In this interview series, we’re meeting some of the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants to find out more about their research. The Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for a group of PhD students to discuss and explore their research interests and career objectives in an interdisciplinary workshop together with a panel of established researchers. In the ..read more

Hosted by Ben Byford, The Machine Ethics Podcast brings together interviews with academics, authors, business leaders, designers and engineers on the subject of autonomous algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and technology’s impact on society. Careful technology with Rachel Coldicutt This episode we’re chatting with Rachel about AI taxonomy, innovating for everyone not just the few ..read more

Each year the AAAI recognizes a group of individuals who have made significant, sustained contributions to the field of artificial intelligence by appointing them as Fellows. Over the course of the next few months, we’ll be talking to some of the 2025 AAAI Fellows. In this interview we hear from Roberto Navigli, Sapienza University of ..read more

By Bradley Wade Bishop, University of Tennessee Ice cores in freezers, dinosaurs on display, fish in jars, birds in boxes, human remains and ancient artifacts from long gone civilizations that few people ever see – museum collections are filled with all this and more. These collections are treasure troves that recount the planet’s natural and ..read more

Congratulations to Shlomo Zilberstein on winning the 2025 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award. This prestigious award is made for excellence in research in the area of autonomous agents. It is intended to recognize researchers in autonomous agents whose current work is an important influence on the field. Professor Shlomo Zilberstein was recognised for his work ..read more

Top: Group shot from the workshop “Artificial Intelligence for Music”. Bottom: Two best paper award winners at the workshop: “AI4Research: Towards a Knowledge-grounded Scientific Research Lifecycle”. In a series of articles, we’ll be publishing summaries with some of the key takeaways from a few of workshops held at the 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial ..read more

Hosted by Eleanor Drage and Kerry McInerney, The Good Robot is a podcast which explores the many complex intersections between gender, feminism and technology. Re-imagining voice assistants with Stina Hasse Jørgensen and Frederik Juutilainen To develop voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, companies spend years investigating what sounds like a human voice and what doesn’t ..read more

An original photograph taken by Felice Frankel (left) and an AI-generated image of the same content. Credit: Felice Frankel. Image on right was generated with DALL-E By Melanie M Kaufman For over 30 years, science photographer Felice Frankel has helped MIT professors, researchers, and students communicate their work visually. Throughout that time, she has seen ..read more

Science communication is an invaluable skill for researchers. It can help demystify AI for a broad range of people including policy makers, business leaders, and the public. In a panel session at the 33rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-24), Michael Wooldridge and Toby Walsh talked with Peter Stone about lessons they’ve learnt from ..read more

In this interview series, we’re meeting some of the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants to find out more about their research. The Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for a group of PhD students to discuss and explore their research interests and career objectives in an interdisciplinary workshop together with a panel of established researchers. In the ..read more