Artificial Intelligence

Tianwei Wu (left) and Liang Feng (right) demonstrating some of the apparatus used to develop the new, light-powered chip.

Penn engineers first to train AI at lightspeed

Penn engineers have developed the first photonic chip that reshapes how light behaves to carry out the nonlinear mathematics at the heart of modern AI while reducing energy use.

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(From left) Zachary Ives, Zixuan Yi, and Ryan Marcus.

Improving AI and machine learning

Zixuan Yi, a doctoral student in computer and information science, bridges the gap between learning methods and real-world system constraints utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Campus sky view along Chestnut Street featuring Amy Gutmann Hall and skyline.

Penn to double computing capacity for faculty

The Penn Advanced Research Computing Center, a platform for computational and data-driven research across campus, is soft launching this spring with a full launch later this summer.

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Nami Lindquist, Melanie Herbert, and Alex Popescu

Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care

Fourth-year students Melanie Herbert, Nami Lindquist, and Alexandra Popescu were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for Sync Labs, a privacy-centered AI system to address the growing caregiving gap in senior care

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Using satellites, drones, and AI for more sustainable and efficient agriculture

Piotr Lazarek, a fourth-year Penn Engineering and Wharton student from Pawłowice, Poland, won the 2025 President’s Sustainability Prize for Nirby, a real-time farmland management system addressing inefficiencies in fertilizer usage.

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The disruptive future of society as AI dominates the workplace

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School evaluates Google Gemini 2.5’s performance as an AI model against human Ph.D.s with access to Google.

Jessica Mach standing outside with her arm resting on a low brick wall

Fine art and design using artificial intelligence

Through the design course Artificial Intelligence in Art, second-year Jessica Mach has discovered AI's potential through creating several projects, including a video story and an interactive game.

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A speaker at the Perry World House AI Governance panel.

Exploring the governance of artificial intelligence

Perry World House, the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative, the Wharton Accountable AI Lab, the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition at Penn Carey Law recently hosted researchers from across the University of Pennsylvania for an in-depth dis

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Penn program offers artificial intelligence training to Philadelphia school district teachers

A Graduate School of Education pilot program funded by Ellie and Jeffrey Marrazzo will offer AI training for teachers and administrators in the School District of Philadelphia, featuring remarks from Michael Golden and Betty Chandy.

AI is making work better—and messier. Early research suggests who’s thriving, who’s not, and why

A paper co-authored by Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School suggests that workers using AI can perform just as well as two-person human teams, with AI-augmented teams significantly more likely to produce top-tier solutions.

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