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Latest news from the alignAI doctoral network:
alignAI Participates at Roundtable at the European Parliament Office
On the occasion of the Munich Security Conference 2026, a roundtable was held at the European Parliament Office in Munich on 13 February, hosted by Ahead in partnership with Bitsight. The roundtable was attended by IEAI Visiting Professor Dr. David Barnes and IEAI alignAI doctoral candidate Julia Li.
Q&A with PI Carlos Zednik
In this video interview, we speak with Carlos Zednik, Assistant Professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He introduces himself and his work, presents his doctoral candidates and their research, and explains what motivated him to join the alignAI project.
Navigating Online Mental Health Information: The Role of Value-aligned AI
OpenAI recently released a new product designed to support medical care: ChatGPT Health. They describe this innovation as an “experience that securely brings your health information and ChatGPT’s intelligence together, to help you feel more informed, prepared and confident navigating your health” (Introducing ChatGPT Health, 2026). They claim that health is already one of the most common ways people use ChatGPT, and that this platform will increase users’ knowledge, preparation and confidence in managing their health (Introducing ChatGPT Health, 2026). However, while AI-powered health tools may reduce information overload and improve accessibility, their integration into help-seeking processes raises significant ethical questions regarding misinformation, autonomy and bias.
When Algorithms Meet the Mind: AI, Mental Health & Ethics
On 7 May 2026, alignAI doctoral candidate Simay Toplu was an invited guest lecturer at Technical University of Munich as part of Prof. Christoph Lütge’s course on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
The Oracle Speaks in Declaratives: When Confident Answers Obscure the Need for Interpretation
For decades, human-computer interaction was built on a comfortable assumption: people click, systems respond and the boundaries are clear. A button is a button, a menu is a menu. When things go wrong, you can often spot the missing step, the frozen cursor, the bad modal window.
Value Alignment and Craft in AI Education at CHI 2026 Barcelona
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems took place in Barcelona 13–17 April, 2026. alignAI doctoral candidate Tuan-Ting Huang attended the conference and presented a poster titled “Workmanship of Learning: Embedding Craftsmanship Values in AI-Integrated Educational Tools”, proposing a value-oriented framework for design education in the age of AI.