Welcome to our August 2023 monthly digest, where you can catch up with any AIhub stories you may have missed, peruse the latest news, find out about recent events, and more. This month, we take a whistle-stop tour around some of the big conferences, popping in to IJCAI, AIES and ICML, find out about interdisciplinary methods in computational creativity, and say goodbye to a well-loved podcast. Nadia Ady and Faun Rice are working on a research project exploring where AI researchers find inspiration and ideas about human intelligence, and what approaches they use to translate ideas from the disciplines that study human intelligence (e.g. We spoke to Nadia and Faun about the project, what they've learnt so far, and how they plan to further develop the work. The 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2023) took place in Macao from 19-25 August 2023. The programme included plenary talks, workshops, symposia and tutorials.

The 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) took place Honolulu, Hawai'i from 23-29 July 2023. There were four invited talks as part of the programme, and in this post we summarise the presentation by Shakir Mohamed – "Machine learning with social purpose". In a talk of three interwoven parts, Shakir's aim was to encourage the amplification and acceleration of work on machine learning with social purpose. He is passionate about using machine learning to contribute to overcoming some of the global challenges that we face, and, as well as demonstrating some of his research in this space, he provided guidance on how researchers can widen their horizons and consider the social implications of their work. Modelling of weather and climate can have a big impact on society, with such models often providing the basis for decisions taken by policy makers.

The programme of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) featured an invited talk by Jennifer Doudna entitled "The future of ML in biology: CRISPR for health and climate". Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the development of a method for genome editing". The method in question is often referred to as CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using this technique, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This technology has already had a huge impact on the biological sciences.

The 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) took place last week in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. As well as four invited talks, the programme boasted oral and poster presentations, affinity events, tutorials and workshops. Find out what the participants got up to over the course of the conference. Can't wait for our first invited speaker talks by the inimitable @MarzyehGhassemi and @shakir_za on Tuesday! pic.twitter.com/tNDi7RNIUt Amazing group from #LatinXinAI hiking the Makapu'u Point Lighthouse Trail to kick off our social events at @icmlconf #ICML2023 @_LXAI pic.twitter.com/cO6dKAz6x8

This year's International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) will take place in Honolulu, Hawai'i from 23-29 July. As well as four invited talks, the programme boasts oral and poster presentations, affinity events, tutorials and workshops. The tutorials will take place on Monday 24 July. The workshops will take place on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 July. You can find out more about the conference here.