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

Interview with Krishna Gummadi on the agency of artificial intelligence, AI agents, and potential societal impacts

May 2026
In this interview, MPI-SWS director Krishna Gummadi discusses the benefits AI agents offer people and the risks they pose to society.

MPI researcher receives Outstanding Paper Award at ICLR 2026

April 2026
MPI-SWS Max Planck Fellow Anthony W. Lin has received one of only two Outstanding Paper Awards at ICLR 2026, for his paper "Transformers are Inherently Succinct." 

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.

Papers