Breakthroughs

The Wits MIND Institute, led by Professor Benjamin Rosman, has secured major support from Google.org to accelerate fundamental research in natural and artificial intelligence. Rosman was recently named to TIME magazine’s TIME100 AI list in the “Thinkers” category. The investment will strengthen the Johannesburg-based institute’s capacity-building programs, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and policy dialogue between academia, industry, […]

Vorys announced today that the firm will be a founding advisor for the Legal Innovation through Frontier Technology Lab (liftlab), a new Stanford Law School program dedicated to advancing AI within the practice of law. “We are honored to collaborate with liftlab, a unique initiative that combines Stanford’s academic excellence with a clear focus on

The Ethereum Foundation announced a new AI-focused research team, aiming to blend the censorship-resistant power of blockchain with one of tech’s hottest fields. Davide Crapis, a research scientist with the Foundation, said Monday that the new team will focus on developing an AI economy on Ethereum and a decentralized AI stack for developers. “Ethereum makes

Google plans to invest 5 billion pounds (about 6.78 billion US dollars) in AI infrastructure and other projects in the UK over the next two years, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company says the funds will also support energy supply, research, engineering, and workforce training. At the same time, Google has opened a

LSE’s Data Science Institute (DSI) is delighted to announce the appointment of Cosmina Dorobantu as Professor in Practice. This strategic appointment will help LSE play the vital role of ensuring that social sciences guide AI advancement towards a path that benefits our economies and societies. Professor Dorobantu brings an impressive combination of entrepreneurial vision, policy

After the AI literacy case studies are piloted and refined at YSU, they will be shared and implemented in first-year engineering programs at other universities. Brozina and Johri will work with partners at various institutions, including the University of Florida, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Texas A&M, Case Western, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, and Iowa State.

The inaugural UK AI Research Symposium (UKAIRS) took place at Northumbria University 8-9 September 2025 – the first event to bring together researchers from a variety of academic disciplines, all working within the AI community. The event forged links between theoretical research and real-world applications to benefit society. Up to 350 AI researchers and academics

A new artificial intelligence model found previously undetected signals in routine heart tests that strongly predict which patients will suffer potentially deadly complications after surgery. The model significantly outperformed risk scores currently relied upon by doctors. The federally-funded work by Johns Hopkins University researchers, which turns standard and inexpensive test results into a potentially life-saving