AI, Computing and Society

Research on Artificial Intelligence, Computing and Society at MPI-SWS tackles the pressing scientific, engineering and societal challenges posed by an increasingly AI-driven world.  Recent research includes AI-based tutoring systems, computational models of language processing in the brain that also inform improvements to large language models, methods for enhancing the transparency and reliability of modern AI systems, frameworks that support compliance of AI systems with EU regulations such as the AI Act and the Digital Services Act, and automated decision-support systems in high-stakes domains.

News

MPI-SWS faculty participate in the new Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence

March 2026
Krishna Gummadi has been named a fellow of the new Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence.

When AI and Humans Stumble Over Program Code

November 2025
New study shows that humans and large language models respond surprisingly similarly to confusing program code.

Abhilasha Ravichander joins MPI-SWS as tenure-track faculty

September 2025
Abhilasha Ravichander joins the tenure-track faculty at our institute starting starting October 1.

Mariya Toneva awarded ERC Starting Grant

September 2025
Mariya Toneva has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euros for her project "brain-aligned language models for long-range language understanding and neuroscientific insight."

Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez awarded ERC Consolidator Grant

December 2024
Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of circa 2 million euros for his project "Counterfact: Counterfactuals in Minds and Machines."

Papers