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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.

Commencement 2026: Speaking the language of AI

Friday, 24 April, 2026

Commencement 2026: Speaking the language of AI

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Computer Science student, Lara Hassan, explains how a passionate approach to life and work has helped her build systems that can make people's lives easier.

How a population geneticist is bridging genomics and medicine

Thursday, 23 April, 2026

How a population geneticist is bridging genomics and medicine

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MBZUAI's Carlos Bustamante, explores how AI and genomics can transform reactive healthcare into proactive, data-driven medicine.

What it takes to teach a machine to see in Arabic

Wednesday, 22 April, 2026

What it takes to teach a machine to see in Arabic

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MBZUAI researchers have developed AIN – a multimodal model advancing Arabic AI beyond text into vision tasks.

Creativity on campus: cultivating innovation at MBZUAI

Tuesday, 21 April, 2026

Creativity on campus: cultivating innovation at MBZUAI

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On World Creativity and Innovation Day, we look at what creativity means at MBZUAI, how it is put into practice, and why collaboration is key to fostering the next generation of AI innovators.

Keeping secrets with differential privacy

Monday, 20 April, 2026

Keeping secrets with differential privacy

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MBZUAI researchers developed DP-Fusion, a method that protects sensitive data while preserving AI output quality.

Alumni Spotlight: Can AI understand human emotions?

Thursday, 16 April, 2026

Alumni Spotlight: Can AI understand human emotions?

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MBZUAI graduate and psychotherapist Aigerim Zhumabayeva believes artificial intelligence can mirror feelings – but empathy still belongs to humans.

MBZUAI researcher continues journey to reshape AI for global languages

Tuesday, 14 April, 2026

MBZUAI researcher continues journey to reshape AI for global languages

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Former MBZUAI researcher Atnafu Lambebo Tonja has been appointed Google DeepMind Academic Fellow at the UCL, where he will continue his research work to advance inclusive and equitable AI technologies that support linguistically diverse communities.

AI researchers in Abu Dhabi are rewriting the rules of medicine across every stage of life

Tuesday, 7 April, 2026

AI researchers in Abu Dhabi are rewriting the rules of medicine across every stage of life

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On World Health Day, MBZUAI showcases how artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare, from predicting Alzheimer’s years in advance to enabling early diagnosis, improving patient outcomes, and expanding access to care across languages and communities.

How reinforcement learning can help medical AI systems reason like a doctor

Tuesday, 7 April, 2026

How reinforcement learning can help medical AI systems reason like a doctor

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MBZUAI researchers received an NVIDIA Academic Grant for MediX-R1 – a framework that fine-tunes multimodal language models to improve medical reasoning.

Building an AI model that actually speaks Hindi

Thursday, 26 March, 2026

Building an AI model that actually speaks Hindi

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MBZUAI’s Nanda models for Hindi and English show that effective multilingual AI depends on cultural and linguistic design choices.

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