A historic day for our ecosystem! Two massive wins prove our dual strength in deep tech innovation and commercial scale on the exact same day: 🇪🇺 Ontic Labs & Feyer win €3M each from SPRIND. 💼 Prior Labs acquired by SAP in a €1B+ commitment deal. Full details and links below! 👇 (1/2)

A wonderful morning of research, exchange, and community! ☀️🌿 Together with MPI-IS, we hosted our Summer Poster Session in Stuttgart today. 🙌 This event is part of the @ellis.eu Sites ICML Fest 2026: Celebrate, Connect, Collaborate.

Connect at the ELLIS Sites ICML Fest...in Tübingen/Stuttgart 🇩🇪 on 3 July at @mpi-is.bsky.social Stuttgart. Meet the local AI/ML community and engage with the ELLIS network with the @ellisinsttue.bsky.social. 🔗 More info → https://bit.ly/4g8DHWN #ICML2026

🇰🇷 Next stop: ICML 2026! ✨ From July 6–11, our scientists will be in Seoul for @icmlconf.bsky.social 2026, presenting their latest work, sharing new ideas, and connecting with the global machine learning community. check out our publications: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/elli...

Big news from the Tübingen machine learning community 🚀 We are excited to welcome Prof. Jakob Macke as new Principal Investigator of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen. Jakob is a central figure in the Tübingen ML ecosystem. Read more: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/prof... @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social

New funding for AI safety research! 🎉 ELLIS Institute Tübingen PI Sahar Abdelnabi has received funding from Coefficient Giving to support research on developing context-sensitive benchmarks and training methods for sycophancy in AI systems. 👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/pi-s...

The current AI revolution is about converting and processing information, a key part of being human -- Bernhard Schölkopf & co. established @ellis.eu for Europe to have a strong voice in this revolution. Re-watch Bernhard Schölkopf's public talk at @aalto.fi: www.youtube.com/live/p7XLgMC...

What if AI never stopped learning? 🤖 New research by Sahar Abdelnabi and collaborators explores why safety is essential for the future of open-ended AI. This paper has been accepted to @icmlconf.bsky.social 2026. Read the whole article here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/what...

🚀 Big congratulations to Principal Investigator Maximilian Dax! He has been awarded both the Hector Stiftung-Preis 2026 and the Otto Hahn Medal 2025: two major recognitions for his groundbreaking work at the intersection of machine learning. Read more: institute-tue.ellis.eu/de/news/maxi...

On June 9–10, we had the pleasure of hosting the annual meeting of the Elisabeth Schiemann Kolleg of the Max Planck Society on behalf of our PI and Schiemann Fellow, Celestine Mendler-Dünner. Thank you to everyone who joined us for two days of inspiring discussions and exchange!

What if AI predictions and human opinions continuously influence one another? New work by Wu, Abebe, and Mendler-Dünner shows how AI platforms homogenize opinions where disagreement would otherwise persist. Talk today 11:30am ET @ #NetSci2026 (PS 2.2). 👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/how-...

AI agents are starting to train other AI systems and some are already outperforming human-designed pipelines. 🤖 Maksym Andriushchenko and Ben Rank et al. explore how autonomous agents can optimize LLMs through post-training. Read the article here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/teac...

The next step of AI will be physical This is the focus of @kesai.eu, an open science lab dedicated to the next frontier of physic @kyutai-labs.bsky.social. KE:SAI brings together leading research in Tübingen and Paris to advance world models and robotics through a fully open technology stack.

At the end of March, researchers from around the world came together in Tübingen for the Conference on Parsimony and Learning (CPAL) 2026. Now, we’re excited to share the official event video 🎥 youtu.be/0ojaAmj-bRg?...

📢 Two Calls from ELIAS - European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability Proposals Call: Want to join the ELIAS Node network? Apply by 5 July 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fsvFHG *** Nominations Call: Know a frontier AI leader? Nominate them for the ELIAS Frontier AI Award by 31 August 🔗 https://bit.ly/4nGkKfQ

The Breach: When AI Starts to Cheat 🚨 New research by PIs Jonas Geiping and Maksym Andriushchenko says we have a major blind spot. Most safety systems plan to rely on a smaller monitor model to watch over an untrusted AI agent. 👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/the-...

