AIhub monthly digest: September 2026 – tracking animal populations, recommender systems, and an interview with Ken Goldberg

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 meet AI pioneer Ken Goldberg, use AI techniques to track animal populations, investigate how to improve recommender systems, and find out how external knowledge is used in AI systems. In the latest instalment in our AI pioneers series, we spoke to award-winning roboticist, filmmaker, and artist, Ken Goldberg . We discussed the culture clash within robotics, what art and science have to learn from each other, and how AI will shape the future of art. Deep learning is a powerful tool for understanding animal behaviour and tracking populations.