Stevens Family Bets $200M to Make USC a Leader in AI
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USC trustee Mark Stevens and his wife Mary pledged $200 million to accelerate AI research across USC, prompting the renaming of the USC School of Advanced Computing to the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence. The gift funds interdisciplinary AI initiatives—such as AI for Business, Ethics and Trust in Computing, and the Center for AI in Society—bolstering USC’s goal to become a national and global hub for AI research, education, and innovation.
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