Egyptian judge on leave and alignAI doctoral candidate, Mohaned Bahr, was among the panelists at the EMERJ, at the Rio de Janeiro State Court School, upon an invitation from Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS Rio), and the EMERJ, on a panel titled “Direito e Tecnologia: A Justiça 4.0” (Law and Technology: Justice 4.0), where he presented his research on developing AI governance frameworks, inspired by the regulatory mechanisms devised in the EU AI Act.

On 19–20 May 2026, Santiago Hurtado and Prof. Anna Keune from the Technical University Munich participated at The Responsible AI Forum (TRAIF) 2026 and presented their ongoing work in developing an online learning environment for AI ethics learning. The two shared their ongoing work on the design of an online environment for youth and educators to engage with AI ethics.

On 20 May 2026, alignAI doctoral candidate Julia Li from the IEAI at the Technical University of Munich, supervised by Prof. Christoph Lütge, and Annabelle Bernard from United Way Greater Toronto presented their work titled, “Core Value Conflicts of Early and
Prospective LLM and AI Adopters in the Non-profit Sector”.

On 19 May 2026 at The Responsible AI Forum, alignAI doctoral candidate Xiaoyu Wang from the Technical University of Munich presented her work, supervised by Prof. Anna Keune, titled “Design for Critical AI Use and Creativity among Young People through Human-AI Co-Creative Making”.

In this video interview, we speak with Dr. Caitlin Corrigan, former project coordinator of alignAI and former Executive Director at the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. She introduces herself and her work at the intersection of academic research, policy and societal impact, and outlines the key goals currently guiding the alignAI project.

From 20 to 23 January 2026, the alignAI Doctoral Network held its second Seasonal School, “A2S2: AI Alignment, Safety, and Security: Applications in Mental Health and Human-Centered Systems”, in Frederiksberg/Copenhagen, Denmark.