New Emory institute harnesses the power of AI to improve health and patient outcomes
Emory's Empathetic AI for Health Institute will unite the power of machine learning and big data to transform the ways in which health care systems prevent, diagnose, treat, and cure diseases on a global scale.
“AI.Humanity seeks to realize the full potential of technology to shape the human endeavor. We want to harness AI to serve humanity by guiding health care, law, business, arts, and humanities in thoughtful, ethical, and wise ways. This is where Emory excels, and how we will contribute to the world through this initiative.”
—Ravi V. Bellamkonda, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
AI.Humanity adds new faculty, launches AI ethics and policy hiring focus
Emory’s AI.Humanity Initiative has attracted more than 40 new faculty dedicated to shaping AI for human health, economic impact, and social justice to Emory since 2022, supporting some 20 new recruits last year. Plans for 2024 include a “cluster hire" to advance AI ethics, policy, and regulation, tackling issues like algorithmic bias, data governance, and the legal responsibilities of AI developers.
Emory program gets Google support to use AI for maternal-child health
The $1.8 million grant will equip midwives with an AI-powered application that will help detect problems earlier in pregnancy and avoid preventable deaths in the first month of life.
Researchers in the Goizueta School of Business take a hard look at how the use of AI in social media could disadvantage LGBTQ+ users and discuss the unintended consequences of AI.
Part of Emory's AI.Humanity initiative, the new Center serves as a community home for AI literacy and integration, bringing Emory students, scholars, and staff together for skill-building, networking, and collaborations with community partners in Atlanta and beyond.
Listen as Provost Ravi Bellamkonda discusses how the AI.Humanity Initiative seeks to use an “AI revolution” to improve the human condition on WABE’s City Lights.
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