The Future of AI Research report, published in March 2025, aims to clearly identify the trajectory of AI research in a structured way. The report was led by outgoing AAAI President Francesca Rossi and covers 17 different AI topics . Members of the report team, and other selected AI practitioners, are taking part in a series of video panel discussions covering selected chapters from the report. In the fourth panel, the AI experts tackle the topic of AI and sustainability, exploring the critical balance between harnessing AI's potential and managing its environmental impact. They talk about: the growth of AI and its impact on infrastructure, looking beyond energy use, AI for accelerating breakthroughs, and strategies for investing in grid capacity and innovations.

The 40th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence took place in Singapore from 20-27 January, the first time that the event has been held outside of North America. In our first social media round up we had a peak at the first half of the conference which hosted the tutorials, the bridge programme, and the doctoral and undergraduate consortia, as well as the start of the technical programme. Now, we pick some highlights from the second half, which saw a number of invited talks, technical sessions, posters, and the workshops. Do VLMs actually'see' or just rely on priors? He showed how models fail to count stripes on a shoe simply because they recognize the'Adidas' logo and hallucinate the standard 3 stripes.

We're pleased to announce that we will be giving an introduction to science communication for AI researchers at AAAI this year. This will be held on Wednesday 21 January from 13:00 - 14:30. The session is part of the Undergraduate Consortium programme. However, if you are attending the conference and fancy finding out how you can communicate your research to a general audience in different formats, then you are more than welcome to join us. The session will comprise a talk, a Q&A, and the opportunity to try some of the activities presented in the tutorial. You will have the opportunity to receive advice on any science communication ideas or questions you have.

In March 2025, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), published a report on the Future of AI Research . The report, which was led by outgoing AAAI President Francesca Rossi covers 17 different AI topics and aims to clearly identify the trajectory of AI research in a structured way. As part of this project, members of the report team, and other selected AI practitioners, are taking part in a series of video panel discussions covering selected chapters from the report. In the third panel, the AI experts tackle the topic of AI reasoning. They consider the definition of reasoning, what reasoning is and what it should be in our AI models, planning techniques, model training, making smart (and not to smart choices) about which AI products to use, guarantees, why we shouldn't imitate human reasoning in AI models, thinking about the future, and more.

The AI Song Contest was founded with the aim of showcasing the potential of human-AI co-creativity in the songwriting process. Now in its sixth year, the competition will conclude on 16 November with a live show in Amsterdam. From all the entrants, the jury have selected their top ten songs. The live event will feature performances from the ten finalists, and you will be able to watch on YouTube here . Listen to the songs and vote for your favourite.

The 28th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-2025) will take place in Bologna, Italy, from 25-30 October 2025. The first two days will be dedicated to tutorials, workshops, and the doctoral consortium. The main conference will run from 27-30, and will include the 14th Conference on Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems (PAIS-2025). The idea is to highlight important new results, techniques, and trends. The panel will be chaired by Shihan Wang and Vahid Yazdanpanah.

The eighth AAAI / ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (AIES) will take place in Madrid, Spain from 20-22 October 2025. The programme will feature keynote talks, two panels, discussions, paper presentations, and poster sessions. There are two keynote talks, scheduled on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22. The two panels will take place on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21. Tuesday Panel: Pedagogy Panel: How (and to Whom) Do We Teach AI Ethics?

The 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025) will be held from 19-25 October in Hangzhou, China. The programme includes plenary and keynote talks, workshops, tutorials, forums, competitions, and a debate. There are three plenary talks on the programme this year, with one per day on Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22, and Thursday 23 October. On Wednesday, a debate will be held on the following topic: The participants will be: XingXing Wang (Unitree Robotics), Jun-Oh Ho (Samsung and Rainbow Robotics), Hong Qiao (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Andra Keay, (Silicon Valley Robotics), Yu Sun (EiC, IEEE Trans on Automation Science and Engineering), Tamim Asfour (Professor of Humanoid Robotics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Ken Goldberg (UC Berkeley, Moderator). There are three tutorials planned, taking place on Monday 20 and Friday 24 October.

We're pleased to announce that we will be giving an introduction to science communication for AI researchers at AAAI this year. This will be held on Wednesday 26 February from 13:00. If you are attending the conference and fancy finding out how you can communicate your research to a general audience in different formats, then please do join us. Following an hour-long introductory talk, there will be an optional, open, drop-in session where you can try out some of the things you learnt in the course, ask any sci-comm questions, and chat about your ideas and stories. It helps demystify AI for a broad range of people including policy makers, business leaders, and the public. As a researcher, mastering this skill can not only enhance your communication abilities but also expand your network and increase the visibility and impact of your work.

We're pleased to announce that we will be giving an introduction to science communication for AI researchers at NeurIPS this year. This will be held on Tuesday 10 December from 14:00. If you are attending the conference and fancy finding out how you can communicate your research to a general audience in different formats, then please do join us. Following an hour-long introductory talk, there will be an optional, open, drop-in session where you can try out some of the things you learnt in the course, ask any sci-comm questions, and chat about your ideas and stories. It helps demystify AI for a broad range of people including policy makers, business leaders, and the public. As a researcher, mastering this skill can not only enhance your communication abilities but also expand your network and increase the visibility and impact of your work.