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Enhanced MBZUAI Executive Program keeps pace with fast-changing artificial intelligence market demands

Monday, 11 March, 2024

Enhanced MBZUAI Executive Program keeps pace with fast-changing artificial intelligence market demands

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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has announced the enhanced MBZUAI Executive Program (MEP) as it welcomes its fifth cohort consisting of 44 senior leaders coming from the federal government (17%), local authorities (37%), non-government organizations/startups (9%), and industry (37%) from across the UAE.

MBZUAI contributes to world-leading GenAI, open-source initiatives, and a pipeline of talented practitioners in 2023

Wednesday, 27 December, 2023

MBZUAI contributes to world-leading GenAI, open-source initiatives, and a pipeline of talented practitioners in 2023

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The impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has continued to positively impact industry throughout 2023, and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has played an increasingly prominent role as part of the global research community.

MBZUAI and United Al-Saqer Group sign research agreement to advance AI in healthcare

Monday, 25 December, 2023

MBZUAI and United Al-Saqer Group sign research agreement to advance AI in healthcare

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MBZUAI, the world’s first university dedicated to AI research, and United Al-Saqer Group, a UAE-based business conglomerate, have signed a 10-year research endowment agreement aimed at advancing education, knowledge, and innovation in digital health.

Frontiers of federation at the AI Quorum

Tuesday, 19 December, 2023

Frontiers of federation at the AI Quorum

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Leading scientists from across the world met earlier this month in Abu Dhabi for MBZUAI’s Second Workshop on Collaborative Learning, as part of the AI Quorum – a three-day session where researchers discussed recent developments in collaborative and federated learning with a focus on sustainable development.

Strong AI ecosystem built on collaborative efforts with industry

Tuesday, 28 November, 2023

Strong AI ecosystem built on collaborative efforts with industry

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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) held an appreciation ceremony recently to recognize more than 30 industry partners for their ongoing support and collaboration in cultivating a burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem in Abu Dhabi with pioneering and world-leading ideas.

MBZUAI to highlight AI research for sustainability at COP28 UAE and its important role in providing solutions

Friday, 24 November, 2023

MBZUAI to highlight AI research for sustainability at COP28 UAE and its important role in providing solutions

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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) will participate at COP28 in the Greening Education Hub that is organized by the Ministry of Education (MoE) in the UAE later this month, underscoring the critical role artificial intelligence (AI) can play in accelerating innovation and helping society meet climate change targets. 

Jais Climate: MBZUAI and Core 42 launch first bilingual LLM dedicated to climate intelligence

Wednesday, 22 November, 2023

Jais Climate: MBZUAI and Core 42 launch first bilingual LLM dedicated to climate intelligence

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Today marks the official launch of Jais Climate, the world’s first bilingual large language model (LLM) dedicated to climate and sustainability. Developed through a partnership between Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first graduate research university dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI), and Core42, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi-based technology holding group G42, Jais Climate aims to inform, inspire, and drive awareness about climate change and sustainability.

MBZUAI to play vanguard role at NeurIPS 2023

Friday, 17 November, 2023

MBZUAI to play vanguard role at NeurIPS 2023

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MBZUAI faculty will present 53 papers at the 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems.

The RenAIssance: Why AI marks a resurgence of empiricism

Thursday, 16 November, 2023

The RenAIssance: Why AI marks a resurgence of empiricism

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Professor Eric Xing's op-ed for the World Economic Forum's Agenda on why dystopian AI predictions owe more to sensationalism than scientific substance.

Innovation accelerated: MBZUAI announces new center of Foundation Models to spearhead research and application  of generative AI

Tuesday, 17 October, 2023

Innovation accelerated: MBZUAI announces new center of Foundation Models to spearhead research and application of generative AI

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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) – the world's first graduate-level artificial intelligence (AI) university dedicated to research – welcomed its largest and most diverse class since its 2019 establishment.  

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