April 10, 2024
As companies build ever more powerful AI systems — with capabilities that rival or even exceed those of humans — research into AI safety is lagging far behind. “I think the only way forward is to figure out how to make AI safety a condition of doing business,” said UC…
March 28, 2024
EECS Associate Professor Anca Dragan was named Head of AI Safety and Alignment at Google DeepMind. Google DeepMind’s AI Safety and Alignment organization, founded in February, is responsible for developing new safeguards for Gemini models and aligning forthcoming models with human goals and values. “Google DeepMind is fairly unique in…
March 26, 2024
CS alumnus Hao Zhang, Ph.D. ‘07 (Advisor: Jitendra Malik) has gifted 1M to Berkeley EECS. The generous gift will establish an endowed professorship to support junior faculty. The Zhang Family Endowed Professorship was inspired by the role that Berkeley faculty played in his life: “The mentorship and support I received…
March 22, 2024
CS Professor Ben Recht was quoted in POLITICO in response to an AI app that creates customized music.
March 21, 2024
CZ Biohub: UC Berkeley scientists are taking brain-machine interfaces to a new level with support from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco.
March 18, 2024
EE Professor Boubacar Kante has won the 2024 Bakar Prize. The prize is given annually to former Bakar Fellows and provides additional resources to ensure a successful transition of their technology from academic research to industry applications. Now in its 12th year, the Bakar Fellows Programs has supported 74 Faculty…
March 11, 2024
The New York Times profiles Covariant, an Emeryville-based AI and robotics company founded by CS Professor Pieter Abbeel and his former students, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan, and Tianhao Zhang.
February 9, 2024
EE Professor Emeritus Chenming Hu will be honored at the International House Celebration and Awards Gala on March 21st. Known as the “Father of the 3D Transistor,” Hu is cited “for his contributions to the semiconductor industry which have led to transformative improvements in computing…
February 7, 2024
EECS Professor Ion Stoica has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Stoica was honored “for networked systems for large-scale data processing, analytics, and machine learning.” He joins 114 newly elected members, as well as 21 international members to be inducted into the NAE, which is among…
February 5, 2024
Ion Stoica, Berkeley CS Professor, and co-founder and executive chairman of Databricks, was interviewed and quoted on the growth of generative AI startups, and their growth beyond the capabilities of current hardware.