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29 January 2024
New AI gadgets want to compete with Siri and Alexa >
It has been possible for years: operating computers with your voice instead of your hands. Apple, Google and Amazon have developed and marketed their own smart assistant and accompanying speaker in recent years. Now that the artificial intelligence (AI) required for this is improving, two startups are bringing new gadgets to the market that focus on voice control. Can they provide a breakthrough?
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29 January 2024
Impact Magazine - Road to the AI-Ready Student >
Hot off the press: Brand new edition of HvA Impact Magazine!
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24 January 2024
Amsterdam AI strengthens cooperation with new agreement >
The nine leading partners of Amsterdam AI recently signed a new agreement, strengthening their collaboration. With the partners' contributions, financial support is now coming in, focusing on hiring professionals for communication, strategy, and other crucial functions. This will take the collaboration to the next level and enable groundbreaking AI innovations to be realised, with human-centred and socially responsible AI at its core.
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23 January 2024
Amsterdam AI celebrates ELSA status for AI for Health Equity Lab >
Amsterdam AI proudly announces the recent awarding of the ELSA Label to the AI for Health Equity Lab by the Dutch AI Coalition (NL AIC). The ELSA label (Ethical, Legal and Societal Aspects) closely matches Amsterdam AI’s commitment to responsible and people-centered AI.
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22 January 2024
European Commissioner speeds up ambitious mission against the danger of AI >
She is known as the digital czar of Europe: European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. She is hastening the introduction of the new law that should restrict artificial intelligence. The first law in the world that supervises Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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22 January 2024
Opinion: 'We need to invest in a national AI infrastructure now' >
To avoid losing the battle for generative AI to dominant players such as America and China, the Netherlands must invest like a hare in an AI infrastructure. For our safety and economic security, argue concerned scientists from three universities.
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19 January 2024
A strong ecosystem for responsible generative AI for the Netherlands >
On Thursday, 18 January 2024, the government was the first EU member state to present its vision for generative AI, highlighting the importance of an active government mindful of both the opportunities and threats of AI as a systems technology.
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15 January 2024
Surgery? First your digital twin under the knife >
It seems like science fiction: on the 'digital twin' of a patient with a stroke or brain haemorrhage, testing what the best treatment is for this patient. For now, it is still future music.
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12 January 2024
Nanda Piersma stops as Responsible IT lecturer >
Nanda Piersma will step down as lecturer Responsible IT at the HvA from 1 January 2024, as she opts for a different work-life balance. Piersma will remain at the HvA as scientific director of the Centre of Expertise Applied Artificial Intelligence at the Digital Media & Creative Industries faculty.
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6 September 2024
CuspAI Introduces Itself at LAB42 >
On September 5, 2024, Max Welling and Chad Edwards, founders of CuspAI, presented their innovative company during the IvI coffee & cake gathering.
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5 September 2024
Advanced AI for Surveillance Robots: A Collaborative Project by Dutch Institutions >
A consortium of leading Dutch research institutions and government agencies, including TU Delft, the University of Amsterdam, TNO, and the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, has launched an ambitious project aimed at developing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) for surveillance robots. Officially initiated on September 4, the OpenBots consortium focuses on creating AI systems designed to assist human security officers in various security settings.
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September 5, 2024
NeuroAI: Charlotte Frenkel explores the future of AI inspired by the human brain >
With the award of an AiNed Fellowship grant, Dr. Charlotte Frenkel from TU Delft delves into neuromorphic computing, pioneering research aimed at creating energy-efficient and powerful AI systems inspired by the human brain. This research bridges AI and neuroscience to develop faster, more energy-efficient, and smarter computing systems.
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September 5, 2024
Essay: humans as principals: by Nando Piersma >
In an essay published by Nanda Piersma, Scientific Director of the Centre of Expertise Applied Artificial Intelligence at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, she discusses the importance of humans as principals in the development of AI systems. Piersma takes a critical look at the current hype surrounding AI and advocates for a more responsible and practical approach to technological innovation.
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September 5, 2024
Open Position at AI, Media & Democracy Lab: Postdoc Trustworthy Human-AI Interaction for Media and Democracy >
The AI, Media & Democracy Lab is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to advance trustworthy human-AI interaction within media and democratic contexts. This position focuses on the creation of transparent and ethical AI communication systems, aiming to support media users in a digital world where AI plays a crucial role.
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