EuropIA Institute – Founder of WAICF
World AI Cannes Festival
The World AI Cannes Festival (WAICF) is a major international event dedicated to artificial intelligence, held annually at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. It brings together researchers, businesses, institutions, and the general public to showcase the latest innovations in AI.
The festival features conferences, demonstrations, exhibitions, and multidisciplinary discussions. It explores the impact of AI on society, the economy, culture, and ethics.
WAICF embodies a vision of artificial intelligence in the service of humanity.
A Look Back at the 2025 Edition of the World AI Cannes Festival
From 13 to 15 February 2025, the Palais des Festivals in Cannes was transformed into a true international forum for artificial intelligence, hosting the latest edition of the WAICF – an event that has become essential for all AI stakeholders, from Europe to Asia, the Americas to Africa.
This edition welcomed over 15,000 attendees, including renowned researchers, leading tech companies, innovative startups, public decision-makers, visionary artists, and an engaged public eager to better understand the impact of AI on their everyday lives.
The 2025 programme was rich and multidisciplinary, offering more than 200 conferences, panels, demonstrations, and interactive exhibitions. It explored AI in all its dimensions: healthcare, education, art, the environment, mobility, governance, justice, ethics – all sectors being profoundly transformed by this technology.
Beyond technological innovation, WAICF 2025 placed strong emphasis on a humanistic and inclusive vision of artificial intelligence. Far from dystopian clichés, this edition highlighted how AI can serve the common good, while opening spaces for critical reflection, artistic creation, and civic dialogue.
In a setting that was at once futuristic, welcoming, and thought-provoking, the 2025 edition of WAICF created a genuine meeting ground between technology and humanity – where AI innovations were explored not only for their performance, but above all for their impact on our societies, cultures, and values.
This gathering demonstrated that AI can be much more than just a tool: it can be a driver of positive transformation, a catalyst for creativity, and a bridge across disciplines, generations, and diverse perspectives.
A Human, Ethical and European Vision of Artificial Intelligence
Spotlight on the EuropIA Institute Stand
At WAICF 2025, the EuropIA Institute stand emerged as a central hub for exchange between science, society, and culture. Over the course of three days, it offered a rich programme featuring interactive talks with European experts, presentations of real-world projects developed with public and private partners, and civic debates on key AI issues such as inclusion, ethics, regulation, democracy, and the environment. The goal was clear: to make artificial intelligence accessible, understandable, and profoundly human.
🎨 Spotlight: The AI & ART Stand – When Algorithms Become Artists
In the immersive zone of WAICF 2025, the AI & ART stand, designed by the EuropIA Institute, offered a spectacular dive into new forms of AI-assisted creation.
This unique installation demonstrated that artificial intelligence is not confined to algorithms and predictive models – it can also serve as a source of inspiration, a medium for storytelling, and a poetic tool.
Under the artistic direction of Diana Vicinelli Landi, visitors discovered an original artistic journey entitled RenAIssance – 21st-Century Art, where AI merges with classical culture, science, and ecology.
🎨 4 Major Immersive Works
1. Dante’s Inferno Reimagined
By Riccardo Boccuzzi, using MidJourney and Runway
A visual immersion into the world of Dante’s Inferno, recreated by artificial intelligence. This project blends gothic art with cutting-edge technology to bring to life the damned, the circles of Hell, and apocalyptic visions in a striking visual language.
2. The Tower of Babel – Immersive Art Experience
By Franz Fischnaller
Using a gigapixel image of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s masterpiece, visitors step inside the iconic painting to explore its hidden details, symbols, and paradoxes – all enriched through multilingual narration, visual effects, and generative AI.
3. Fruit Art – Real VS. Virtual Life
By Franz Fischnaller & AIAG
A fascinating exploration of a fruit’s inner world through an interactive, stereoscopic 8K experience, guided by AIAG – a hybrid AI avatar of a dragonfly and a tree. This immersive journey unveils the poetic beauty of life on a microscopic scale.
4. IDEA – Isabella d’Este’s Studiolo
By Antonella Guidazzoli – CINECA
A historical VR reconstruction of the studiolo (art chamber) of Isabella d’Este, a key figure of the Renaissance. This project combines cultural heritage and artificial intelligence to preserve the memory of a lost collection and share it with a contemporary audience.
