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As a hub for artificial intelligence, the EPFL AI Center leverages the extensive expertise of faculty and researchers across the Institution. It fosters a collaborative environment that nurtures multidisciplinary AI research, education, and innovation.

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A language model built for the public good     - EPFL AI Center ETH Zurich and EPFL will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the “Alps” supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the new LLM ma...

EPFL and ETH Zürich are building together a Swiss made LLM from scratch.
Fully open and multilingual, the model is trained on CSCS's supercomputer "Alps" and supports sovereign, transparent, and responsible AI in Switzerland and beyond.
Read more here: ai.epfl.ch/a-language-m...
#ResponsibleAI

09.07.2025 07:26 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Conversation with Babak Falsafi, EPFL Inside AI · Episode

Babak Falsafi joins @marcelsalathe.bsky.social to break down the true energy cost of AI ⚡️They talk GPUs, data centers VS cloud computing VS supercomputers, and why AI’s environmental impact is bigger than you think but also solvable.
🎧Tune in shorturl.at/qs3OQ
or here: shorturl.at/pwrKj

02.07.2025 17:38 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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AI monitors wildlife behavior in the Swiss Alps Scientists at EPFL have created MammAlps, a multi-view, multi-modal video dataset that captures how wild mammals behave in the Swiss Alps. This new resource could be a game-changer for wildlife monito...

EPFL researchers are working with the Swiss National Park to track animal behavior in the Alps using AI and camera traps. 🏔️🦌
Their new dataset is a first: richly annotated, multi-view, and multimodal—supporting species ID, behavior tracking & conservation.
👉 More here: actu.epfl.ch/news/ai-moni...

16.06.2025 14:50 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What if we could design proteins like we generate images or text? Stef van Grieken and his company Cradle is doing just that and that could change the world beyond drug discovery...

🎧 Listen to the fully story on our podcast, Inside AI
open.spotify.com/episode/6Uhi...
@marcelsalathe.bsky.social

12.06.2025 08:16 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Dr. Véronique Suttels performs a smartphone-connected ultrasound on a symptomatic Beninese patient – 2025 EPFL/Véronique Suttels – CC-BY-SA 4.0

Dr. Véronique Suttels performs a smartphone-connected ultrasound on a symptomatic Beninese patient – 2025 EPFL/Véronique Suttels – CC-BY-SA 4.0

While tuberculosis is treatable, it still kills 1.3M people every year in sub-Saharan Africa.

EPFL + CHUV have teamed up to fight back with Ultr-AI: an AI-powered lung ultrasound tool that screens for TB.

📱 Portable. Affordable. Works with a smartphone.

👉 ai.epfl.ch/ai-making-it...

#AI4Health

10.06.2025 12:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beyond translation – making AI multicultural A team of international researchers led by EPFL developed a multilingual benchmark to determine Large Language Models ability to grasp cultural context.

Many AI models speak dozens of languages, but do they grasp cultural context? 🗣️🌍
The INCLUDE benchmark from EPFL's NLP Lab and @cohereforai.bsky.social reveal that there is still a gap...
👉 Find out how benchmarks like INCLUDE can help make AI truly inclusive: actu.epfl.ch/news/beyond-...

02.06.2025 13:20 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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21.05.2025 15:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this new #InsideAI episode, @marcelsalathe.bsky.social chats with Anton Osika, CEO of Lovable. They talk about LLMs & product acceleration, security in AI coding and scaling in Europe’s startup scene.

Tune in here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2FOh...

#AI #LLM #Startups #TechEurope

21.05.2025 15:16 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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⏳Two weeks left to take advantage of the early bird rate for our ELLIS Summer School!

Join us and learn from leading experts in the fields of AI and biomedicine!

👉 Information and registration here: www.epfl.ch/research/dom...

@icepfl.bsky.social #AIforHealth #Biomedicine

17.04.2025 12:53 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Conversation with Nicholas Christakis, Yale Univeristy Inside AI · Episode

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14.04.2025 14:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Robots telling dad jokes, octopus consciousness, digital assistants raising our kids?
Tune in for a mind-bending #InsideAI episode with
@nachristakis.bsky.social Dig into human-AI hybrid systems that challenge how we collaborate and interact. 🤖

🎧Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/c...

14.04.2025 14:40 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Conversation with Charlotte Bunne, EPFL Podcast-Folge · Inside AI · 02.04.2025 · 1 Std. 5 Min.

or here on Apple podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/c...

02.04.2025 15:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New #InsideAI episode just in! 🎙️
@marcelsalathe.bsky.social and @bunnech.bsky.social have a conversation at the intersection of life and computer sciences.
They discuss how AI can transform personalized treatment and smarter diagnostics. 🦠🔬
🎧Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/3sPB...

#AIforhealth

02.04.2025 15:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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The Holy Grail of Biology Towards the Virtual Cell with Steve Quake and Charlotte Bunne

Could AI enable the next big breakthrough in biology? 🔬

@bunnech.bsky.social & @stephenquake.bsky.social present the Artificial Intelligence Virtual Cell, a bold project transforming how we study life at the cellular level.

