UvA researchers combine generative AI and simulations to design new molecules for treating Parkinson’s
A UvA team is using AI to search for molecules that boost dopamine production in brain cells, as a possible alternative to levodopa.
11 October 2026
Claes de Vreese receives Stevin Prize to study how AI is changing our information environment and democracy
As the first UvA scientist to receive the highest Dutch award for knowledge utilization, De Vreese gets 1.5 million euros for research and societal impact.
10 October 2026
Two AI systems help residents of vulnerable Amsterdam neighborhoods go from heart check to healthier living
HvA and partners are developing AI that supports volunteers and neighborhood professionals in turning health measurements into concrete steps.
8 October 2026
Digital healthcare and AI: logged in or locked out?
Looking back at Zorg2040: who benefits from AI in healthcare, and who risks being left behind?
8 October 2026
Robots learn to see where people are looking with ordinary cameras, in hospitals, schools and on the work floor
AI scientist Linlin Cheng of VU Amsterdam shows that social robots can estimate where someone’s attention lies without expensive eye trackers.
7 October 2026
NWO grant for EQUITY: AI-supported heart care that also reaches people with a lower socioeconomic status
A consortium led by the UvA is developing inclusive AI tools with residents and employees to prevent and detect cardiovascular disease.
4 October 2026
With better data, AI can predict which T cells recognize cancer cells
Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute show that flawed training data, not the AI models themselves, held back the prediction of T-cell responses.
3 October 2026
UvA researchers develop AI that challenges scientists’ reasoning instead of just giving answers
A UvA project tests whether structured pushback from AI improves the quality of scientific knowledge.
3 October 2026
D66 Amsterdam Aims for 100,000 AI-Literate Residents by 2030
D66 Amsterdam is calling for a city where at least 100,000 residents can use AI safely and competently by 2030.
2 October 2026
‘Technology used to bring the world together. Now it’s driving the world apart.’
In The Techtonic Shift, Paul Verhagen examines how Big Tech is reshaping global power relations.
2 October 2026
AI models disagree on who deserves help
UvA research on 21 language models shows AI systems largely agree on rewarding good behaviour, but diverge sharply in how they judge someone with a bad reputation, with consequences for cooperation.
30 September 2026
Dutch initiative asks Europe for €1 billion to secure its own software foundations
A European coalition of scientists and companies, with CWI among the initiators, handed a new research agenda to the European Commission to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty.
30 September 2026
‘The answer is there, but understanding still needs to follow’
In conversation with Han Peters about OpenAI and the solution to a two-hundred-year-old mathematical problem
24 September 2026
AI use in opinion pieces: three HvA experts add nuance to the debate
As detection software increasingly “unmasks” articles as AI-written, three HvA experts respond to the question of how serious that actually is.
21 September 2026
CWI honours two scientists whose research makes AI more efficient and reliable
CWI has awarded the five-yearly Van Wijngaarden Awards 2026 to Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb and Mor Harchol-Balter, putting the Dutch perspective on AI on the European agenda.
21 September 2026
New European AI recommendation aims to make students and teachers more resilient
The Council of Europe has adopted a new recommendation on AI literacy, drawing on input from a VU expert, that closely aligns with the VU’s own digitalisation strategy.
18 September 2026
AI software from CWI and VU Amsterdam nominated for logistics impact award
Open-source software that better aligns transport and production planning, developed by researchers at CWI and the VU, was nominated for the TKI Dinalog Impact Award.
18 September 2026
AI brain implant aims to restore functional vision for blind people
Phosphoenix raises €1.3 million, backed by partner ROM InWest, to accelerate preparations for its first clinical study of an AI-driven brain implant for people with severe blindness.
16 September 2026
How TomTom is turning from a navigation app into the intelligence layer behind autonomous driving
Amsterdam-based TomTom is fully committing to a new role as the intelligence layer for autonomous driving and agentic AI, built on up-to-date geospatial data.
15 September 2026
Who is building Europe’s digital future? VU research on the role of labour migrants
Political scientist Julia Rone (VU) has received an ERC Starting Grant to systematically study how labour migrants, from AI specialists to technical staff, help make Europe’s digital strategic autonomy possible.
