In this video interview, we speak with Professor Daniel Gatica-Perez, Head of Social Computing Group at Idiap and Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He emphasises the importance of a human-centred approach and shares how he sees the alignAI project can help society.

On November 21st, alignAI doctoral candidates Julia Li and Simay Toplu held an interactive workshop with 32 students at Samuel-Heinicke-Fachoberschule, organized together with the Europe Direct Network. The session introduced students to the everyday presence of AI systems and encouraged them to reflect on the risks, benefits and responsible use of AI in real-life situations in the EU and beyond.

In this video interview, we speak with Professor Avigdor Gal, Benjamin and Florence Free Chaired Professor of Data Science at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and one of the Principal Investigators in the alignAI project. He explores his role with alignAI, how his research on data integration, uncertain data and machine learning strengthens our network and his vision for how the AI ecosystem might evolve in the future.

On September 24, 2025, the TUM Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI) hosted a panel discussion at the TUM Think Tank titled “Thinking about Ethical Use of AI in the Military – Implications for Organizations and Global Security”. The session, moderated by IEAI Executive Director and alignAI Project Lead Dr. Caitlin Corrigan, featured Brigadier General (Ret.) Dr. David Barnes (Empowering AI) and Lance Lindauer (Partnership to Advance Responsible Technology).