From Lab to Field: Learn like a human, work like a robot. That’s the approach behind Tübingen-based startup Polybot for building intelligent robots that operate in fields and greenhouses. Find the full German text here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/poly...

Rio de Janeiro is calling! 🇧🇷 The ELLIS Institute Tübingen is joining ICLR 2026 from April 23–27! 🌎 Will you be there? 👉 Check out all of the Institute's publications for ICLR: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/iclr...

That’s a wrap! CPAL 2026 in Tübingen ✨ This week, we hosted the 3rd Conference on Parsimony and Learning (CPAL) 2026 with the MPI-IS and Tübingen AI Center, bringing together experts to advance scientific foundations for learning with parsimony. institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/cpal...

Small is the new big in AI In “The Curious Case of In-Training Compression of State Space Models,” T. Konstantin Rusch et al. introduce CompreSSM: compressing state space models already during training. Accepted at @iclr-conf.bsky.social 2026! 🇧🇷 Read more here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/smal...

AI may know the answer earlier than you think 🔮 PI @shiweiliu.bsky.social et al. reveal a training-free strategy that allows DLM models to "go all in" the moment they are confident enough. Find out more here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/mode...

Tübingen has become Germany’s primary hub for this research, where projects like polybot are transforming from theory into reality. Find out what Principal Investigator Wieland Brendel says about the vital role of the Baden-Württemberg government. www.swr.de/swraktuell/b...

🎉 Big congratulations to PI Maximilian Dax! Max has won the Hector RCD Award 2025. He is one of three scientists recognized nationwide. Find out more: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/maxi...

We are delighted to introduce our next speaker: Dr. Sahar Abdelnabi, who leads the COMPASS research group at the @ellisinsttue.bsky.social, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social.

Global AI Governance: Bernhard Schölkopf Joins UN International AI Panel A strong recognition of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen and its ecosystem and an important step toward responsible AI on a global scale. Find out more here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/scie...

Are AI systems learning to “game” their safety tests? The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has awarded a grant to Principal Investigators Sahar Abdelnabi, @maksym-andr.bsky.social, and @jonasgeiping.bsky.social. Find out more: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/elli...

The ELLIS Institute Tübingen helps shape the global conversation on AI safety. @maksym-andr.bsky.social served as Chapter Lead on current and future general-purpose AI capabilities while Bernhard Schölkopf returned as Senior Adviser. 👉 find out more institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/elli...

🎉 We made it. Finally on Bluesky! Let's kick the year off with our 10 Year Anniversary Celebrations. 🎥 Returning back to 2016, when Cyber Valley was founded with the mission of advocating for the research, development, & application of AI and Robotics. 👉 Read the full story here tinyurl.com/2s38tnee

The ELLIS Institute is proud to announce that Coefficient Giving is supporting our Principal Investigator Maksym Andriushchenko with a grant of $1,000,000 to fund his research on AI safety. Find out more on our website: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/pi-m...

🚀 We're hiring! The @ellisinsttue.bsky.social leads the AI development for Germany’s new open-source nationwide Adaptive Intelligent System learning platform for schools (as part of a consortium led by Assecor & KI macht Schule, and mandated by the FWU). 👉 Apply now: forms.gle/XmLkwEDD45fY...

Strategic access to EuroHPC resources granted to OpenEuroLLM!!! -first AI project granted strategic access across multiple EuroHPC centres -for over 10 million GPU hours Thanks @ec.europa.eu and @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social!

