AI

A new course combines expertise from several George Mason units. The purpose? To teach the ethics of artificial intelligence. See who is teaching and when the course starts.

Today at Elon (Elon University): Missy Cummings shows risks of unfettered AI in Voices of Discovery lecture. Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center is mentioned, and Professor Missy Cummings, CEC, is quoted.

The American Bazaar: George Mason University and IIT-Ropar to use AI to boost crop yields in India. College of Engineering and Computing mentioned, and Gurdip Singh, divisional CEC dean is quoted.

Dark Reading: AI About-Face: ‘Mantis’ Turns LLM Attackers into Prey Evgenios Kornaropoulos, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science is quoted.

George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) plans to collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology–Ropar (IIT–Ropar) as one of three Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in AI. This collaboration results from a call for proposals last winter from the Ministry of Education of India which seeks to improve the nation’s AI ecosystem through cooperation with partners worldwide. 

You have an idea of what AI is, but do you know what the European AI Act means to U.S. business? Find out during an October 23 webinar with an EU expert.

Solon Simmons, professor of conflict and analysis in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, enters his first year as the George Mason University Faculty Senate president. At George Mason since 2006, Simmons has been a member of the senate for eight years.

In this role, Shehu will lead the strategy and implementation of AI across research, academics, and partnerships for the university, maximizing opportunity and adoption in addressing the world’s grand challenges while leading on ethical considerations, governance, and risk mitigation.

Antidepressants not working well? Let AI prescribe medication

NIH grant to fund depression chatbot for Black patients