@faribrussels.bsky.social
FARI (VUB & ULB) is a non-profit university institute on #AI, #Data & #Robotics for the Common Good - we unite interdisciplinary expertise across 10 research groups on AI, data, robotics, social sciences, ethics, and law. 🔗 www.fari.brussels
Check out the new blog post from the European project ALGO-LIT on algorithmic transparency. What is the point of algorithmic transparency if the people concerned have no real means of challenging the decisions that affect them? Read the blogn(in French) here:
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Are you a social economy SME curious about how AI can help you? 🚀
Join us at FARI on March 17 in Brussels during #AIWeek for a hands-on Immersive AI Journey: AR/VR CAVE visit, AI & Robotics demos, Data Walk & panel on European AI sovereignty. Free (registration required): buff.ly/e4bPS5d
Join us at FARI on March 30 for our next AI Happy Hour with Andries Rosseau (AI Lab, @VUB).
He will explore the “edge of chaos”, the critical balance where complex systems adapt best. Applied to AI, this could enable continual learning, but also amplify safety risks.
👉 Register:
How can we grasp the challenges shaping public debate in 2026? 💭
#DeVooruitblik (VRT) brings together researchers including 11 from @VUB to analyse global trends. Among the contributors are three professors linked to FARI: Ine Van Zeeland, Andres Algaba & Ann Nowe.
Watch it here: buff.ly/br4M496
We are excited to see FARI represented at the "Soirée de l'IA à l'ULB" on 1 April 2026 at 18:00 CEST. The event brings together researchers, artists, teachers, students and citizens for an evening to step back and look clearly at what is happening with AI. Registrations here: buff.ly/NCDyoS5
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Join us at FARI on March 24–25 for an advanced, hands-on RAG training for developers, AI engineers & technical teams.💡
Day 1: RAG architecture & design choices.
Day 2: Build, debug & optimise a full RAG pipeline with LangChain.
👉 Register now: buff.ly/PDTJbMP
#AIWeek2026 is almost here and at FARI we are proud to take part in five events throughout the week 🚀 We are looking forward to meet the Belgian AI Community during the AI Week 2026, come connect with our team! 📆 Discover part of the agenda:
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Step into a VR opera experience 🎶 From 5–19 March, Bozar presents "From Dust", an immersive VR installation by Michel van der Aa.
Blending electronic soundscapes with the vocal ensemble Sjaella, it explores the boundaries between music, storytelling, technology, and art.
Tickets: buff.ly/kLUfizv
Join us on March 12, 2026 at UZ Brussel for the closing event of the #LASO project! 🏥
Discover a practical methodology for trustworthy & responsible AI in hospitals, real test cases, and tools to de-risk innovation.
Free event, register here 👉 buff.ly/0MaKzcM
Want to better understand how today’s AI systems work? 🚀
On March 18, FARI hosts “Foundations of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)”.
Learn how LLMs generate text, why hallucinations happen, and how RAG systems are built.
Part of a 3-day series (Mar 18, 24–25).
👉 Register: buff.ly/N3t1b42
Making women in science visible. From 11 Feb–6 Mar 2026, @VUBrussel presents "Women Shaping Science" a photography exhibition highlighting women researchers shaping science & society. It features portraits by Lieve Blancquaert, including Ann Nowe & Gloria González Fuster. 🖼️
More:
What if AI is not just a story of rapid breakthroughs? Researchers from @VUBrussel, Luc Steels, Ann Dooms & Remi van Trijp, call for greater epistemic diversity in AI, seeing it as an evolving ecosystem of ideas.
👉 More plural thinking = more resilient AI.
📖 Read more: buff.ly/AM4e5Yi
One of FARI’s co-founders, Hugues Bersini shares his reflections from a rich career; looking back at key lessons learned and forward to the challenges that lie ahead. Watch the closing talk by Professor Hugues Bersini at the FARI Brussels Conference 2025 here:
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Free to attend (registration required)
👉 Register now to secure your spot: www.eventbrite.be/e/fari-ai-ha...
After the talk, stay for a casual happy hour with snacks, drinks, and great conversations with fellow professionals and AI enthusiasts.
📍 FARI Test & Experience Center, Cantersteen 16, 1000 Brussels
🕠 Monday, February 23 at 17:30 CEST
Our speaker, Sébastien Meeùs (PhD researcher in Law at Université libre de Bruxelles & Université de Montréal), will present the VIRAJ project and demonstrate the latest advances.
02.02.2026 11:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Together, we will explore both the opportunities and the challenges: from improving access to justice and supporting legal training, to raising concerns about fairness, the “wow effect” of visual evidence, and the digital divide.
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This session will explore how immersive technologies such as #VR, 3D modeling, and AI-powered conversational agents are being used to build a “digital twin” of the justice system.
But what does this mean in practice for the future of law and judicial processes?
Can #AI and virtual reality transform the justice system? ⚖️🤖
Join us on Monday, February 23 at 17:30 for our next AI Happy Hour, an evening of learning, discussion, and networking at FARI #Brussels.
As AI and robotic agents take on a growing role, the question is no longer whether to govern them; but how. We are pleased to share the session “Regulating and Governing AI and Robotic Agents”, recorded at the FARI Brussels Conference 2025. Watch here:
30.01.2026 11:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Final 72 hours - calling founders and researchers ready to move their AI work into the real world with the FARI #AIAccelerator. Have an AI idea with real potential - but not yet the product, traction, or pathway to product launch? Learn more: buff.ly/mcggdJR
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FARI is proud to partner with Bozar all year, supporting its Digital Programmation. Through "Bozar Digital", we will highlight monthly events where culture and AI meet in Brussels. Up next: Ho Tzu Nyen, whose immersive installations blend film, philosophy, and algorithms. More info:
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As autonomous agents become more common, we should ask not only what they can do, but what futures they help us imagine. Learn more in “Simulating and Imagining a Society with AI Agents”, recorded at the FARI Brussels Conference 2025. Watch here:
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Does this face look familiar? 👀
Valentin Marchand previously joined us as an intern and is now returning as a Full Stack Developer at the CAVE. 🚀
Welcome Back Valentin!
Service robots in cities raise not only technical, but also ethical, legal & sustainability challenges. 🏙️ 🤖
Based on "the Robots and the City" project, this paper identifies key challenges and offers concrete recommendations for responsible urban robotics.
Read the article:
We are excited to welcome you to Brussels on 6-8 May 2026 for the 15th International Networked Learning Conference (NLC2026). NLC2026 is organised by the Networked Learning Conference Consortium, in collaboration with d-teach and FARI. More information: buff.ly/HlL9pWh
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