AI Empathy News and Research Updates

Follow the latest research findings, publications, talks, events, collaborations, and media appearances from the AI Empathy Lab. This page brings together updates from our international team working across AI empathy, human-AI interaction, voice technology, and consumer behavior.

Oct 2, 2026

Alex Mari joined Dr. Anita Nowak on her Purposeful Empathy podcast to discuss AI empathy and the work of the AI Empathy Lab.

Podcast

Sep 28, 2026

Ertugrul Uysal was featured by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).

Video

Sep 17, 2026

AI Empathy Evolution: From Polite Responses to Relationship-Based Intelligence was published on the UZH Executive Education Blog.

Article

Sep 12, 2026

The AI Empathy Lab was presented at the Business & Generative AI Conference at The Wharton School in San Francisco.

Conference

Sep 10, 2026

Ertugrul Uysal presented new research developed in collaboration with evulpo at the Swiss Academy of Marketing Science (SAMS) Conference.

Conference

Aug 3, 2026

Ertugrul Uysal presented at the Mind and Machine Alignment Summit at The Ohio State University, exploring the question: “When Should AI Care?”

Video

May 1, 2026

Dr. Alex Mari delivered a keynote at National Empathy Day, hosted by The Social Brain Lab at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience.

Conference