artificial intelligence

Rice experts featured in Emmy Award-winning documentary on AI impact, promise and risks

Rice researchers are featured in a Telemundo documentary on artificial intelligence that won a Lone Star Emmy Award.

Rice partners with BeOne Sports to transform athlete performance with AI technology

Rice’s Athletics Department and Office of Innovation have formed a strategic partnership with BeOne Sports, an innovative startup founded by Rice alumni that is pioneering advanced sports performance technology.

‘A natural fit’: Rice philosophy professor explains relationship between philosophy, technology

When Robert Howell contemplates the future of artificial intelligence, he foresees a world where an app might guide your moral decisions just as Google Maps helps you navigate a road trip.

Rice expert available to discuss House bill on workforce and AI

Rice’s Fred Oswald is available to comment on the Workforce for AI Trust Act.

Rice research could make weird AI images a thing of the past

Rice computer scientists have developed a way to improve the performance of artificial intelligence diffusion models.

Rice engineers develop AI system for real-time sensing of flooded roads

Rice engineers have developed an AI machine learning system for real-time sensing of flooded roads through existing data sources and reporting mechanisms.

ChatGPT could help people with creativity in everyday tasks, study says

ChatGPT, the generative artificial intelligence technology developed by OpenAI, could help humans with daily, creative tasks — even tasks typically thought to require the human ability to “read between the lines,” according to new research by the University of Houston and Rice University. Its capability has proven to be superior compared to traditional Google search or even human brainstorming without any technical assistance, the study authors argue.

Breaking MAD: Generative AI could break the internet

Rice researchers have found that training successive generations of generative artificial intelligence models on synthetic data gives rise to self-consuming feedback loops.

Brazilian students explore AI and infrastructure resiliency at Rice amid Hurricane Beryl

A group of undergraduate students and faculty from Brazil spent a week at Rice exploring the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in sustainability and natural disaster resiliency practices as part of a knowledge and cultural exchange program funded through the 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative.

Poetry meets AI: Nick Flynn and David Rokeby premiere groundbreaking collaboration at the Moody

The groundbreaking collaboration between poet Nick Flynn and media artist David Rokeby unveiled a fusion of poetry and artificial intelligence (AI) at an April 12 event at Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts.

Rice’s Moshe Vardi awarded honorary title by the University of Calabria

For the 10th time, Moshe Vardi, University Professor at Rice and an expert in computational logic, artificial intelligence and databases, has been awarded an honorary title by a university outside the United States, this time by the University of Calabria, Italy.

U.S.-Latin America ‘policy lab’ could leverage AI as arena for international collaboration

Rice experts weighed in on a public hearing of the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) on the risks, opportunities and potential ways to leverage artificial intelligence as an arena for international collaboration between the U.S. and Latin America.

Google’s chief scientist discusses artificial intelligence history and future at Rice

Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google, spoke at Rice University Feb. 13 to discuss trends in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

Rice joins federal consortium on AI safety

Rice has joined the nation’s leading artificial intelligence stakeholders to participate in a Department of Commerce initiative to support the development and deployment of trustworthy and safe AI.

Rice’s De Lange Conference traverses futures of synthetic biology, data technology and climate change

Rice University’s 2024 biennial De Lange Conference featured an array of distinguished speakers, artists and researchers who engaged in thought-provoking discussions regarding timely technological and environmental topics Feb. 9-10 at the Baker Institute for Public Policy.