Artificial Intelligence

UC Irvine’s Build-A-Bot Workshop Brings Campus Community Together to Learn, Create, Compete

UCI Build a Bot Participants Dec 2025

More than 100 UC Irvine staff members rolled up their sleeves this past December to tackle a challenge: build an AI assistant from scratch using ZotGPT in just one week. The result? A showcase of innovation that proved anyone, regardless…
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The Latest in AI Research and Applications at the University of California

AI Around UC

The University of California is at the forefront of exploring how AI is shaping research, society and technology. UC campuses are exploring AI’s impact on education, privacy, healthcare and innovation, while developing cutting-edge tools that push the boundaries of science…
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EVENT RECAP: 2025 Cybersecurity Summit Highlights  

Various speakers on Zoom at the 2025 Cybersecurity Summit

Kicking off the second day of the 2025 UC Cybersecurity Summit, Jennie Kennedy, Chief Privacy and Data Protection Officer at the University of Texas System, shared an eye-opening session on the realities of data privacy in the age of AI…
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Separating the Signal from the Noise: AI in Biology – June 17-18 – REGISTER NOW

AI in biology symposium

The Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) at UCSF and Rezo Therapeutics present “Separating the Signal from the Noise: AI in Biology,” a two-day symposium organized by Ali BashirTanja KortemmeNevan Krogan, and Kliment Verba.

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Onramps to AI for higher ed

An industrial server at UC Berkeley (Credit: Elena Zhukova)

Tools and platforms endowed with artificial intelligence (AI) have seeped into many aspects of daily life. From recommendation engines that drive Amazon and Netflix to the latest advances in large language models underpinning platforms like OpenAI and Gemini, AI has…
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INTERVIEW: Tina Austin, UCLA lecturer: classroom innovations using generative AI

Tina Austin, UCLA lecturer, "I work to ensure my students are educated users of AI, asking touch questions before deciding to use it"

UC Tech News had the opportunity to interview Tina Austin, Regenerative Medicine and Ethics lecturer, UCLA, on cutting edge techniques she has developed using AI for the classroom. She pointed out that the field is advancing so quickly that the…
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TritonGPT: shaping the future at UC San Diego through student innovation

Triton GPT banner image

By Shannon Prior, UC San Diego. TritonGPT is a testament to innovation at UC San Diego, developed by a dedicated team of student engineers. This suite of AI Assistants is not just another technological advancement; it’s specifically tailored to meet…
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UC Santa Barbara Leads $20M AI Cybersecurity Initiative

Robot image from 2023 cyberrisk program annual report

UC Santa Barbara is leading a $20 million research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity. This groundbreaking project, Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION), is an effort to bring continuous learning and reasoning of AI to security threats. The project…
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