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A few weeks ago, the Future of Open Research: Reliable, Responsible, Equitable Conference (#FOR2026) took place at the Technical University of Munich’s Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS). The conference explored how open research practices can better serve the public interest while recognizing that the concept of “public interest” varies across communities, contexts, and global perspectives. A distinctive aspect of FOR2026 was its emphasis on arts and humanities contributions, highlighting alternative ways of representing and communicating open research. Dr. Franziska Poszler, Principal Investigator and Project Lead of #MoralPLai, participated in the poster sessions, presenting MoralPLai as a case study in innovative science communication for AI ethics. The presentation demonstrated how humanities and cultural studies methodologies can help bridge academia and society while fostering AI literacy. The poster focused on the narrative and 2025 debut of The Third Voice, the methodologies used for audience engagement and evaluation, and key findings from audience feedback. Learn more by reading the news post, exploring the poster, and visiting the #FOR2026 webpage: https://lnkd.in/dxXpKjsc Gerhard Kramer Dr. Ulrich Marsch Sabina Leonelli Anastasia Aritzi Klaus Tschira Stiftung Safieh Shah Amelia Fiske Paula H. Jonas Fischer Boris Abramovic TUM Institute for Advanced Study Technical University of Munich #MoralPLai #MoralPLaiTeam #MoralPLaixTheThirdVoice #ai #artificialintelligence #aiethics #arts #theater #researchbasedtheater #ScienceCommunication #Chatbots #LLMs #IEAI #TUM

🎉 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 On May 21st, the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence - TUM, together with colleagues from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (LBI-GMR) and the University of Vienna convened a roundtable on “𝘈𝘐 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦” at the TUM Think Tank. Held in the broader context the International Dialogue on Global AI Governance organized by UN ODET, UNESCO and ITU, as well as the AI Impact Summit, the discussions built upon earlier conversations initiated by the IEAI on the need for a 𝗨𝗡 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜, 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. Participants explored how recent technological breakthroughs and evolving geopolitical dynamics affect both the feasibility and the necessity of global AI governance frameworks. The conversation highlighted that effective governance is not only about regulating AI and associated systems, but also about addressing the broader societal and political implications of AI, including its use by states and the mechanisms needed to ensure universal enforcement, the mitigation of algorithmic harm and governmental accountability. Particular attention was given to the impact of AI on fundamental concepts such as human dignity, privacy and self-determination, which might require the doctrinal expansion of existing human rights. The discussion also underscored the importance of incorporating diverse international perspectives shaped by different historical experiences and value traditions, including varying views on the interpretation of human rights within Europe. A central question throughout the discussion was how consensus can be built amongst diverse stakeholders in an increasingly fragmented world. The exchange reaffirmed the importance of developing international frameworks grounded in the principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Charter. We look forward to continuing this dialogue. One conclusion stood out clearly: 𝗔𝗜 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆—𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Many thanks to the organizers—Christoph Lütge, Caitlin Corrigan, Alexander Kriebitz, Stefanos Athanasiou, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Lysander Fremuth & Dr. Camilla Haake—and to all of the participants who traveled from near and far to contribute to this important discussion. Special thanks to the TUM Think Tank for hosting. Nicole Manger, Michaela Streibelt, Amanda Horzyk, Guido Cassinadri, Svitlana Iasechko, Michelle Bouchebel, Camila Lombana-Diaz, Sophia Devlin, Nieves Molina #TUMThinkTank #AIGovernance #AIethics #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #AIpolicy #Munich #TechPolicy

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#TRAIF2026 Day 2 “𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦-𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘐𝘍. 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.” - 𝗜𝗘𝗔𝗜 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 Christoph Lütge The second day of TRAIF featured, among others, a workshop on 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, a session on 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘀 as well as a panel on 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. After a brief break, we'll pick up the conversation right here, with more on selected events from The Responsible AI Forum 2026. alignAI Doctoral Network, Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence - TUM, Technical University of Munich, Amerikahaus, Lance Lindauer, David Barnes, Julia L., Simay Toplu, Dalia Yousif, Nicole Manger, Darren Cook, Catarina Fontes, Dr. Franziska Poszler #TRAIF2026 #IEAI #TUM #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks #HorizonEurope

👏 A round of applause for our #TRAIF2026 track chairs! 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 David Barnes & Lance Lindauer 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜, 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Julia L. & Simay Toplu 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜 Dalia Yousif & Nicole Manger 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Dr. Auxane Boch & Darren Cook 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀 Catarina Fontes & Dr. Franziska Poszler Amerikahaus, alignAI Doctoral Network, Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence - TUM, Technical University of Munich #TRAIF2026 #IEAI #TUM #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks #HorizonEurope

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜, 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀 & 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 travel grant winners at #TRAIF2026 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of having our travel grant winners present at TRAIF: Youngsam Chun MORAL-GRAPH: A Geometric and Graph-based Framework for Human–LLM Value Alignment David Torabi | Darius Torabi Why Shared Values Are Hard to Share: The Limits of AI Value Alignment Juliet Arthur | Ama Branoa Banful, MPhil Governing the Use of Generative AI in Public and Civic Decision-making Contexts We thank them for their insightful and valuable contributions! Christoph Lütge, Dr. Auxane Boch, Lance Lindauer, David Barnes, Julia L., Simay Toplu, Dalia Yousif, Nicole Manger, Darren Cook, Catarina Fontes, Dr. Franziska Poszler, alignAI Doctoral Network, Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence - TUM, Amerikahaus #TRAIF2026 #IEAI #TUM #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks #HorizonEurope

#TRAIF2026 Day 1 Yesterday was packed, with sessions on 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁-𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 - just to name a few. A big thank you to all our organizers, speakers, track chairs and partipants, with an extra special thank you to caterer Käthe · Luzia and venue Amerikahaus. We're very excited to pick up the conversation today! alignAI Doctoral Network, Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence - TUM, Technical University of Munich, Lance Lindauer, David Barnes, Julia L., Simay Toplu, Dalia Yousif, Nicole Manger, Darren Cook, Catarina Fontes, Dr. Franziska Poszler #TRAIF2026 #IEAI #TUM #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks #HorizonEurope

🎉 #TRAIF2026 - 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 Here's short glimpse of today's impulse session kicking off 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. A heartfelt thank you to our speakers Anne-Elisabeth Courrier, Mohammed Khalil, Thomas Maak and Christoph Lütge + moderator Dr. Auxane Boch for their meaningful contributions on 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴? Stay tuned for the write-up and video to follow. Amerikahaus, alignAI Doctoral Network, Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence - TUM, Technical University of Munich, Lance Lindauer, David Barnes, Julia L., Simay Toplu, Dalia Yousif, Nicole Manger, Darren Cook, Catarina Fontes, Dr. Franziska Poszler #TRAIF2026 #IEAI #TUM #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks #HorizonEurope