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Column on new AI Institutes is now published in AI Magazine

A column, co-authored by Ashok Goel and Jim Donlon, and introducing the seven new NSF AI Institutes, is now published in AAAI's AI Magazine. The column provides a brief overview of each of the new institutes, as well as an overview of the AI Virtual Organization (AIVO), which was formed to strengthen the network of AI institutes and help them expand.

The column describes the ACTION Institute: 

Mustafa Suleyman to speak at UCSB

While this may not be an ACTION sponsored event, it's surely something that will interest everyone in the institute.

Giovanni Vigna interviewed on KEYT News

Professor Giovanni Vigna was interviewed on KEYT News to comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order to prepare the state for the progress of Artificial Intelligence. Local reporter Mina Wahab conducted the interview, which can be read at KEYT.com.

Acknowledgement from Congressman Salud Carbajal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2023
Contact: Ian Mariani | 202-225-9926

Carbajal: UCSB’s Selection as New National ‘AI’ Research Institute Another Proof Point that Central Coast is Leading in Emerging Fields

UCSB is receiving $5,300,000 federal grant to spearhead research into use of AI in cybersecurity and privacy 

Announcing the NSF AI Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and OperatioN (ACTION)

The US National Science Foundation announced an investment of $140 million to launch seven new Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes across the country. Per the NSF, this investment is "part of a broader effort across the federal government to advance a cohesive approach to AI-related opportunities and risks." The announcement came as a number of A.I.