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Seven new UMD courses that delve into the role of artificial intelligence across art, public health, information science, psychology and more have received seed grants from the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM). Illustration by iStock.
Maryland Today: 7 Proposals for AI-Focused Courses Awarded New Grants
INFO faculty Mega Subramaniam and Jessica Grimmer lead new UMD courses advancing AI literacy and creative innovation
(Video) SoDa Symposium: “Prompt Engineering to Support AI Enabled Research”
Featuring Claire Kelley, senior data scientist and co-director for data science at Child Trends, and Trent D. Buskirk, professor at the …
New UMD research found that even when prompts using generative artificial intelligence lean toward positive emotion, such as joy or excitement, the images generated from these prompts tend to evoke fear as the dominant emotion. Illustration by Adobe Stock.
Maryland Today: How Images Reflect AI’s Dark ‘Spiral’ (ft. Cody Buntain)
INFO Assistant Professor Cody Buntain explores biases in generative AI, revealing how models often produce more negative content
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The New Frontline: AI, Images, and Information Influence
A UMD-led project is leveraging AI to help the U.S. Air Force and Space Force understand—and counter—the powerful role of visual me …
(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Search and the News”
Dr. Daniel Trielli discusses how search engines impact news, media bias, and journalism’s future in the digital age
Instead of regulators playing catch-up, AI developers could help create safer systems if market-based incentives were put in place, UMD researchers say. Illustration by iStock.
Maryland Today: UMD Research Sends AI Safety to Market (ft. Abdirisak Mohamed)
INFO’s Abdirisak Mohamed joins UMD researchers in designing a market-driven approach to AI safety
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(Video) Driving Economic Growth: UMD Task Force Explores AI’s Role in Job Creation for Prince George’s County
INFO's Keith Marzullo and Vanessa Frias-Martinez play key roles in AI-driven initiatives to drive economic growth Prince George’s Cou …
A UMD-led multidisciplinary team is developing a large-scale, open-source dataset for AI model training tools focused on K–12 math education that aims to increase accuracy and representation in educational AI systems. Photo by Adobe Stock.
Maryland Today: UMD Researchers to Build AI Database to Improve Math Learning Outcomes (ft. Wei Ai)
Project Funded by $4.5M Philanthropic Grant Aims to Help Teachers, Students, Researcher and Edtech Industry
The American flag waves in the breeze beside the NC State Memorial Belltower. At LAS, teams of industry, academic and government partners work side-by-side to enhance intelligence analysis through innovative technology. (Roger Winstead/NC State University)
The Laboratory for Analytic Science at NC State University: LAS Announces 2025 Collaborators (ft. Cody Buntain)
Seventeen faculty from 11 universities, including INFO's Cody Buntain, and three companies will lead LAS research projects this year