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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.

Five ways that AI is breaking barriers and boosting access to healthcare

Friday, 5 April, 2024

Five ways that AI is breaking barriers and boosting access to healthcare

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Artificial intelligence (AI) could play a key role in extending health services to underserved and vulnerable communities, by revolutionizing prevention and diagnosis, and helping develop bespoke medicines while expanding access to care.

Towards Trustworthy AI-Generated Text

Thursday, 4 April, 2024

Towards Trustworthy AI-Generated Text

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The emergence of large language models in text generation has markedly transformed our technological environment, significantly impacting our daily digital interactions. However, this groundbreaking innovation raises concerns regarding the trustworthiness […]

Towards Ethical NLP: On Class Disparities and Risks of Dual Use

Wednesday, 3 April, 2024

Towards Ethical NLP: On Class Disparities and Risks of Dual Use

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Recent developments in natural language processing (NLP) technologies have afforded great advances in terms of performance, adaptability, and expanding NLP technologies to new tasks. However, as these technologies become more […]

Iryna Gurevych receives recognition for contributions to natural language processing

Wednesday, 3 April, 2024

Iryna Gurevych receives recognition for contributions to natural language processing

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Only a few months into the year, Iryna Gurevych, adjunct professor of NLP at MBZUAI, has racked up several accolades for her contributions to artificial intelligence research.

Human Commonsense and Physical Reasoning for Robot Learning

Tuesday, 2 April, 2024

Human Commonsense and Physical Reasoning for Robot Learning

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Humans possess an array of cognitive and reasoning abilities, allowing us to perceive, plan, and interact effectively with the physical world. However, the current reasoning capabilities of robots still lag […]

Computing in the Post-Moore Era

Tuesday, 2 April, 2024

Computing in the Post-Moore Era

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Information technology (IT) has emerged as an indispensable pillar in our daily lives. This sustained proliferation of IT platforms for five decades has been thanks to an exponential increase in […]

MBZUAI appoints Professor Timothy Baldwin as the university’s provost

Tuesday, 2 April, 2024

MBZUAI appoints Professor Timothy Baldwin as the university’s provost

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Professor Timothy Baldwin has been appointed as the Provost of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI).

Learning to act in noisy contexts using deep proxy learning

Monday, 1 April, 2024

Learning to act in noisy contexts using deep proxy learning

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We consider problem of evaluating the expected outcome of an action or policy, using off-policy observations of user actions, where the relevant context is noisy/anonymized. This scenario might arise due […]

Decoding the news: a new application to identify persuasion techniques in the media

Wednesday, 27 March, 2024

Decoding the news: a new application to identify persuasion techniques in the media

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Preslav Nakov, professor and department chair of NLP at MBZUAI, is working to develop applications that can identify the use of persuasion techniques found in the news media, but also in disinformation and propaganda campaigns.

Reconstruction and Animation of Realistic Head Avatars

Friday, 22 March, 2024

Reconstruction and Animation of Realistic Head Avatars

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Digital humans, or realistic avatars, are a centerpiece of future telepresence and special effects systems, and human head modeling is one of their main components. The abovementioned applications, however, are […]

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