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Johns Hopkins and Amazon announce four fellow and eight faculty research awards

Johns Hopkins + Amazon are betting on interactive AI. Four fellows and eight faculty just got funded to prove it works.

Reporting by Amazon Science 1 min brief
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Major tech company doubling down on academic partnerships to advance interactive AI research—a strategic move to shape the next generation of AI capability and talent pipeline.

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  1. Johns Hopkins + Amazon Initiative for Interactive AI (AI2AI) now in second year

  2. 4 fellow research awards announced

  3. 8 faculty research awards announced

  4. Focus area: Interactive AI research

  5. 4 fellow awards + 8 faculty awards announced

  6. Part of JHU + Amazon Initiative for Interactive AI (AI2AI)

  7. Now in its second year of operation

  8. Focus area: Interactive AI systems (beyond large language models)

  9. Partnership between major tech vendor and top-tier research institution

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Publisher excerpt: Research award recipients named as part of the JHU + Amazon Initiative for Interactive AI (AI2AI), now in its second year.
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