News 15 women from EPFL recognized in Switzerland's Top 100 Women in AINewsEPFLRead moresur Tech Transfer.Fifteen women from across EPFL are being featured in the 2026 Top 100+ Women in AI, Data & Robotics report, celebrating their engagement and contribution to Switzerland’s rapidly evolving AI ecosystem. Apertus becomes the foundation model of Current24.08.26NewsEPFLCurrent AI, a global partnership building a public option for AI, has launched Alpha Chat, an experimental open-source chatbot powered by Apertus, Switzerland’s sovereign large language model. The prototype demonstrates how Apertus can be integrated into applications developed by external organizations.How attackers persuade AI agents to break the rules19.08.26NewsEPFLAs AI assistants evolve into AI agents, a new EPFL study has found that the biggest safety risks in their use may not come from single malicious prompts, but from carefully orchestrated conversations. Related news Travel and study in Europe: 2025 Schedule of ELLIS PhD Winter and Summer Schools announced IC PhD graduate recognized with the ELLIS PhD Award 2024 The ELLIS PhD Award 2024 recognizes three young scientists from universities in Lausanne, London & Tübingen ELLIS Pre-NeurIPS Fest 2024: Celebrate, Connect, Collaborate The European Commission offers significant support to Europe’s AI excellence FCAI – Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence ELLIS launches $220 million initiative to keep AI talent in Europe Venture Beat Scientists plan huge European AI hub to compete with US The Guardian