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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: Finding the fun in AI code detection

Wednesday, 29 April, 2026

Commencement 2026: Finding the fun in AI code detection

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Curiosity, collaboration, and a prolific publication output helped define Daniil Orel's MBZUAI experience as a master's student in NLP.

Beyond language: Eric Xing on the next frontier of artificial intelligence

Wednesday, 29 April, 2026

Beyond language: Eric Xing on the next frontier of artificial intelligence

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MBZUAI President and University Professor, Eric Xing, spoke with The Washington Post about world models and how they will redefine AI.

Closing the gap between LoRA and full fine-tuning

Tuesday, 28 April, 2026

Closing the gap between LoRA and full fine-tuning

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If you want to build an application with a language model today, there are many powerful open-source models to choose from. There’s really no need to build one from scratch […]

Commencement 2026: Embracing the opportunity, owning the responsibility

Tuesday, 28 April, 2026

Commencement 2026: Embracing the opportunity, owning the responsibility

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Abdulla Almansoori explains how he is using machine learning to give back to the institutions that made his academic journey possible.

Commencement 2026: Positive pressure and the art of adaptability

Monday, 27 April, 2026

Commencement 2026: Positive pressure and the art of adaptability

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Master’s student Bashayer Alsereidi explains how a desire to make the UAE proud of her provided the encouragement she needed to take on new challenges.

A multi-agent system for reading research papers

Monday, 27 April, 2026

A multi-agent system for reading research papers

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MBZUAI researchers have developed Paper Circle, which helps researchers navigate thousands of papers by structuring discovery, ranking, and analysis workflows.

A neural network approach to quantiles in high-dimensional spaces

Friday, 24 April, 2026

A neural network approach to quantiles in high-dimensional spaces

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MBZUAI researchers have developed a neural optimal transport framework to better analyze and predict outcomes in complex data.

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.

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