We are excited to be at EurIPS 2025 in Copenhagen!🇩🇰✨ We had a great start already with our PI Maksym Andriushchenko winning the ELLIS PhD Award 2025 🎉 Make sure to drop by our booth and learn more about the Institute’s mission and research, and explore current open positions .🚀

Say hi to Celestine Mendler-Dünner, PI at @ellisinsttue.bsky.social, @mpi-is.bsky.social & @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social 🇩🇪. She’s an ELLIS Scholar researching social questions in ML. Her goal is to foster a healthy & positive AI ecosystem through centering society in the study of AI. #WomenInELLIS

Amazing new research from the Cluster of Excellence 👇

We're proud to co-organize this conference with @mpi-is.bsky.social 🙌

🌍 The ELLIS Institute Tübingen is heading to #NeurIPS2025 & #EurIPS2025! 🚀 26 contributions at NeurIPS - incl. 2 Talks and 6 Spotlights. 🤝 Proud sponsor of EurIPS - visit our booth to chat, share ideas & explore career opportunities. 👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/elli...

The ELLIS Institute Tübingen is a proud sponsor of the first ever EurIPS Conference 2025 that brings the world’s leading AI research to Europe! Stop by Booth D03-08 to meet our team and learn more about our research and mission! 👉 More info eurips.cc

🚀 The new call for Principal Investigators as Hector Endowed Fellows at the ELLIS Institute Tübingen is now open! These positions offer the exciting possibility of co-appointments with the @mpi-is.bsky.social and the @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social . 📌 Apply here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/jobs/PI-c...

Our PIs are currently recruiting PhD students through the following PhD programs: ELLIS, CLS, IMPRS. For more information on applications and deadlines, please visit the individual program websites and our PI Research Group pages: institute-tue.ellis.eu/research-c48...

Our Principal Investigators Antonio Orvieto, Celestine Mendler-Dünner, Maximilian Dax, Rediet Abebe, @shiweiliu.bsky.social, T. Konstantin Rusch, and @wielandbrendel.bsky.social are looking for motivated students interested in internships. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are so thrilled that this Fund has launched: Together with Ulrich Trautwein from the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, Matthias Bethge and @wielandbrendel.bsky.social have initiated the Hector AI + Education Future Fund! 👉 lnkd.in/eKcYcivH @ellisinsttue.bsky.social

🚀 Excited to soon welcome 3 new Principal Investigators: @maksym-andr.bsky.social, @maximiliandax.bsky.social, and @sahar-abdelnabi.bsky.social. They will also be co-affiliated with @mpi-is.bsky.social‬ & @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social as Research Group Leaders. 👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/new-...

Polybot, founded by @wielandbrendel.bsky.social has secured validation grant from SPRIND to advance its AI-driven agricultural robot. @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Find out more: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/from...

Are you interested in working in AI? There is an amazing new chance with our institute 🙌

Are you an avid reader of Nature? 📖 Even if you're not, you won't want to miss our PI, Frank Hutter's, latest publication! Discover the insights and get all the details straight from the author himself. Check it out below! 👇 https://x.com/FrankRHutter/status/1877088937849520336

✨ Thrilled by our experience at NeurIPS 2024 in Vancouver! 🌟 With 26 posters, 2 talks, and fantastic engagement at our booth, we showcased our work and connected with the global AI community. Thanks to everyone who stopped by—we’re excited to welcome some of you to Tübingen…

Excited to announce that our PI @orvieto_antonio has been accepted into the prestigious Schmidt Sciences AI2050 program! 🌟 This recognition highlights Antonio's groundbreaking contributions to advancing beneficial AI and shaping the future. Congratulations, Antonio, on this…

🚨 Only 9 Days Left! 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to join the ELLIS Institute Tübingen as a new Principal Investigator and lead groundbreaking research in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and related fields. 🌟 These positions include the opportunity to become a Hector…

🎉 Announcing New Principal Investigators at ELLIS Institute Tübingen! 🎉 We are excited to share that Dr. T. Konstantin Rusch and Dr. Shiwei Liu will join us as Principal Investigators and Hector Endowed Fellows in 2025. They will also take on roles as Independent Research…

🎉 Excited for NeurIPS 2024? So are we! ELLIS Institute Tübingen will present: 🎙️ 2 Oral Presentations 📊 26 Poster Contributions 📌 Booth Exhibit 💡 Meet our PIs and stop by our booth!🌐 👉 Find all our contributions and full schedule here: https://t.co/0QizbnQhQW @CeleMenDu…