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EPFL research investigating the potential impact on education of AI assistants has found that systems like GPT-4 can answer up to 85% of university assessment questions correctly.

The first week of summer vacation in Zurich is summer camp time at Empa! The 20-plus slots for the children of Empa employees were once again in great demand and quickly booked out. In various workshops, the children immersed themselves in the professional world of their parents, the engineers and materials scientists at Empa. In addition to the “work” in the laboratory, there was of course also plenty of fun and relaxed excursions.

Thanks to the dedication of EPFL students, all motivated by the potential to make a difference in someone’s life, six MAKE prototypes were built last semester with the aim of assisting the mentally or physically challenged.

Start-up URBNC 3 produces sustainable and personalised sandals with the aid of digital technology. The start-up took its first steps at the Student Project House of ETH Zurich.

Racing cars, robots, aircraft: Bachelor’s students in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering spend two semesters working on a project in teams. They will be presenting their results on 28 May 2024.