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UAB News and Updates on AI

Stay informed about AI related announcements, initiatives, research highlights, and success stories from across UAB. These updates reflect how AI is being explored and applied responsibly in support of education, research, patient care, and operations.

  • Putting AI First: Inside the strategy guiding UAB’s Department of Computer Science
    The department has transformed its curriculum in response to AI, says chair Yuliang Zheng, Ph.D. This fall, it launches a renamed M.S. in Artificial Intelligence program and introductory AI courses for non-majors, and Zheng envisions new degrees, minors and microcredential programs.
  • Spark your thinking on AI with these perspectives from UAB faculty and business summit participants
    As UAB advances its AI Strategic Initiative, consider these perspectives from faculty and participants in this spring’s AI in Action: Business Summit at the Collat School of Business.
  • UAB has added new capabilities to existing AI tools. Here’s what you need to know.
    Microsoft Copilot now has options to choose from multiple AI models and UAB IT has deployed Agents in Microsoft Teams. Follow these principles and guidelines for responsible AI use, consider fiscal and energy efficiency and take advantage of these resources.
  • Launch of the UAB AI Strategic Initiative
    This is an email sent to the UAB campus community on May 4, 2026, from UAB President Ray Watts.
  • Is AI competent to make moral judgments? A UAB philosopher helped devise tests to find out.
    Recent studies have some researchers touting AI’s ethical reasoning prowess. In a Nature paper, UAB’s Joshua May, Ph.D., joined scientists from Google DeepMind to explain how to get proof.
  • AI in Action: Business Summit showcases real-world AI
    On April 10, the Collat School of Business is hosting a new event focused on practical applications of artificial intelligence in today’s organizations.