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The Division of Research of Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC DOR) seeks an outstanding investigator with expertise in leveraging artificial intelligence methods to improve health care delivery and outcomes. This investigator would build an independent, externally funded research program embedded within a leading integrated learning health system and work closely with DOR researchers and health system clinical leadership. This position offers an exceptional opportunity to generate and implement impactful, practice-changing evidence that advances the responsible use of AI to improve processes and outcomes of health care while reducing health care-related disparities and increasing patient safety. If you are interested in this opportunity or would like to learn more, email us below.

AI25, presented by Ohio Tech News and OhioX, recognizes leaders turning artificial intelligence into real-world impact across Ohio, from startups and classrooms to hospitals, public agencies, manufacturing floors, and the capital backing what comes next.

The Ohio State University continues to build momentum as a national leader in artificial intelligence research and innovation. This week, two teams led by Ohio State researchers joined a $293 million initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to harness AI for breakthroughs in energy dominance, discovery science and national security

With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) encourages proposal submissions for AI-enabled scientific discovery and foundational research in support of the Genesis Mission, a dedicated, coordinated national effort to accelerate the application of AI for transformative scientific discovery, focused on pressing national science and technology challenges.

On July 8, the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) announcing a forthcoming policy that will bar NSF funds from supporting collaborations with entities on select U.S. restricted party lists.

This new university initiative is designed to accelerate therapeutic discovery, development and commercialization. Buckeye BioLaunch will leverage Ohio State’s scale and research strength to drive biotech growth in central Ohio, fueling job creation, economic development and improved health outcomes for Ohioans.

CAS is seeking a Data Scientist to join their Data Analytics and Insights (DAI) team, which builds the AI that powers CAS’s scientific information products. This role will include building the models, agents, and AI-powered features that ship in those products, while working alongside data engineers, product managers, and scientific domain experts.

On the evening of June 17, 2026, Ohio State University's Natural Language Processing (NLP) Group (led by PI Professor Huan Sun), in collaboration with Amazon, posted QUEST — an open-source deep research AI agent that matches or surpasses proprietary systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. Within hours, the announcement went viral on X (formerly Twitter), accumulating over 2.5 million views and counting.

This 5-Day workshop will focus on how AI embeddings can support cancer research through improved representation, integration, and analysis of complex biomedical and multimodal data. Participants will work collaboratively to identify research gaps, opportunities, and potential new directions for the field. Registration closes on June 14th.