Lecture 2025 in Utrecht.
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28 April 2025
AI020 Conference Brings Together 400+ AI Experts in Amsterdam >
On April 17, AI020 brought together over 400 AI researchers, professionals, and students in Amsterdam for a full day of keynotes, workshops, and startup showcases highlighting the latest in applied and responsible AI.
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April 27, 2025
Watchdog raises alarm: act now to stop your Instagram photos from being used for AI >
Privacy watchdogs urge Instagram and Facebook users to object to the use of their photos and posts for AI training.
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April 27, 2025
Amsterdam struggles with future of data centers and digital ambitions >
A divided message from Amsterdam’s city council: while one alderman welcomes the tech sector, another blocks the growth of data centers.
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April 27, 2025
Top 100 AI companies in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region announced >
Amsterdam AI, together with Amsterdam Economic Board and ROM InWest, has published the Top 100 AI companies and tools in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region.
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April 23, 2025
Dutch government expands AI use, urges focus on European alternatives >
The Dutch government is relaxing AI rules for civil servants while encouraging the use of European models to reduce dependence on non-EU technologies.
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May 22
Private Firms Now Dominate AI Supercomputing: ‘We’re at the mercy of Big Tech’ >
The global AI arms race is no longer driven by governments but by tech giants. New U.S. research shows that 85% of the world’s most powerful AI supercomputers are now privately owned—up from just 40% in 2019.
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May 21, 2025
From data creator to data reuser: distance shapes trust and reuse >
New research from the University of Amsterdam shows that physical, institutional, and social distance influence trust in data—and therefore its reuse.
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May 21, 2025
Max Welling appointed as member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences >
University of Amsterdam professor Max Welling has been appointed as a member of the KNAW, in recognition of his pioneering work in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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May 21, 2025
How the brain learns to see – and what AI can learn from it >
The new research project Mastering Vision explores how mammals process visual information so efficiently—and what artificial intelligence can learn from it.
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May 21, 2025
CWI receives NWO grant for AI-based research into turbulence >
The Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has received an NWO grant to develop new AI-based models to simulate turbulence—one of the most complex challenges in physics.
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