🔔 Exciting News from the ALIFE Community 🔔 We are pleased to share that the proceedings of ALIFE 2025, the 2025 edition of the premier conference on artificial life, held in Kyoto are now published and accessible - direct.mit.edu/isal/proceed...

🌻 Summer School as it Could Be @crosslabsai.bsky.social proudly wrapped up Cross Labs ALife Summer School (CLASS), welcoming bright young students who dove into the world of artificial life with curiosity and excitement.

Summer School as it Could Be

Cross Labs (Inaugural) Alife Summer School (CLASS) introduces secondary school students, children, and lifelong learners to the nascent field of Alife.

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#ALIFE2025 final keynote Anna Ciaunica discusses the importance of bodies and embodiment in understanding life and mind

Another successful day @alife2025.bsky.social is over. We even got a chance to visit the gorgeous new ALife Institute here in Kyoto! #ALIFE2025

Here's a depressing solution to the Fermi Paradox: In a hostile Galaxy, we won't ever see aliens because, if we did, we'd be dead already, mused Georgii Karelin of @oistedu.bsky.social at #ALIFE2025. ⚙️🧫

Final day of #ALIFE2025 I will be busy chairing the Physical ALife session

Now #ALIFE2025 keynote panel on open-endedness and plurality, by Ken Stanley, David Ha, Audrey Tang and Mizuki Oka

#ALIFE2025 #TONAL2025 satellite

#ALIFE2025 Cellular Automata session Marko Cvjetko explores behavior space of Flow Lenia

We’re excited to have Inovexus as the official After-Party Partner for #ALIFE2025 Inovexus is a community-based acceleration fund supporting early-stage startups across Europe, Asia, and the U.S., with a mission to build cross-border communities of entrepreneur-investors.

🌸 ALife 2025 Art Program Curated by Masako Shiba (BEAF / Brooklyn Experimental Art Foundation) Art operates on a fundamentally different logic than science: there are no peer reviews or papers to publish.

We’re honored to welcome David Hanson, Founder & CEO of Hanson Robotics, and Sophia the Robot as Special Event Hosts at ALIFE 2025!

We’re honored to have Fox-Walk Photo as our Photography Partner for ALIFE 2025! Fox-Walk isn’t just about taking pictures, they create visual narratives that capture the essence of people and moments.

We’re thrilled to announce Tech Kajiya as the official After Party Sponsor for ALIFE 2025! When the formal sessions wrap, Tech Kajiya helps us keep the conversations, connections, and creativity flowing into the evening.

We’re proud to announce Get Goen, led by Kieran Mutton, as our Community Partners for ALIFE 2025! With deep roots in storytelling, community building, and amplifying important voices, Get Goen aligns beautifully with ALIFE’s mission to connect research with real communities.

🏯 The Venue: Kyoto Sangyo-Kaikan Hall 🌸 The main in-person sessions of #ALIFE2025 will be held at Kyoto Sangyo-Kaikan Hall, located in the Kyoto Keizai Center building.

🈹 10% DISCOUNT 🈹 Hotel Anteroom Kyoto joined as a Community Partner for ALIFE 2025. Known for its integration of art, culture, and thoughtful guest experience, Anteroom adds a dynamic aesthetic touch to many stays. ➡ ALIFE attendees are eligible for a 10% discount.

The winner will receive a $250 prize! 💸 The deadline to submit your digital creatures to the Virtual Creatures Competition at ALIFE 2025 is today, Oct 01, 2025! 📷 sites.google.com/view/vcc-202... Visit the homepage of VCC 2025!

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Virtual Creatures Competition To be held at ALIFE 2025 in Kyoto, Japan

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Hello science enthusiasts, techies and artsy folks! 👋 We have science talks, introduce key people in ALIFE with an industry expo & for art lovers we display community art & demo show 🤩🎊To attend the events and the conference sessions get your in-person public tickets now! 🎟

We are proud to have the Kyoto Convention & Visitors Bureau (Meet Kyoto / KCVB) as a Bronze Sponsor of ALIFE 2025! Their generous support helps ensure that our conference is deeply connected to the place that hosts it; Kyoto with its traditions, charm, and cultural depth.

Thanks to PCI Solutions Research Institute, Bronze Sponsor of ALIFE 2025! Their support helps make ALIFE’s vision possible enabling richer dialogue, wider participation, and stronger connections between research, industry, and society.

We’re excited to welcome Socious as a Community Partner for ALIFE 2025! With a mission to accelerate social good by connecting motivated individuals and impact-driven organizations, Socious aligns beautifully with the Ciphers of Life theme.

Thank You to Café de Colombia, Beverage Partner of ALIFE 2025 We are honored to welcome Café de Colombia as the Beverage Partner for ALIFE 2025! Their dedication to sharing 100% Colombian coffee, with all of its rich history & quality adds a special flavor to our event.

We are delighted to welcome Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) as an official Media Partner of ALIFE 2025! MLST is a leading voice in the AI community producing deeply thoughtful content across machine learning, cognitive science, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind.

We’re delighted to have KOIN (Kyoto Open Innovation Network/open.kyoto) as an Event Partner of ALIFE 2025! As a hub of innovation in Kyoto, KOIN’s vision of connecting creators, startups, students, and communities aligns beautifully with our mission to explore Ciphers of Life.

🔥 ERA MiniCon Academic Rehearsal 🔥 During MiniCon we’ll host “Rehearse Your Talk”! Whether you have talk for: - ALIFE conference 🌍 - Bachelor/masters/PhD defense 🎓 - Or any big presentation 💡 ⬇️

ERA MiniCon is back with its 2nd edition this year (FREE OF CHARGE 🎉)! Join us and soft-start your #ALIFE2025 conference with #ERA! ⬇️ x 2

There is only one week left to submit your digital creatures to the Virtual Creatures Competition at ALIFE 2025! sites.google.com/view/vcc-202... The winner will receive a $250 prize!

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Be part of the next generation of virtual creatures: Enter the 2025 Virtual Creatures Competition (VCC)! Held at #ALIFE2025, the #VCC is an annual competition to showcase recent research in the field of artificial life. Judges and prizes to be announced soon. ⬇️ ⬇️

We’re excited to share that Michelle, the creative force behind Sound of Rain Studio, has partnered with us as a prize sponsor at this year's #ALIFE2025! ⬇️ x 3

We’re Honored to Have @mitpress.bsky.social as a Special Sponsor of ALIFE 2025 The MIT Press stands among the most respected publishers in science, technology, design, & the humanities & their contribution as a special sponsor means a great deal to us. ⬇️ x 3