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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.

Efficient and inclusive NLP: An instruction-based approach to improve language models

Tuesday, 19 March, 2024

Efficient and inclusive NLP: An instruction-based approach to improve language models

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Alham Fikri Aji, an assistant professor of natural language processing at MBZUAI, recently authored a study proposing a new approach to developing NLP tools that are less resource-intensive than LLMs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The research will be presented at the 18th EACL Conference on March 17 in Malta.

Trustworthiness Assurance for Autonomous Software Systems in the AI Era

Monday, 18 March, 2024

Trustworthiness Assurance for Autonomous Software Systems in the AI Era

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As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to achieve widespread success and integration across diverse sectors, public concern over its safety and dependability has markedly increased. This is particularly true in light […]

MBZUAI launches five new “first-of-its-kind” LLMs to support real-world applications and use cases

Thursday, 14 March, 2024

MBZUAI launches five new “first-of-its-kind” LLMs to support real-world applications and use cases

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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence’s (MBZUAI) Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) is breaking new ground in generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools by deploying “first-of-its-kind” specialized language and multimodal models.

Causal AI: from prediction to understanding

Wednesday, 13 March, 2024

Causal AI: from prediction to understanding

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Machine learning (ML) has achieved remarkable success in developing predictive models for diverse applications, from recommending movies to forecasting weather patterns. However, current AI systems are almost invariably driven by […]

Machines and morality: judging right and wrong with large-language models

Wednesday, 13 March, 2024

Machines and morality: judging right and wrong with large-language models

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Monojit Choudhury, a professor of natural language processing at MBZUAI, along with a team of Microsoft researchers, will be presenting a new study on LLMs and their potential for moral reasoning and judgement at the 18th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL).

Gaussian Variational Inference in high dimension

Tuesday, 12 March, 2024

Gaussian Variational Inference in high dimension

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We consider the problem of approximating a high-dimensional distribution by a Gaussian one by minimizing the Kullback-Leibler divergence. The main result extends Katsevich and Rigollet (2023) and claims that the […]

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.

Researcher inspires inclusion and change

Friday, 8 March, 2024

Researcher inspires inclusion and change

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Karima Kadaoui, remains in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to utilize the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to assist disadvantaged communities and languages.

Celebrating ‘inspiration’ and ‘inclusion’ for International Women’s Day: Leaders and changemakers in AI

Wednesday, 6 March, 2024

Celebrating ‘inspiration’ and ‘inclusion’ for International Women’s Day: Leaders and changemakers in AI

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To celebrate the power of ‘inspire inclusion’ in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of this year’s theme for International Women’s Day 2024, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is highlighting five female leaders and changemakers working in this exciting and fast-developing area.

Principled Scaling of Neural Networks

Tuesday, 5 March, 2024

Principled Scaling of Neural Networks

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Neural networks have achieved impressive performance in many applications such as image and speech recognition and generation. State-of-the-art performance is usually achieved via a series of engineered modifications to existing […]

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