Last week, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) made history by hosting the IAIER × OpenAI Academy Summit: HBCUs Leading the Future—the first national AI summit ever held at a Historically Black College or University.
Held on NCCU’s campus, the event marked a groundbreaking collaboration between NCCU’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Research (IAIER) and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. The summit spotlighted the increasingly vital role of HBCUs in shaping the future of artificial intelligence, education, workforce development, and ethical innovation in technology.
The event brought together a powerful coalition of voices from across academia, government, industry, and the local community…