Elevating International Geneva’s Impact with AI
Two AI projects have been selected for funding through the 2026 Geneva AI Initiative, led by the EPFL AI Center in collaboration with the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC). Proposed by IMPACT Initiatives and GCERF, the projects aim to improve humanitarian research quality and streamline reporting processes through AI.
EPFL AI Center appoints Amina Chebira as Executive Director
The EPFL AI Center has appointed Amina Chebira as its new Executive Director, effective 1st October. She brings extensive experience in strategy, operations and technology-driven programs spanning academia, industry and applied innovation.
EPFL AI Center Joins the New ELIAS Alliance Lausanne Node to Strengthen European AI Innovation
The ELIAS Alliance has expanded its pan-European network with eight new regional AI Innovation Nodes, including one in Lausanne, bringing together research, innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems across Europe.
“With AI, we need to reconsider what it means to learn”
Artificial intelligence is forcing universities to reinvent how they teach and assess students’ knowledge. According to Dan Schwartz, an expert in learning science at Stanford, the challenge goes well beyond deciding whether to let AI into the classroom – teachers need to think long and hard about what students should really learn.
An AI capable of doubt can optimize scientific discovery
A team at EPFL have developed a framework that trains Large Language Models to create AI systems that can find the best possible setup or “recipe” for a scientific experiment.
Apertus becomes the foundation model of Current AI’s new chatbot
Current AI, a global partnership building a public option for AI, has launched Alpha Chat, an experimental open-source chatbot powered by Apertus, Switzerland’s sovereign large language model. The prototype demonstrates how Apertus can be integrated into applications developed by external organizations.
How attackers persuade AI agents to break the rules
As AI assistants evolve into AI agents, a new EPFL study has found that the biggest safety risks in their use may not come from single malicious prompts, but from carefully orchestrated conversations.
“Consciousness is the solution to a problem we don’t yet know”
EPFL professor Michael Herzog, head of the Psychophysics Laboratory, discusses why consciousness remains such an elusive subject and what its study means for neuroscience, medicine and artificial intelligence.
“AI tools are cultural artifacts, not neutral software”
How to keep information trustworthy when content is increasingly machine-made? EPFL professor Andrea Cavallaro shares his view.
Nine ERC Advanced Grants awarded to EPFL researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) awarded nine “ERC Advanced Grants” to EPFL researchers. This prestigious funding scheme gives senior researchers the opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that could lead to major scientific breakthroughs.