AIhub monthly digest: August 2026 – IJCAI-ECAI in Bremen, the mathematics of simplicity, and does AI change the way we think?

AIhub monthly digest: August 2026 - IJCAI-ECAI in Bremen, the mathematics of simplicity, and does AI change the way we think? 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 report on events at IJCAI-ECAI 2026, learn about the mathematics of simplicity, investigate the accountability vacuum, and find out how AI changes the way we think. On Rashomon sets, the mathematics of simplicity, and why we don't need black boxes: an interview with Cynthia Rudin In the latest in our series of interviews with AI pioneers, we hear from Cynthia Rudin about interpretability, noise, and the case against complexity for complexity's sake. The 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 29th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJACI-ECAI 2026) was held from 15-21 August, in Bremen, Germany.