Improve technology, start with people
If there's one thing we need when deploying technology in society, it's imagination. This is what Ruha Benjamin, professor of sociology at Princeton University, argued this month at the debate platform De Dépendance in Rotterdam. Her presentation, along with that of Sennay Ghebreab (professor of Socially Intelligent AI at UvA-IvI), translates into ten recommendations for deploying technology.
02 July 2025 - NL i Bestuur

AI plays a key role at the 10th annual conference of the Foundation for Auditing Research
With a presentation by Sander Klous on experimenting with the setup of a company without employees, based entirely on AI.
27 June 2025 - NL Accountant

Is AI making us smarter or just lazy?
Iris Groen comments on recent American research. 
03 July 2025 - NL Man man

MIT researchers conclude that using Chat GPT actually impairs our thinking
Artificial intelligence is supposed to make people smarter, but researchers at the American MIT Media Lab conclude that using Chat GPT actually impairs our thinking. 
Iris Groen was interviewed about this MIT study and explains more about it.
27 June 2025 - NL NOS 'Met het oog op morgen'

Clarisa Sánchez about her motivation and goal
About her research into new treatment strategies against blindness.
June 2025 - NL Mednet

Maarten de Rijke receives advanced ERC grant
European grants for groundbreaking UvA research in it.
26 June 2025 - NL Computable

Iris Groen on What the human brain can do that AI can't
Iris and her team have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our bodies through an environment. Various media attention was paid to this topic.
25 June 2025 - NL Het Parool via Lexis Nexis
24 June 2025 - NL - ICT&Health
24  June 2025 - NL AD via Lexis Nexis
24 June 2025 - NL NTR (movie Instagram)
23  June 2025 - EN Science Daily
20  June 2025 - NL Sprout
17 June 2025 - EN Environmental News Network
17 June 2025 - EN - Novus Light Today
16 June 2025 - EN - LifeTechnology.com
16 June 2025 - NL - Engineers Online

Maarten de Rijke on AI, power and mediocrity
19 June 2025 - NL Arends Wereld #12 (podcast)

Marcel Worring about AI and photography
What does AI mean for the profession and art of photography?
18 June 2025 - NL Pf Fotografie Magazine

Maarten Marx on the launch of the ICAI OpenGov Lab
UvA and central government launch ICAI OpenGov Lab for AI and government data. 
10 June 2025 - NL NieuwsMarketing

Frank Wildenburg on current AI education
In an opinion piece in the university magazine Folia, Frank Wildenburg (UvA-IvI) argues that current AI education is too one-sidedly focused on technology.
04 June 2025 - NL Folia

Theo Gevers on AI Fraud with voice cloning
There are plenty of warnings about voice cloning fraud, but victims are rare. In an NRC article about voice cloning fraud, Theo Gevers speaks.
02 June 2025 - NL NRC

These 10 Dutch tech startups are the best!
Who are the ten nominees?
26 May 2025 - NL Computable

Better predict extreme weather using AI
Various media attention was paid to this topic in which UvA IvI researchers Max Welling and Ana Lucic participated.
31 May 2025 - NL Nu.nl
26 May 2025 - NL Datanews
26 May 2025 - NL Metro via Lexis Nexis
23 May 2025 - NL Folia
22 May 2025 - NL De Telegraaf via Lexis Nexis

Heartbeats can reveal that a video is deepfake
Various media attention was paid to this topic in which NFI and UvA IvI researcher Zeno Geradts participated.
04 June 2025 - NL Emerce
27 May 2025 - NL Dutch IT Channel
24 May 2025 - NL Friesch Dagblad via Lexis Nexis
23 May 2025 - NL nu.nl  
23 May 2025 - NL Nu.nl via Lexis Nexis
23 May 2025 - NL De Telegraaf     
23 May 2025 - NL De Telegraaf via Lexis Nexis   
23 May 2025 - NL Innovation Origins
23 May 2025 - NL NOS
23 May 2025 - NL Beveiligingsnieuws
23 May 2025 - NL Security.nl. 
23 May 2025 - NL Hart van Nederland    
23 May 2025 - NL Trouw    
23 May 2025 - NL Omroep West

Science Park version of Minecraft game downloaded a million times: 'Goal is to learn about quantum'
In the Minecraft game Quantum Realm, the player enters the quantum world via the labs of the Science Park. The UvA financed the development of the game to teach the younger generation more about quantum. And not without success, the video game has already been downloaded a million times.
13 May 2025 - NL Folia

AI expert Ben van der Burg had Max Welling in his podcast De Technoloog
04 May 2025 - NL Panorama

