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Human judgment remains central to the launch of nuclear weapons. But experts at the UChicago convention say it’s a matter of when, not if, artificial intelligence will get baked into the world’s most dangerous systems.

In the Autumn of 2026, students will be able to pursue a new 2-year thesis track to earn an MS in Applied Data Science.

A new study finds vague AI chatbot rules frustrate users, while Grok shows the risk of fewer guardrails.

Eight members of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Fellows head on to new roles across academia and industry.

A new study led by Associate Professor Chenhao Tan analyzes hundreds of thousands of emergency room notes, uncovering how language patterns reveal physician fatigue and warning of potential pitfalls as AI-generated text enters clinical care.

The conference drew over 250 researchers for two days of expert talks, poster sessions, and cross-institutional collaboration.

Ariel Azria, Kwaku Ofori-Atta, and Nathan Rickert were selected to share their capstone project, FinWise.AI, during the poster session.

Data scientists from Parliament Data return to campus to share insights into client services for social impact.

The lab hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony for one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.

Earlier this week, the University of Chicago hosted the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, a three-day event that gathered the world’s foremost experts on nuclear weapons to create recommendations for policymakers and leaders to reduce the threat of nuclear war. Learn more from the multiple articles and videos covering the event.

One program, Quantum Sensing Summer Program with NSF QuBBE, offers Chicago high schoolers two weeks of lab immersion.

The multidisciplinary Center develops materials with practical applications, like methane capture, water harvesting and CO2 conversion. The Center is led by Laura Gagliardi, the Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor in the Department of Chemistry.

Edward Anders, who passed away June 1st at the age of 98, helped to map the history of the solar system and documented the Holocaust. 

Students built an AI-powered dashboard that could help airlines anticipate spikes in passenger demand. 

John Hood and a team of other scientists discuss their scientific interests, research projects, and personal motivations for working in astronomy as a part of Black Space Week 2025.