The University of Georgia is one of the founding partners in NextGenAI, a first-of-its-kind consortium with 15 leading research institutions dedicated to using AI to accelerate research breakthroughs and transform education.
OpenAI, known for its generative AI technologies including ChatGPT, is committing $50 million in research grants, access to OpenAI’s tools and compute funding through the consortium. The initiative will support the discovery and development of new applications for AI and provide students with hands-on experience working with the technology:
Joining UGA as founding members of the consortium are private institutions Caltech, Duke University, Harvard University, Howard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as public institutions including the California State University system, the University of Michigan, the University of Mississippi, The Ohio State University and Texas A&M University. Other partners include the University of Oxford, Sciences Po, Boston Children’s Hospital, the Boston Public Library and OpenAI.
Participation in the NextGenAI consortium will bolster UGA’s longstanding commitment to interdisciplinary AI and data science research and education. Faculty at UGA began exploring the field of AI more than 40 years ago, and today, the university’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence serves as a hub for cross-cutting AI and data science research and academic programs. Supported by the Office of the Provost and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, IAI includes faculty members from nearly every corner of campus including computer science, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, engineering, business, forestry and many other fields.
UGA researchers are leveraging AI to find solutions to a wide range of challenges. Among many other projects, faculty are assessing potential cybersecurity threats facing Georgia’s county governments, developing large language models for telemedicine and exploring what drives students’ interest and curiosity while learning science.
And read more NextGenAI effort to accelerate the next generation of research breakthroughs.
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