Listen here👉 erictopol.substack.com/p/the-holy-g...
#AI4Science #AI4Health

25.03.2025 13:53 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🚀 The Lemanic Life Sciences Hackathon is back! 🚀

Join us April 23-25 at EPFL, Lausanne to tackle real-world healthcare & life sciences challenges with clinicians, researchers & data experts!

👉 Info & projects: lnkd.in/eenFbzR4
📝 Register by April 4: lnkd.in/eGEvHpuu

#Hackathon #AI #LifeSciences

20.03.2025 16:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The latest issue of Dimensions magazine is out and its focus is GenAI. 🔍 👀 Gain insights from EPFL's experts on geopolitical landscape, regulation, its impact on health, education and our environment. Grab a copy on campus or here:
English: www.epfl.ch/about/news-a...

18.03.2025 08:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How are AI and LLMs changing education for more adaptive and engaging learning experience?

Join us on Friday March 21st for an interactive workshop exploring the latest research in AI-driven learning, in collaboration with the EPFL ML for Education Lab

👉 Register here: epflaiteam.ch/events

17.03.2025 13:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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First speakers announced for our ELLIS Summer School 🤩 👉 www.epfl.ch/research/dom...
📅 July 7–11 2025 @ EPFL Campus
🎯 For PhD, postdocs & ML professionals in biomedicine
📃Apply now and grab the early-bird rate until April 30th

@icepfl.bsky.social

11.03.2025 14:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🎙️🦄 From EPFL to Silicon Valley—Daniel Yanisse, CEO of Checkr, shares how he built a unicorn startup in our latest Inside AI episode!
Tune in on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/55GK...
or Apple podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/c...

06.03.2025 15:52 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Swiss AI Initiative Logo

Swiss AI Initiative Logo

The Swiss AI Initiative has launched open calls for disruptive ideas - Democratizing large-scale AI for the benefit of society.

Send your idea by end of March 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ , and run on one of the largest public AI clusters globally. Everyone is eligible to apply!

swiss-ai.org

04.03.2025 23:13 — 👍 18    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 1

New work accepted to #AISTATS2025 ✨

We developed a new explainable AI method to better understand time-series data.

We can map back inputs (neurons) to their latent space. Basically merging #CEBRA with measuring the individual neurons contribution over time

arxiv.org/abs/2502.12977

20.02.2025 05:35 — 👍 53    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1
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Conversation with Nicolas Dessaigne, Y Combinator Podcast-Folge · Inside AI · 18.02.2025 · 1 Std. 24 Min.

Or here on Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/c...

18.02.2025 11:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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For this next episode of #InsideAI, @marcelsalathe.bsky.social talks with Nicolas Dessaigne, from Y Combinator.
Gain insights on startups, keys to founders’ success and why we might be on the cusp of the next consumer AI revolution.
🎙️ Listen here on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/0dD9...

18.02.2025 11:35 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Want to explore the latest in AI for biomedicine? Join the ELLIS Summer School at EPFL! Learn from top AI experts, clinicians & biomedical industry leaders
📅 July 7–11 on EPFL Campus
🎯 For PhD, postdocs & ML professionals
👉 Apply now & grab the early-bird rate: www.epfl.ch/research/dom...

17.02.2025 08:10 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Grant Writer at the AI Center and Research Office Grant Writer at the AI Center and Research Office

📢 We're hiring!
We're looking for a Grant Writer. This a unique opportunity to collaborate with top scientists, work in a dynamic environment and shape the future of AI research!
🔗 Details and application here: careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne...
#JobOpportunity

14.02.2025 09:54 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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@trackingactions.bsky.social for #AMLD closing keynote, presenting her work in building adaptive AI, brain-inspired algorithm to replicate human behavior. Incredible work at the crossroad of neuro-engineering, machine-learning and computer vision!

13.02.2025 16:17 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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🌍⚡ AI & energy planning at #AMLD2025!

How can public data and ML drive a sustainable future? Maria Anna Hecher & Philipp Schütz reveal how AI empowers energy planning—from buildings to nations.

Don’t miss it! 🔗 #EnergyAI #Sustainability

13.02.2025 15:31 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Mark Greaves from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social provided insights on how philanthropy plays a role in accelerating academic and non profits endavours to advance AI to the benefit of society #AMLD

13.02.2025 15:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Continue your AMLD Journey at the “AI & the Molecular World” track 🔬
AI techniques such as graph neural networks and set representation learning help analyze complex molecular data 🧪

13.02.2025 11:40 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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A thought-provoking panel with Scarlet of the EPFL AI Center, @cevherlions.bsky.social and Thomas Schneider from OFCOM - looking at the state of regulations, the business case for GenAI & the opportunities for Swiss research & innovation... a fine balance between talent, data and hardware. #AMLD

13.02.2025 14:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

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