Active Inference Institute

September 2026 Newsletter ☂⚜❣ Active Inference Institute
https://activeinferenceinstitute.substack.com/p/september-2026-newsletter-active

2026 Quarterly Roundtable #3
https://www.youtube.com/live/WrixYErQot0

Coordinating the Field: The Case for Ecosystem-Level Technology Roadmapping and Community Working Groups in Active Inference
https://zenodo.org/records/23066904
https://activeinference.institute/working-groups/
https://github.com/ActiveInferenceInstitute/Working_Groups/

August 2026 Newsletter 🎡🎞🐅 Active Inference Institute

August 2026 Newsletter 🎡🎞🐅 Active Inference Institute August kicks off the second half of the year at the Institute. Read on for many exciting updates.

July 2026 Newsletter ☀️🏖️🐝 Active Inference Institute
https://activeinferenceinstitute.substack.com/p/july-2026-newsletter-active-inference

June 2026 Newsletter 🌙🌵🕶️ Active Inference Institute
https://activeinferenceinstitute.substack.com/p/june-2026-newsletter-active-inference

Announcements for week of June 15, 2026

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Call for Presenters at the 6th Applied Active Inference Symposium 2026!

We are excited to invite researchers and practitioners to submit presentations for the upcoming 6th Applied Active Inference Symposium 2026, to be held on 12-13 November, 2026. Submit your application here. https://coda.io/form/2026-Applied-Active-Inference-Symposium-Presenter-Application-Fo_dp_LeRRueM7
This online Symposium will focus on exploring the applications and frontiers of Active Inference. As with previous Symposia, the keynote address and panel will feature Karl Friston.

All information: symposium.activeinference.institute/

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Upcoming Livestreams:
* ModelStream #009.1 ~ 6/18/2026 at 12 UTC
James McClure, Gethin Norman
Formal Verification of Discrete Active Inference Systems in PRISM
https://www.youtube.com/live/-q8XqVxQqXQ

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“Fundamentals of Active Inference” textbook group
The first cohort of the “Fundamentals of Active Inference: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications of the Free Energy Principle for Engineers” textbook group is ongoing! Register for the Textbook group here — http://textbook-group.activeinference.institute/

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Open Project Meetings this week:
See http://activities.activeinference.institute/ for the location of all events listed here.
* 6/16/2026, 17:00 UTC — “Fundamentals of Active Inference” ~ Textbook Group
* 6/18/2026, 13:00 UTC — RxInfer.jl ~ Learning session
* 6/19/2026, 13:00 UTC — “Fundamentals of Active Inference” ~ Textbook Group

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* Join the Discord: http://discord.activeinference.institute/
* Learn more about the Active Inference Ecosystem http://ecosystem.activeinference.institute/
* Make a Measurement to get your update included in the upcoming Newsletter: http://measure.activeinference.institute/
* We are a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit. Donate at: http://donate.activeinference.institute/
* Email [email protected] with any questions.

Announcements for week of June 8, 2026
http://weekly.activeinference.institute/

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Upcoming Livestreams:

* ModelStream #008.1 ~ 6/12/2026 at 1 UTC
Mehran Hossein Zadeh Bazargani
Online Generalised Predictive Coding
https://www.youtube.com/live/0pKxmZg5qXA
* ModelStream #009.1 ~ 6/18/2026 at 12 UTC
James McClure, Gethin Norman
Formal Verification of Discrete Active Inference Systems in PRISM
https://www.youtube.com/live/-q8XqVxQqXQ

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“Fundamentals of Active Inference” textbook group

The first cohort of the “Fundamentals of Active Inference: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications of the Free Energy Principle for Engineers” textbook group is ongoing! Register for the Textbook group here — http://textbook-group.activeinference.institute/

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Open Project Meetings this week:

See http://activities.activeinference.institute/ for the location of all events listed here.

* 6/9/2026, 17:00 UTC — “Fundamentals of Active Inference” ~ Textbook Group
* 6/10/2026, 17:00 UTC — CogNarr Ecosystem project
* 6/11/2026, 13:00 UTC — RxInfer.jl ~ Learning session
* 6/12/2026, 13:00 UTC — “Fundamentals of Active Inference” ~ Textbook Group

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* Join the Discord: http://discord.activeinference.institute/
* Learn more about the Active Inference Ecosystem http://ecosystem.activeinference.institute/
* Make a Measurement to get your update included in the upcoming Newsletter: http://measure.activeinference.institute/
* We are a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit. Donate at: http://donate.activeinference.institute/
* Email [email protected] with any questions.

May 2026 Newsletter 📡 🐟 🐌 Active Inference Institute
https://activeinferenceinstitute.substack.com/p/may-2026-newsletter-active-inference

April 2026 Newsletter 🌿 🧅 🛠️ Active Inference Institute
https://activeinferenceinstitute.substack.com/p/april-2026-newsletter-active-inference

March 2026 Newsletter 🐐 📰 🏵️ Active Inference Institute
https://activeinferenceinstitute.substack.com/p/march-2026-newsletter-active-inference

2026 Quarterly Roundtable #1 https://www.youtube.com/live/_HkuQ0HhikQ

Announcements for week of March 25, 2026
http://weekly.activeinference.institute/

Tune in on Friday March 27 at 18 UTC to watch the 2026 Quarterly Roundtable #1 https://www.youtube.com/live/_HkuQ0HhikQ: find out what the Institute has been up to in the first part of 2026, and (some of) what is upcoming this year.

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Upcoming Livestreams:

* GuestStream #127.1 ~ 3/26/2026 at 15 UTC
with Borjan Milinković and Jaan Aru
On biological and artificial consciousness: A case for biological computationalism
https://www.youtube.com/live/yFaRYAvix_Q
* Roundtable 2026.1 ~ 3/27/2026 at 18 UTC
2026 Quarterly Roundtable #1
https://www.youtube.com/live/_HkuQ0HhikQ
* ModelStream #007.3 ~ 4/9/2026 at 15 UTC
with Conor Heins et al.: “pymdp 1.0.0“
https://www.youtube.com/live/dBAx-VDVcPQ
Code: https://github.com/infer-actively/pymdp

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“Fundamentals of Active Inference” textbook group

* The first cohort of the “Fundamentals of Active Inference: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications of the Free Energy Principle for Engineers” textbook group is starting on April 21st!
* Register for the Textbook group here — http://textbook-group.activeinference.institute/
* Learn more about the author, Sanjeev Namjoshi, here — https://sanjeevnamjoshi.com/

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Open Project Meetings this week:

See http://activities.activeinference.institute/ for the location of all events listed here.

* 3/26/2026, 13:00 UTC — RxInfer.jl ~ Learning session.
* 3/27/2026, 13:00 UTC — RxInfer.jl ~ Projects session.

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* Join the Discord: http://discord.activeinference.institute/
* Learn more about the Active Inference Ecosystem http://ecosystem.activeinference.institute/
* Make a Measurement to get your update included in the upcoming Newsletter: http://measure.activeinference.institute/
* We are a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit. Donate at: http://donate.activeinference.institute/
* Email [email protected] with any questions.