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Stay up-to-date with the latest news from MBZUAI and the wider industry, featuring insights into ongoing University research, innovations, and developments shaping the future of artificial intelligence. The Node gathers expert commentary, press announcements, and initiatives from the University and its partners, keeping you informed on the most relevant trends and breakthroughs.

Teaching language models about Arab culture through cross-cultural transfer

Monday, 29 December, 2025

Teaching language models about Arab culture through cross-cultural transfer

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New research from MBZUAI shows how small, targeted demonstrations can sharpen AI cultural reasoning across the Arab world.

AI and the silver screen: how cinema has imagined intelligent machines

Thursday, 25 December, 2025

AI and the silver screen: how cinema has imagined intelligent machines

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Movies have given audiences countless visions of how artificial intelligence might affect our lives. Here are some of the most impactful portrayals of AI to hit the big screen.

Mind meld: agentic communication through thoughts instead of words

Tuesday, 23 December, 2025

Mind meld: agentic communication through thoughts instead of words

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A NeurIPS 2025 study by MBZUAI shows that tapping into agents’ internal structures dramatically improves multi-agent decision-making.

K2-V2: Full Openness Finally Meets Real Performance

Thursday, 18 December, 2025

K2-V2: Full Openness Finally Meets Real Performance

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The large language model (LLM) landscape — long split between proprietary Big Tech systems (Google, OpenAI), open-weight developer models (Llama), and a small set of fully open-source research models — shifted decisively in 2025.

MBZUAI and AWS collaborate to drive research, skills, and innovation in AI

Wednesday, 17 December, 2025

MBZUAI and AWS collaborate to drive research, skills, and innovation in AI

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MBZUAI has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services to advance AI research, enhance technical skills, and accelerate startup growth across the UAE and the wider region.

MBZUAI Opens Applications for First Ph.D. Cohort in Human-Computer Interaction

Tuesday, 16 December, 2025

MBZUAI Opens Applications for First Ph.D. Cohort in Human-Computer Interaction

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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has opened applications for its first Ph.D. cohort in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with the inaugural intake beginning in Fall 2026. The cohort will join a growing community dedicated to understanding how people adopt, adapt, and repurpose AI. Research spans human-AI alignment, multimodal interfaces, cognitive augmentation, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), human-data interaction, and the development of adaptive, transparent, and accessible interactive systems.

Youngest MBZUAI student sets sights on AI superintelligence at just 17

Thursday, 11 December, 2025

Youngest MBZUAI student sets sights on AI superintelligence at just 17

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Brandon Adebayo joined the University’s inaugural undergraduate cohort, driven by a passion for reasoning, research, and the future of AI.

MBZUAI launches Institute for Agriculture and AI to advance digital advisory solutions for smallholder farmers

Wednesday, 10 December, 2025

MBZUAI launches Institute for Agriculture and AI to advance digital advisory solutions for smallholder farmers

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The IAAI has been established in collaboration with the International Affairs Office at the UAE Presidential Court and the Gates Foundation.

Balancing the future of AI: MBZUAI hosts AI for the Global South workshop

Wednesday, 10 December, 2025

Balancing the future of AI: MBZUAI hosts AI for the Global South workshop

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AI4GS brings together diverse voices from across continents to define the challenges that will guide inclusive AI for the next decade.

Inception, Cerebras and MBZUAI Release Jais 2 – the next generation of the world’s leading Arabic open-weight LLM

Tuesday, 9 December, 2025

Inception, Cerebras and MBZUAI Release Jais 2 – the next generation of the world’s leading Arabic open-weight LLM

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Powered by a redesigned architecture and cleaner training data, Jais delivers stronger reasoning, greater fluency across Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and regional dialects, and strong performance in English. It is engineered to navigate real-world linguistic behavior, including code-switching and informal tone, while maintaining advanced technical and creative capabilities.

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