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Amsterdam UMC, in collaboration with a consortium of partners, is taking a significant leap forward with the innovative DESTRESS project. Spearheaded by Professor Christiaan Vinkers, a renowned expert in Stress and Resilience, DESTRESS focuses on employing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revolutionize the way organizations manage stress and bolster resilience. At a time when stress-related absenteeism results in 2.9 million days lost and over one billion euros in costs annually, such an initiative couldn't be more timely.  

Is your AI application a beacon of innovation? Nominations are now open for the Dutch Applied AI Award! This year marks the fifth anniversary of the award, presented at the annual Computable Awards. The Centre of Expertise Applied AI at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, alongside ICT platform Computable and the podcast De Dataloog, is calling for entries that showcase practical and innovative uses of artificial intelligence.  

In a striking development that underscores the relentless march of technological advancement, Bird, formerly known as Messagebird, an Amsterdam-based tech powerhouse, has recently made headlines by laying off 20 percent of its workforce. This bold move, affecting 90 of its 450 employees, was announced by the company's CEO, Robert Vis, citing automation and artificial intelligence (AI) as the driving forces enabling the company to achieve more with fewer people.

Deloitte is taking a groundbreaking step by conducting all audits in the Netherlands with artificial intelligence (AI) next year. This innovative move highlights the rapid pace at which AI is transforming the accounting sector. According to Gera Hamer, head of the accounting division at Deloitte Netherlands, the integration of AI, such as their generative AI model Headstart, offers significant benefits. This model, based in part on ChatGPT, is designed to assist accountants in auditing against accounting rules and identifying missing elements. Deloitte emphasizes that this AI usage is carefully embedded within the frameworks of responsibility, privacy, information security, and quality.

Are you interested in working, in an interdisciplinary research setting, on topics at the intersection of logic, machine learning and automated reasoning? The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) is looking for a talented PhD candidate.