Glaciers are melting faster than ever before in Switzerland. New measurement data shows that Swiss glaciers lost more than 5 per cent of their volume in 2026, following a winter with little snow and record-breaking summer heatwaves.
Do AI systems really deceive us, or are we simply misinterpreting their behaviour? Anna Hedström, a researcher at ETH Zurich, studies AI risks, misplaced certainty and the limits of contemporary AI safety research. She also discusses how controllable highly capable AI systems really are.
Times Higher Education announces its 2027 World University Rankings. ETH Zurich remains among the world’s leading research universities in an increasingly competitive academic environment.