AI chatbots may help parents feel more willing to vaccinate their children against HPV, but a new Penn-led study found they did not outperform written materials from public health agencies like the @CDCgov. bit.ly/4vvLvGu #AIandMedicine #AIandHealth

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna joins Vijay Kumar in episode 12 of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast to discuss electric vehicles, innovation leadership and balancing new technologies with Ferrari’s legacy of performance and design.

AI Month at Penn 2026 featured more than 20 @PennEngineers events exploring AI across robotics, medicine, research and entrepreneurship. Check out highlights from this year’s AI Month: bit.ly/4wRBXa8

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna joins Vijay Kumar on the Penn Engineering podcast to discuss his journey from physicist and semiconductor innovator to leading one of the world’s most iconic automotive brands. The conversation explores Ferrari’s evolving approach to electrification, digital transformation and high-performance engineering, as well as the importance of pairing deep technical expertise with long-term vision. youtu.be/XOijfgbLDS0 @PennEngAI

In a recent conversation, @jamiecgrant (C’98, GEd’99), Senior Associate Director for @PennEngineers at @PennCareerJobs, discussed how students can use AI while continuing to build the judgment and foundational skills employers value. bit.ly/4uYHM3Z #AIandCareer

U.S. @SenMcCormickPA visited @NSF AIRFoundry for a close look at how AI and automation are accelerating RNA science, and emphasized the importance of federal research support to help move ideas from the lab toward real-world impact. “Every time I come to Penn for a visit,” said McCormick, “I just leave inspired by the incredible discoveries and progress.” @PennEngAI

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed ApexGO, an AI-powered method for turning promising but imperfect antibiotic candidates into more potent ones. bit.ly/4eEBeCB #AIResearch #PrecisionMedicine

AI can help robots design their own tools using visual input. @PennEngineers researchers developed VLMgineer, an AI framework that enables robots to design, test and refine tools for real-world tasks. bit.ly/42OGoVD #AIandRobotics #EmbodiedAI

Students used AI to generate design ideas, then built cardboard prototypes at @PennEngineers’ Studios at @vntrlab with Taylor Caputo (IPD’15). Part of an AI in Art course at @WeitzmanSchool exploring creativity, narrative and making. #AICreativity #AIandDesign

Cloak, founded by Rishi Ambavanekar (M&T’29) and Tyler Sacharow (C’29), won the 2026 Venture Lab Startup Challenge for tackling AI scraping. Congratulations to the team. bit.ly/4toOLBX

Penn Engineering’s @RajeevAlur and collaborators at @PennMedicine developed CAMEL, an AI model that can forecast dangerous cardiac rhythms before cardiac arrest occurs. By analyzing continuous ECG data, the system identifies subtle warning signs 10 to 15 minutes in advance, helping move cardiac care toward earlier prediction and intervention. @PennEngAI / @CIS_Penn

AI is reshaping mathematical research. In @AmazonScience, @PennEngineers faculty and Amazon Scholars Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth describe how AI tools can generate formal proofs and accelerate discovery. Read more: bit.ly/4te2VFQ #AIandMath

Static math benchmarks saturate. We built one that doesn't. Announcing MathDuels, the first self-play math benchmark. Every frontier LLM writes problems for the others, and is graded on the ones written for it. As models improve, so does the benchmark.

AI safety for robots requires more than chatbot guardrails. In @SciRobotics, researchers from @PennEngineers, @CarnegieMellon and @UniofOxford outline new frameworks for safe, real-world AI systems. bit.ly/4w4JORu #AIMonthatPenn #ResponsibleAI

Innovation and policy leaders from the offices of @GovernorShapiro and @PADCEDnews visited Penn Engineering, touring @GRASPLab and the newly opened Artificial Intelligence-Driven RNA BioFoundry (@NSF AIRFoundry). Discussions with Penn Engineering leadership focused on how robotics and AI research can drive real-world impact across the Commonwealth.

Penn researchers earned $100,000 from the @LaudeInstitute’s Moonshots competition to use AI for drug discovery by extracting insights from scientific papers. bit.ly/3OqvKR1 @YosephBarash, @delafuentelab, Jacob Gardner, @zgives, @yatskar, Andrew Zahrt

AI Month at Penn returns this April, focusing on human-centered AI. Featured Penn Engineering events include the Robotics Summit, AI in Medicine Symposium, IDEAS on Generative AI and weekly seminars. Read more: bit.ly/4bSRCfH #AIMonthAtPenn #2026AIMonth #HumanCenteredAI

At the 25th Annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate, Penn Engineering’s Chris Callison-Burch joined a panel led by @neiltyson to examine AI’s growing impact, from science to society and beyond. youtube.com/watch?v=eYUYdpG4… Photo Credit: Daniel Kim/© AMNH

"Two Penn Engineering faculty have been elected 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science (@AAAS) Fellows. They are among nearly 500 researchers being honored for distinguished contributions to their fields. Cherie Kagan is recognized for her pioneering research on nanostructured materials and their use in advanced devices for electronics, photonics and sensing. George Pappas (@pappasg69) is recognized for his research on control systems, robotics, autonomous systems, formal methods and machine learning for safe and secure cyber-physical systems. Congratulations to Cherie and George on this esteemed honor. @PennEngAI / @ESEatPenn / @MSEatPenn / @MEAM_Penn / @CIS_Penn / @PennChemistry bit.ly/4bSOFfe

When AI enters the physical world, safety is critical. Rahul Mangharam of @PennEngineers leads a new Swarm AI collaboration focused on safe, scalable multi-agent systems. bit.ly/4rWVHFN #ResponsibleAI #AIandRobotics