The public sector in the Netherlands lacks computing power
The most powerful computers in our country are all privately owned (mostly owned by Big Tech companies). Cees Snoek  agrees in the article that the public sector has too little computing power and discusses why this is problematic.
03 May 2025 - NL De Volkskrant via Lexis Nexis

AI computing power in the Netherlands
An article published in de Volkskrant about AI computing power in the Netherlands. Cees Snoek is given the floor and states that the Netherlands is lagging behind in terms of computing power for AI applications.
02 May 2025 - NL De Volkskrant via Lexis Nexis

Europe can catch up with AI. But companies and scientists will have to work together more.
Interview with Max Welling.
03 April 2025 - NL EW via LexisNexis

The chances of Ajax becoming the champion this year
Sven Karbach was recently interviewed by AT5 about how to mathematically calculate the chances of Ajax becoming champions this year and conditional probabilities.
29 March 2025 - NL/EN AT5

Treasure hunting on the seabed
Interview/podcast by NEMO Kennislink in which IvI emeritus professor Cees de Laat and his former PhD candidate Freek Dijkstra participated.
11 April 2025 - NL NEMO Kennislink

Screening law: who will say 'no' to a Chinese researcher or student?
UvA professor Maarten de Rijke had called around in The Hague in advance to ask whether his university could do business with the controversial company.
05 April 2025 - NL NRC

This is how you can learn to recognize AI images yourself.
How do we recognize what is made by AI? "Artificial intelligence does not understand how the human body works," says Theo Gevers.
01 April 2025 - NL De Morgen

Deepfake videos are getting better at a rapid pace. How to spot fakes with the naked eye. Article with input and comment of Theo Gevers. 
24 March 2025 - NL De Volkskrant

Gaming the System? The Risk of Strategy in School Choice
Amsterdam’s lottery system for high school admissions, initially selected by policymakers for its fairness and efficiency, has faced persistent challenges since its introduction in 2016. Despite several modifications, many students remain dissatisfied with placements outside their top school choices. The system as it currently stands allows parents to game the process, raising concerns about fairness. With SIAS researchers Max Baak, Mayesha Tasnim and Sennay Ghebreab.
22 March 2025 - NL Het Parool
March 2025 - NL, EN via linked in Ghebreab

Tech giant Prosus invests heavily in urban AI lab
'Europe needs more big tech. We want to do our bit'
19 March 2025 - NL Het Parool

Prof. Dr. Max Welling delivers the eighth EW Economics lecture
“Europe has the knowledge and talent to play a leading role in AI, but we need to make strategic choices now,” said Welling.
11 March 2025 - NL EW Magazine

AI luminaries strengthen half Dutch AI startup CuspAI
The Dutch-British AI startup CuspAI has managed to attract three prominent figures from the world of artificial intelligence.
06 March 2025 - NL Computable

AI and human creativity: ‘You can simply train and develop creativity.’
Four experts, including Bert Bredeweg, on AI and human creativity.
05 March 2025 - NL HR Praktijk Signaal

Is the French app Le Chat the European AI alternative?
Evangelos Kanoulas does not think the chance that a French or European company will be at the cradle of the next AI revolution is that great. "Europe is lagging far behind when it comes to research.
28 February 2025 - NL NRC

'Data science is really becoming like the lingua franca for domains to talk to each other.'
In the latest episode of the UC Berkeley Data Science Education podcast, Paul Groth, professor of Data Science and director of the Data Science Centre at the UvA, explores how data science connects disciplines and transforms education and research. (UC Berkeley Data Science Education podcast)
21 February 2025 - EN UC Berkeley, The Data Science Education Podcast

Asking AI a question is energy-consuming
Ask ChatGPT something costs about as much power as leaving an LED light on for an hour. Yet one ‘sustainable’ company after another is introducing its own AI assistant. Where is it going wrong? Andy Pimentel was interviewed for this article.
18 February 2025 - NL Algemeen Dagblad
18 February 2025 - NL Het Parool

Maarten de Rijke was in the Financieele Dagblad twice
On January 27, he commented on the arrival of AI chatbot DeepSeek. On January 31, an extensive personal interview with him was in the same newspaper about, among other things, the Dutch AI landscape. 
31 January 2025 - NL Financieele Dagblad
FD interview via LexisNexis

27 January 2025 - NL Financieele Dagblad
FD DeepSeek article via LexisNexis

Big tech and geopolitical power and misinformation
Paul Verhagen talks about the statements from tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been on a collision course with European leaders since he was given a role in the Trump administration. What is Musk up to? And is his meddling dangerous?
07 January 2025 - NL  NPO Radio EO - Dit is de dag

Paul Verhagen discusses Mark Zuckerberg's announcement  to stop fact-checking on Meta.
07 January 2025 - NL NPO Bar Laat