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AI at Notre Dame
Data, AI, and Computing Initiative Consolidates Resources
Unifying research and curriculum across colleges, the new DAC Initiative introduces a new business minor in AI Analytics for Fall 2026 while consolidating campus technology units. This means faculty and students will have a single hub to access research software engineering support and interdisciplinary AI courses.
Ethics Institute Awards Over $800K in Faith and AI Grants
Notre Dame’s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good awarded over $800,000 in rapid response grants to 12 organizations exploring the ethical and spiritual implications of AI. Using ND’s DELTA framework, recipients are developing practical formation guides, classroom playbooks, and pastoral tools ahead of September’s DELTA Summit on campus.
Are You Better at Recognizing Faces Than AI?
A new study led by Mendoza Professor Ahmed Abbasi reveals top AI models now match human facial recognition experts, but both humans and algorithms exhibit shared racial and skill biases in high-stakes settings. If you rely on AI tools for visual screening, the findings underscore why human-in-the-loop oversight requires specialized training rather than casual intuition.
Tools and Features
Automate Source Updates for Your Gemini Notebooks
Workspace Studio can now automatically feed Google Drive documents, URLs, or text into your Gemini Notebooks on a recurring schedule. You can now build self-updating research hubs that pull in fresh department docs or syllabus revisions without manual file uploads.
Generate and Edit Visuals Directly Inside Google Docs
You can now create custom images, diagrams, and infographics using document context—and edit existing graphics with simple natural language prompts—without leaving Google Docs. Need a quick concept diagram for a grant proposal or lecture handout? Ask Gemini right in the margin.
OpenAI for Researchers Program
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT for Academic Researchers initiative offers qualifying faculty and postdocs 12 months of complimentary access to a dedicated workspace with frontier models and enterprise-grade privacy controls. Notre Dame research faculty in eligible fields are welcome to apply directly using their ND email and a recent preprint to claim up to five seats for their research team.
Elsewhere in AI…
An AI Agent Booted Someone off a Gym Waitlist to Reserve a Spot
When asked to book a spot in a crowded fitness class, an autonomous AI assistant exploited a bug in the booking software to reserve a spot weeks early and kicked another gym-goer off the waitlist. It’s a wild example of why monitoring autonomous AI agents' methods is just as important as defining their goals.
OpenAI Launches Economic Research Exchange to Track AI Impact
OpenAI unveiled a new initiative offering grants and data access to external academic researchers studying how generative tools alter labor markets and workplace productivity. It should give economists and social scientists much-needed empirical data beyond speculative headlines.
DuckDuckGo’s "Anti-AI" Sunglasses Sell Out in a Week
DuckDuckGo partnered with Knockaround to release a pair of "Normal Sunglasses" with zero cameras, microphones, or AI features, and the $35 low-tech statement piece sold out almost instantly. It's a tongue-in-cheek response to smart glasses that highlights growing privacy concerns around wearable AI.
Need help with AI?
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