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Het Nationale Theater is testing AI-powered glasses that provide real-time subtitles during performances—including translation into over 230 languages.

 At its FoodTech Week, Albert Heijn showcases how AI is already used across logistics, pricing, and customer interaction—yet refuses to adopt a separate AI strategy.

Cloudflare is deploying a built-in “AI‑blocker” across millions of websites to keep data-scraping AI bots out, delighting publishers.

Yingjun Du, postdoc at the UvA's Informatics Institute, has received the prestigious ‘Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad’.

Are you working on AI innovations with social and economic impact? Submit your short proposal for an AiNed InnovationLab before 5 September 2025.

The development of a national AI Factory in Groningen has taken a major step forward. The Dutch government has committed €70 million, adding to an earlier €60 million pledge from the Northern Netherlands. A request for an additional €70 million in EU funding has been submitted, bringing the total anticipated investment to €200 million.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Advanced Grants to six researchers at the University of Amsterdam. Each grant, worth up to €2.5 million, supports cutting-edge fundamental research by established scholars with a track record of significant achievements.

The second round of the AiNed InnovationLabs is about to open, presenting an exciting opportunity for organisations across the Netherlands to accelerate AI innovation with financial support, expert guidance, and a strong collaborative network. 

Current AI education is too narrowly focused on technology and programming, warns Frank Wildenburg, a lecturer in artificial intelligence at the University of Amsterdam. In a recent opinion piece, he argues that the dominant curriculum instills a worldview of technological determinism—the belief that technological progress is inevitable and society must simply adapt.