about me
Michel Schimpf
Michel Schimpf is a PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge working at the intersection of AI and psychology. He studies how conversational AI can support behaviour change, from setting goals to improving health and emotional well-being.
His research also includes work in Stanford's Department of Medicine. Previously, he worked on alignment and model behaviour at Mistral. He co-founded wahl.chat, a chatbot for political education, and Techdalo, a nonprofit teaching programming skills to students in Colombia.
He studied computer science at the Technical University of Munich, alongside a minor in psychology at LMU Munich.
selected publications
- Ministral 3
Mistral AI · Preprint · 2026
- Supporting Effective Goal Setting with LLM-Based Chatbots
CHI 2026
- AI-Assisted Goal Setting Improves Goal Progress Through Social Accountability
Preprint · 2026
- Can AI Help You Get Over Your Breakup? One Session with a Belief-Reframing Chatbot Shows Sustained Distress Reduction
Preprint · 2026
media & interviews
- German AI chatbot seeks to make it easier for voters to decide who to vote for
Euronews · Interview with Michel
- wahl.chat: KI-Tool von Studierenden hilft bei der Wahlentscheidung
Technical University of Munich · Founder story
- KI-Update Deep-Dive: Hilfe bei der Entscheidungsfindung zur Bundestagswahl
Heise · KI-Update · Podcast with Michel and Robin Frasch