#ICML2025 outstanding position paper: Interview with Jaeho Kim on addressing the problems with conference reviewing

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At this year’s International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML2025), Jaeho Kim, Yunseok Lee and Seulki Lee won an outstanding position paper award for their work Position: The AI Conference Peer Review Crisis Demands Author Feedback and Reviewer Rewards. We hear from Jaeho about the problems they were trying to address, and their proposed author feedback mechanism and reviewer reward system. … Read More

AIhub monthly digest: August 2025 – causality and generative modelling, responsible multimodal AI, and IJCAI in Montréal and Guangzhou

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Welcome to our monthly digest, where you can catch up with any AIhub stories you may have missed, peruse the latest news, recap recent events, and more. This month, we dive into the world of agents, learn about responsible multimodal AI, apply generative AI to computer networks, and dig into the RoboCup@Work League. Agentic AI The AIhub coffee corner captures … Read More

Interview with Benyamin Tabarsi: Computing education and generative AI

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In this interview series, we’re meeting some of the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants to find out more about their research. In this latest interview, Benyamin Tabarsi tells us about his research at the intersection of generative AI and computing education. We find out more about what he’s investigated so far during his PhD, what is particularly interesting about this research … Read More

The value of prediction in identifying the worst-off: Interview with Unai Fischer Abaigar

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At this year’s International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML2025), Unai Fischer-Abaigar, Christoph Kern and Juan Carlos Perdomo won an outstanding paper award for their work The Value of Prediction in Identifying the Worst-Off. We hear from Unai about the main contributions of the paper, why prediction systems are an interesting area for study, and further work they are planning in … Read More

#IJCAI2025 social media round-up: part two

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The 34rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-25) took place in Montréal, Canada, from 16-22 August. The programme featured keynote talks, tutorials, workshops, competitions, and oral and poster presentations. Find out what the participants got up to during the main part of the conference. Part one of our round-up can be found here. Cynthia Rudin addressed the squishiness of … Read More

AI helps chemists develop tougher plastics

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A new strategy for strengthening polymer materials could lead to more durable plastics and cut down on plastic waste, MIT and Duke University researchers report. Image credit: David W. Kastner. By Anne Trafton A new strategy for strengthening polymer materials could lead to more durable plastics and cut down on plastic waste, according to researchers at MIT and Duke University. … Read More

RoboCup@Work League: Interview with Christoph Steup

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RoboCup@Work League teams at the event in Brazil. RoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal of advancing the state of the art of intelligent robots, AI and automation. The annual RoboCup event, where teams gather from across the globe to take part in competitions across a number of leagues, this year took place in Salvador, Brazil from 15-21 … Read More

Coinbase to list World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin

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World Liberty Financial (WLFI) minted $205M USD1, lifting supply to $2.4B after Waller’s speech. Coinbase has added USD1 to its roadmap, signalling a possible full listing. USD1 adoption is growing steadily, with Abu Dhabi backing and Binance settlements. World Liberty Financial has minted $205 million worth of its USD1 stablecoin shortly after a speech by Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller … Read More