How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Next Phase of Intelligence

January 20, 2026
15:15–16:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

AI systems are advancing faster than expected and the next few years could redefine what we mean by intelligence. Will progress continue through scale alone, or are new breakthroughs in algorithms, data and agentic interaction needed to reshape the path ahead? As models begin to learn, plan and act in digital and physical environments, what kind of intelligence are we creating and how will it...
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Speakers

YB
Yoshua Bengio
Full Professor
University of Montreal
YC
Yejin Choi
Professor and Senior Fellow
Stanford University
YH
Yuval Noah Harari
Distinguished Research Fellow
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
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Nicholas Thompson
Chief Executive Officer
Atlantic
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Eric Xing
President
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)

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