Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly significant role in research, education, and business operations. Our principle is that, as a sector, we maintain control over the application of AI and ensure that it is used responsibly.

The Netherlands starts realisation GPT-NL, its own open AI-language model

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The Netherlands will develop its own open language model: GPT-NL. This develops, strengthens and perpetuates digital sovereignty. Non-profit parties TNO, NFI and SURF are responsible for the…

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What you need to know about... The AI Factory

Ronald Stolk, founding director of the upcoming AI factory, talks about the importance of autonomy and what this AI factory could mean for us. Listen to the new episode now!

AI in education

From one month to all year round

Do you work in education and want to get a better grip on how to use AI? Then you no longer have to wait for the Month of AI: from now on, we offer year-round activities to help you deploy AI in a…

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A new maturity model: Thinking about responsible use of AI

Treating AI responsibly starts with thinking about ethical issues. Although the use of AI in teaching and research is still in its infancy, there is already a model that helps institutions organise AI ethics.

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SURFsounds special: between power and morality episode 4. Is there hope on the horizon?

In this fourth and final episode, we look for hope. It can be done differently! Jantien Borsboom, director of Public Spaces talks about how she does it and Rens van der Vorst who takes you through how he detaches himself and his students from ingrained ideas about what role technology should play for us.

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SURFsounds special: between power and morality episode 3. Who controls whom?

In previous episodes, the feeling that people think they are at the mercy of big technology companies came up several times. That was firmly debunked, but to what extent can we influence the course of technology in our lives? And how do we approach that?

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SURFsounds special: between power and morality episode 2: Where is the line?

After the previous episode asking 'what went wrong', we now dive into the world of legislation, interest considerations and frameworks with the question; Where is the line? There is no checklist in government. So how do they deal with ethical issues? And within education, how do we deal with the AI act coming our way?

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SURFsounds special: between power and morality episode 1. What went wrong

Listen now to the first episode of the new series Between Power and Morality in which we look for the answer to the question: How do we ensure that technological progress benefits us all again? We start at the beginning with Marleen Stikker. What went wrong?

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There are opportunities and risks for AI in education, and the latter are mainly in the area of security and privacy.
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