The University of Southern California is aiming to integrate AI across its campus, thanks to a $200 million gift from a venture capitalist. Gaurav Sukhatme is the newly appointed director of USC's Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence. As he showed Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino around his lab, she asked him how the technology will be embedded across all university fields of study.Guarav Sukhatme, director of the new USC Stevens School of Computation and Artificial Intelligence, showcasing the humanoids he and his students work with to embed AI capabilities into.Jesús Alvarado/MarketplaceMore on this“Mark and Mary Stevens give $200 million to power AI research across USC” from the University of Southern California“Students question value of college as costs rise and AI reshapes jobs” from PBS
USC is betting on an AI education across all of its fields of study
Guarav Sukhatme, director of USC's Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, hopes his and other faculties' expertise in AI can help roll out a campuswide initiative where all students learn alongside the technology's capabilities.
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USC secures $200M to embed AI across all academic fields, not just computing. For tech leaders, this means AI proficiency is now a cross-functional hiring priority; organizational structure and team composition decisions must evolve accordingly.
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