-
»AI pioneer wants to focus on mental health in young people«
2024/03/28
Frankfurter Rundschau
The prestigious German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau has just published an in-depth feature about our director, Iryna Gurevych. The article not only delves into Gurevych's personal background and scientific journey, but also explores a groundbreaking new frontier in natural language processing – its potential to revolutionize mental health support for young people.
-
The 15 most important female AI pioneers in Germany
2024/03/12
manager magazin
The German business magazine manager magazin has just published a list of the 15 most important female AI pioneers in Germany. In the article our director Iryna Gurevych is named as one of the top AI visionaries in Germany.
-
Iryna Gurevych appointed member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2024/03/04
TU Darmstadt
The Presidium of the Leopoldina has appointed Iryna Gurevych as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences. The appointment is considered one of the highest scientific honors that a German institution can bestow.
-
How to combat AI hallucinations?
2024/02/26
MIT Technology Review
The current issue of the German MIT Technology Review is titled »Our Guide through the Crisis Labyrinth« and is dedicated to the great challenges of our time. The issue also includes an article on AI hallucinations, for which our director Iryna Gurevych was interviewed.
-
ELLIS interview with Iryna Gurevych, André Martins and Ivan Titov
2024/02/01
ELLIS
Natural Language Processing has seen tremendous development in the last years. New advancements are often driven by large teams with good coordination and access to significant computational resources. The ELLIS program »Natural Language Processing« connects top scientists in this field across Europe to foster cooperation & knowledge exchange. Directors of the program are Iryna Gurevych, Professor at the Computer Science Department at the Technical University of Darmstadt, André Martins, Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal), and Ivan Titov, Professor and Personal Chair in Natural Language Processing at the University of Edinburgh (UK). Read here why they see pan-European cooperation as the key to progress.
-
»Are the machines taking over now?«
2023/10/23
Hessischer Rundfunk, ARD
»Are the machines taking over now?« is the title of a TV documentary of the German public broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk, for which several experts from TU Darmstadt were interviewed – including Professor Iryna Gurevych. The feature can now be found in the ARD Mediathek.
-
AI research: UKP Lab to collaborate with Amazon Alexa
2023/10/23
Frankfurter Rundschau
Several news media report that a team from the UKP Lab has received funding from Amazon for its research in the field of Machine Learning. It is the second research grant from the U.S. company to go to TU Darmstadt in two years. The team will collaborate with AI researchers from Amazon Alexa in Berlin as part of the grant.
-
Large Language Models at the Museum?
2023/08/15
Museumsfernsehen
How best to use large language models and applications such as ChatGPT is also on the minds of people in the cultural sector – including those working in Germany's 7,000 or so museums. In April, Professor Iryna Gurevych gave a presentation at the online workshop »GPT for archives and museums? Understanding and Using Large Language Models« of the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. A video of the talk is now available online.
-
»Using Deep Learning to combat vaccination skepticism«
2023/07/24
TU Darmstadt
A paper has recently been published in Nature Human Behaviour exploring the question of what prevents people from getting vaccinated. Our colleagues Iryna Gurevych and Luke Bates, as co-authors, looked at how Deep Learning can be used to identify anti-vaccination arguments.
-
»We should encourage the most careful and responsible use of data.«
2023/07/04
hoch³
In the current issue of hoch³ , the magazine of TU Darmstadt, Professor Iryna Gurevych was interviewed under the headline »Currently more risk than real benefit« about LLMs and apps like ChatGPT.
-
How to identify texts, generated by AI?
2023/06/20
Deutsches Ärzteblatt
The Science Media Center Germany is a journalistic, independent and non-profit institution that provides journalists with facts and expertise on scientific publications. Our colleagues Iryna Gurevych and Ji-Ung Lee were asked by them to comment on whether a model sucessfully detects if scientific texts were created by AI. The resulting press release can be found here and was picked up by several German media, including the Deutsches Ärzteblatt , one of the official publications of the German Medical Association (GMA).
-
»Artificial Intelligence for living texts«
2023/05/25
European Research Council
AI is getting better and better at processing texts. But what about »living texts« – texts that dynamically evolve through revisions over time? The European Research Council has produced a short video about the UKP Lab project »InterText« and interviewed Iryna Gurevych on her work.
-
»AI and its faces«: How does AI help to better the human condition?
2023/05/23
hessian.AI
The main research focus of the UKP Lab is Natural Language Processing (NLP). But how could NLP help improve our mental health? Iryna Gurevych was interviewed by Hessian.AI , the Hessian Centre for Artificial Intelligence, about this very issue – but also about how AI is changing our societies right now.
-
»Which professions could be replaced by artificial intelligence?«
2023/03/07
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Iryna Gurevych was interviewed in a radio feature by the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk . The topic was the impact of artificial intelligence on the labor market.
-
»So limited is ChatGPT – yet«
2023/02/23
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
A guest commentary by Iryna Gurevych about ChatGPT and Large Language Models in general was published this weekend in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).
-
»ChatGPT for non-informaticians«
2023/02/13
dghd – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hochschuldidaktik
Dr. Thomas Arnold from UKP Lab gave the German-language talk »ChatGPT for non-informaticians« for the dghd – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hochschuldidaktik last week, which can now be viewed on Youtube.
-
»Does the computer get your job?«
2023/02/04
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Iryna Gurevych was quoted in an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about the potential of AI systems like ChatGPT.
-
»Is artificial intelligence actually intelligent?«
2023/01/25
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Iryna Gurevych is quoted in a feature about ChatGPT and artificial intelligence, that was published by German broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk .
-
»ChatGPT: Homework is done by the AI«
2023/01/23
heise online
Do schools and universities need to rethink? And what challenges does ChatGPT present them with? German tech news site heise online published an article this week in which Iryna Gurevych is quoted.
-
»ChatGPT is not a replacement for Google, authors and programmers – yet«
2023/01/04
F.A.Z. Podcast Künstliche Intelligenz
Iryna Gurevych was interviewed on the »Podcast Künstliche Intelligenz«, a format of the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, about ChatGPT, its functionality and its possible applications.