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We are excited to announce that the MoralPLai Project will take center stage at this year’s The Responsible AI Forum, returning to the Amerikahaus on May 20th from 13:30–14:45. The post MoralPLai Revisited: Documentary Premiere & Live Discussion Taking Center Stage at TRAIF 2026 appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

alignAI blog about LLM-driven AI system design and children. The post Understanding the Role of “AI Friends” in Children’s Sociocognitive Development appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

On April 10th, IEAI Associate Research Director Dr. Auxane Boch was an invited lecturer at Université Paris Cité & Sorbonne Université as part of Prof. Katie Evans' module on Ethics of Cognitive Science. The post From Insight to Impact: Mapping the Psychological Impact of Interactional Systems appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

alignAI blog about the transition from GUIs to CUIs. The post How Do LLMs Reason? The Power of Thinking Longer and Test-time Scaling appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

Discussing To Offload or Not to Offload: How AI May Alleviate Cognitive Burden and Related Ethical Reflections by Lance Lindauer. The post Research Brief on To Offload or Not to Offload: How AI May Alleviate Cognitive Burden and Related Ethical Reflections – Q1 2026 – Out Now appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

On March 13th, IEAI Associate Research Director Dr. Auxane Boch was an invited panelist at the 9th Women in STEM Round Table held in Garching. The post IEAI Associate Research Director at Women in STEM Round Table appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

alignAI blog about LLMs and Test-time Scaling. The post How Do LLMs Reason? The Power of Thinking Longer and Test-time Scaling appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

alignAI blog about AI, legal frameworks and regulatory learning. The post AI is Reshaping Regulatory Thinking appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

Over the past few weeks, the MoralPLai team has taken part in numerous exchanges, presentations and conference discussions in Vancouver, Essen, Eindhoven and Vienna, sparking engaging conversations about the value of theater, the ‘moral reasoning’ of large language models (LLMs), how to navigate contrasting research findings and trust in LLM-based conversational AI, particularly in psychotherapy.…

On March 20th, IEAI Director Prof. Christoph Lütge was an invited lecturer at Klagenfurt University. The post IEAI Director Holds Lecture at Klagenfurt University appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

On November 10th 2025, AI4POL partners gathered at the TUM Think Tank in Munich to review progress, exchange feedback and further align activities as the project moves into its next phase. The post AI4POL Consortium Meeting appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

On December 12th 2025, the IEAI, TechEthics, Ulster University’s School of Computing and LMU co-organized the panel discussion “Human Rights in the Age of AI” with Ulster University as part of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival. The post Experts from IEAI, LMU, Ulster University, TechEthics, IEEE and the Irish Parliament Convene at Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival to Address AI’s I…

Democratic Algorithms for Cities: Whose Voice and Whose Power in AI-mediated Public Participation The post Democratic Algorithms for Cities: Whose Voice and Whose Power in AI-mediated Public Participation appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .

alignAI blog about LLMs and human cultural evolution. The post LLMs as Tools in the Continuum of Human Cultural Evolution appeared first on Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence .