US Universities are engaging with AI in ways beyond anything I see in the UK, Europe and elsewhere. I’ve written about Harvard before but Yale seems like the strongest in intent, widest in access and deepest in enabling research, teaching and learning. Well funded at $150 million, they understand the need for the necessary IT infrastructure.
What really matters is top-down management intent. Scott Strobel has been the Provost of Yale since 2020. As a successful science researcher and Caltech graduate he understands the technology and has sought, through his Yale Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, recommendations that were delivered in June. It has taken only two months to get a plan and funding in place. That is impressive.