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NeurIPS 2026 Workshop Lineup Points to AI’s Shift Beyond LLMs and Data Centres

NeurIPS 2026 has selected 102 workshops highlighting AI agents, physical AI, foundation models, robotics, AI for science, safety and evaluation.

NeurIPS 2026 has selected 102 workshops from 454 valid submissions, with workshops in Sydney, Paris and Atlanta highlighting a shift in AI research beyond large language models toward autonomous agents, physical AI, adaptive foundation models, robotics, AI for science and more reliable and efficient systems.