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11 January 2024

Mohammad Rezazade Mehrizi and Wendy Günther receive NWO research grant >

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded organizational scientists Mohammad Rezazade Mehrizi and Wendy Günther a research grant of one million euro.

11 January 2024

Augmedit, Ellogon.AI, Kepler Vision and Layco to regional preliminary round Zorginnovatieprijs 2024 >

The four most promising innovative scale-ups in healthcare have been announced. These care innovators and representatives from the region have a chance to win a spot in the finals of the National Zorginnovatieprijs 2024: the award for the most innovative scale-up in the field of care and well-being.

11 January 2024

How AI shook up education and took work out of healthcare last year >

It is not that often that a technology turns entire professions upside down in a year, or actually shows the potential for the years to come. 2023 was the year when a lot of people started to see the power of artificial intelligence (AI).

8 January 2024

Amsterdam UMC-led consortium secures €6.1M for AI in medical imaging project >

The AI4AI project has been awarded €6.1M to develop AI with the aim to help alleviate the high demand for specialised healthcare personnel by making the collection and interpretation of medical imaging more accessible.

7 January 2024

How AI is increasingly influencing elections >

Marietje Schaake, director of technology policy at US university Stanford, outlines what the rise of AI means for elections.

5 January 2024

Experts surprised at police use of AI techniques >

Police are experimenting with facial recognition technology while there are hardly any rules for it yet. This surprises experts.

4 January 2024

Working at KPN through AI >

Seven companies, including KPN, have founded the Arbeidsmatchplatform. A social start-up that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to look for untapped potential in the labour market. This is important for the energy transition but also for the rollout of fibre optics.

2 January 2024

Famous AI image bank offline after discovery of child abuse images >

A large and widely used AI database has been temporarily taken offline after researchers discovered that it contains more than a thousand child abuse images. Painful because AI companies use the image database to train their models.

29 December 2023

The New York Times sues tech companies over copyright infringement >

The New York Times is filing a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement.

September 5, 2024

Swipework raises €650K to use AI for job seeking >

Amsterdam-based startup Swipework has raised €650,000 in funding to launch their video-based platform, using AI to better match job seekers and employers. Swipework aims to replace traditional job postings with a more visual and interactive alternative, appealing to the new generation of job seekers.

28 August 2024

Tech Companies Invest Billions in AI, But the Hype Seems to Be Fading >

In the first half of 2024, major tech companies collectively poured nearly €100 billion into artificial intelligence (AI) development. The AI race is far from over, with many predicting even greater investments in the near future. However, according to several experts, the initial hype—especially around generative AI technologies like ChatGPT—may have peaked.

8 August 2024

Embodied Evolution: The Future of AI >

Gusz Eiben, a professor of computational intelligence at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, believes that true AI requires more than just a digital brain—it needs a body and the ability to evolve.

8 August 2024

Call for Nominations Amsterdam AI Thesis Awards is Now Open >

Amsterdam AI is now accepting nominations for the prestigious Amsterdam AI Thesis Award 2024, recognizing outstanding thesis work from the 2023-2024 academic year. This is an exciting opportunity for BSc and MSc students to showcase their innovative research in AI.

2 August 2024

National AI Challenge >

A unique opportunity to work with a team of software engineers and data scientists on an AI application to optimize your business operations. This is possible with the National AI Challenge.