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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.

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AI models are becoming cultural archives

Wednesday, 25 March, 2026

AI models are becoming cultural archives

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MBZUAI research shows how language models encode cultural knowledge — and how unevenly they express it across languages.

When disagreement becomes a signal for AI models

Tuesday, 24 March, 2026

When disagreement becomes a signal for AI models

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Research from MBZUAI and Melbourne offers new metrics and training approaches that aim to better align AI outputs with distributions of human judgment.

Why AI can describe an image but struggles to understand the culture inside it

Monday, 23 March, 2026

Why AI can describe an image but struggles to understand the culture inside it

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A new MBZUAI paper, accepted at EACL 2026, introduces JEEM – a benchmark for evaluating how AI interprets images across Arabic dialects and cultures.

MBZUAI team awarded Google Academic Research Award to study loneliness in the age of AI

Friday, 13 March, 2026

MBZUAI team awarded Google Academic Research Award to study loneliness in the age of AI

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The project, led by Thamar Solorio, Monojit Choudhury, and Aseem Srivastava, will study loneliness in digital spaces and guide safer AI companionship.

Alumni Spotlight: How Abdelrahman Shaker learned to redefine impact in AI

Monday, 9 March, 2026

Alumni Spotlight: How Abdelrahman Shaker learned to redefine impact in AI

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The MBZUAI alumnus explains how his focus has changed from papers to purpose since being awarded his Ph.D. in 2025.

MBZUAI launches Ruwwad AI Scholars Fellowship to build UAE’s next generation of AI faculty

Friday, 27 February, 2026

MBZUAI launches Ruwwad AI Scholars Fellowship to build UAE’s next generation of AI faculty

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The program will prepare Emirati Ph.D. graduates for future faculty careers by offering funded fellowships at leading research institutions worldwide.

Collaborative drones for long-range perception

Friday, 27 February, 2026

Collaborative drones for long-range perception

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MBZUAI’s Xingxing Zuo has developed a dynamic-baseline approach that enables accurate depth mapping far beyond conventional stereo systems.

MBZUAI and Minerva Humanoids announce strategic research partnership to advance humanoid robotics for applications in the energy sector

Thursday, 29 January, 2026

MBZUAI and Minerva Humanoids announce strategic research partnership to advance humanoid robotics for applications in the energy sector

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The partnership will facilitate the development of next-generation humanoid robotics tailored for safety-critical industrial operations.

Special delivery: a new, realistic measure of vehicle routing algorithms

Monday, 8 December, 2025

Special delivery: a new, realistic measure of vehicle routing algorithms

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A new benchmark by researchers at MBZUAI simulates the unpredictable nature of delivery in cities, helping logistics companies with efficiency and costs.

Why 3D spatial reasoning still trips up today’s AI systems

Friday, 5 December, 2025

Why 3D spatial reasoning still trips up today’s AI systems

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A new benchmark by MBZUAI researchers shows how poorly current multimodal methods handle real-world geometric and perspective-based instructions.

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