Bilateral AI

Save the Date for the BilAI Industry Day #2!

Mark your calendars for 25 November 2026, when the BilAI Industry Day #2 will take place at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Klosterneuburg. More details will follow soon!

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AI Festival 2025 at TU Wien

How do we define well-behaved AI—and what does it take to achieve it in practice? At the BilAI Workshop on Day 2 of the AI Festival at TU Wien, BilAI explored how AI systems can be aligned with human values, regulation, and societal expectations.
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Join the Future of AI Research!

Bilateral AI is pioneering the next generation of Broad AI by combining sub-symbolic and symbolic AI approaches. Be part of this groundbreaking journey—explore our open positions and shape the future of artificial intelligence with us.
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Inside Bilateral AI: The Research Modules

Bilateral AI brings together cutting-edge research to develop Broad AI by integrating sub-symbolic and symbolic AI approaches. Dive into our research modules to discover how we tackle key challenges—from reasoning and learning to adaptability and efficiency.
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About the project

The project “Bilateral AI” aims at lifting artificial intelligence (AI) to the next level. Current AI systems are in a sense narrow. They center on a specific application or task such as object or speech recognition. Our project will combine two of the most important types of AI which have been developed separately so far: symbolic and sub-symbolic AI. While symbolic AI works with clearly defined logical rules, sub-symbolic AI (such as ChatGPT) is based on training a machine with the help of large datasets to create intelligent behavior. This integration, resulting in a Broad AI, is intended to mirror
something that humans do naturally: the simultaneous use of cognition and reasoning skills.

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Group picture of the Board of Directors of the Bilateral AI project.

Discovering the Next Dimension of AI

The FWF-funded Cluster of Excellence (CoE) “Bilateral Artificial Intelligence” aims to provide AI with significantly better and broader skill acquisition and problem-solving abilities. Headed by Sepp Hochreiter (JKU Linz), the CoE board of directors includes renowned AI experts such as VCLA Co-Chair…
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Workshop: A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science?

On November 28–29, 2024, TU Wien Informatics and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) hosted a workshop focused on the future of computer science. AI experts from diverse disciplines came together to reflect on and discuss the evolving landscape of the field. Bilateral AI contributed to the…
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Group photo of participants at the Bilateral AI workshop. The diverse group includes researchers and professionals, smiling and posing together, reflecting collaboration and exchange in AI research.

Group picture of the Bilateral AI project team.

Bilateral AI Research Retreat: A gathering of minds

The first Bilateral AI (BILAI) retreat, held on December 6th and 7th, 2024, in Vienna, marked a pivotal moment for the project. For the first time, leading researchers from across Austria’s top institutions came together to establish the foundation for a shared mission: combining sub-symbolic and…
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