From self-driving cars and virtual assistants to personalised recommendation systems and care robots: AI applications are gaining an increasingly influential role in our societies and in our daily lives.
To fully harness the potential of AI and successfully manage its societal consequences, closer collaboration between different sectors is essential. Together with the City of Amsterdam, knowledge institutes, research and medical centres, the UvA is investing heavily into making the Amsterdam region a global leader in the development of and expertise in AI technologies.
This Amsterdam coalition, under the banner ‘AI Technology for People’, will over the coming decade invest €1 billion in cutting-edge research programmes, in attracting the world’s best research talent, and in developing and guiding start-ups and spin-offs.
