UMD leaders hope to embrace AI in classrooms, balance ethical concerns
This university has steadily increased its AI use in classrooms to examine its applications and stay ahead of the rapidly evolving technology.
AI gunshot detection technology at UMD raises concerns about false positives, policing
UMPD uses ShotSpotter, an AI-based acoustic gunshot detection system, to alert campus police in the event of an active shooter.
UMD to hire 40 faculty members for artificial intelligence institute
The new faculty members will join the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland, a collaborative research hub that launched in spring 2024.
‘The Digital Landscape’ exhibit explores the digital, human relationship
The Stamp Gallery’s newest exhibit displays how the arts understand the world through a technological lens, exploring topics of social media, surveillance, culture and environmental pollution.
UMD offers AI chatbots for 10 courses this semester
The bots, piloted last spring, are similar in function to well-known chatbots such as ChatGPT.
Universities must evolve curricula to equip students for an AI-dominated workforce
By prioritizing and embracing interdisciplinary learning and engaging with the ethical dimensions of AI, universities can prepare students to navigate the changing landscape with confidence and human creativity that AI can never mimic.
How AI could benefit the music industry
Skeptics fear AI technology could reach a point in which music loses what makes it so appealing — the fact that it’s inherently human.
Offbeat: How are Terps making sense of the AI Era?
In this episode of Offbeat, we spoke to University of Maryland students, staff and alumni to gauge how AI could impact the future of work.
UMD students create KarenAI bot to complain on your behalf
The AI-powered chatbot and voice synthesizer might be your new greatest advocate.
I asked AI for its thoughts on college life at UMD
I asked ChatGPT and Snapchat’s new My AI their thoughts on UMD and college life.