Insights from the AI in Science Summit 2025
On 3-4 November 2025, Doctoral Candidates Katerina Drakos and Eva Paraschou participated in the AI in Science Summit 2025 (AIS25) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The summit served as a premier gathering for scientists, industry leaders, investors and policymakers to discuss how AI is revolutionising scientific discovery and how Europe can spearhead this shift through a responsible, values-driven approach.
Q&A with Santiago Hurtado
In this interview, we speak with Santiago Hurtado, M.Ed., research assistant and doctoral student at TUM. He discusses what drew him to alignAI, the perspective his institute contributes, and how he supports doctoral candidates while giving them room to pursue their own ideas.
Q&A with PI Nicole Lønfeldt
In this video interview, we speak with Dr. Nicole Nadine Lønfeldt, Senior Researcher at the Capital Region of Denmark. She discusses how the mental health use case within alignAI can lead to practical outcomes, reflects on supervising PhD researchers working across clinical and technical domains and shares a message for those outside academia who are concerned about the future of AI.
Ctrl-Alt-Deterrence: Rethinking Stability in the Age of Cyber, AI and Autonomy
On 13 February 2026, the IEAI co-hosted with Amerikahaus an official side event of the Munich Security Conference 2026 titled “Ctrl-Alt-Deterrence: Rethinking Stability in the Age of Cyber, AI and Autonomy”. The panel brought together leaders from defense, academia, policy and industry to explore how artificial intelligence and autonomous systems are reshaping deterrence theory and practice.
Q&A with PI Jesse Benjamin
In this video interview, we speak with Professor Jesse Benjamin, Assistant Professor in Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology. He shares how his work in design research and human-centred AI contributes to the alignAI network, reflects on supervising PhD researchers across design and machine learning and discusses his hopes for shaping AI systems that better reflect societal values and public concerns.
Q&A with PI Stephan Wensveen
In this video interview, we speak with Professor Stephan Wensveen, Professor of Transformative Design at Eindhoven University of Technology. He discusses his approach to guiding and supervising PhD candidates, how his work connects design research with emerging technologies and what message he believes should be shared with those outside academia who are concerned about the future of AI.
Q&A with PI Line Clemmensen
In this video interview, we speak with Professor Line Clemmensen, Professor of Machine Learning at the Technical University of Denmark. She shares what her team contributes to the project, her approach to supervising PhD candidates, and how she helps them grow in both technical expertise and ethical responsibility.
Q&A with PI Sneha Das
In this video interview, we speak with Assistant Professor Sneha Das, a researcher at DTU whose work focuses on trustworthy AI and responsible data driven systems. She discusses the perspective her institute contributes to the project, and how the program can guide policy and public understanding related to AI and alignment.
Exploring AI Advancement at NeurIPS 2025
The Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2025), was held from 2-7 December 2025 in San Diego. Our alignAI doctoral candidate Candidate Cen Lu attended and presented his poster “Chain-of-Model Learning for Language Model” at the poster session.
AI-nxiety and AI-gency: Young Adults Navigating Generative AI
As part of the TUM Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI) Speaker Series, a December 2025 session focused on young adults and generative AI. The talk, titled “AI-nxiety & AI-gency: Young Adults Navigating Generative AI” was delivered by Dr. Jaimee Stuart, Senior Researcher and Team Lead at United Nations University Macau.