News: Year of AI
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Is AI Coming for Our News?
Journalism professor Robert Quigley answers our burning questions about AI and journalism.

AI Trained on Evolution’s Playbook Develops Proteins that Spur Drug and Scientific Discovery
EvoRank offers a new and tangible example of how AI may help bring disruptive change to biomedical research and biotechnology more broadly.

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Keeping Up with AI’s Increasingly Complex Networking Demands
A new framework called Transcraft makes the process of designing and implementing new network stacks simpler and more adaptable.

New AI Institute Led by UT Researchers Will Accelerate Cosmic Discovery
Stella Offner and Arya Farahi are among the leads of a new multi-institution institute focused on AI and astronomy.

Is it Time to Regulate AI?
Artificial intelligence is very loosely regulated in the U.S. What kinds of laws would help make AI safer and more useful for everyone?

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UT Launches Nation’s First Robotics Program for Freshman Applicants
Robotics honors students will pursue degrees in computer science or various types of engineering, while also earning a minor in robotics.

Can We Trust AI to Make Big Decisions?
Craig Watkins addresses the challenges of making artificial intelligence systems that are truly fair.

The Algorithm Will See You Now
Scott Graham helps tease apart the hype and the reality around artificial intelligence and healthcare.

How AI is Accelerating Discovery
AI is transforming how scientists design cancer drugs and vaccines, study star formation and understand the brain.

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Astronomers Use AI to Find Elusive Stars 'Gobbling Up' Planets
The work reveals what planets outside our solar system are made of.
