EurekAlert! In the Spotlight - Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to In the Spotlight, where each month we shine a light on something exciting, timely, or simply fascinating from the world of science.

This month, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic that continues to capture attention everywhere. Here, you’ll find the latest research news, insights, and discoveries shaping how AI is being developed and used across the world.

Latest News Releases

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 3-Nov-2026 07:16 ET (3-Nov-2026 12:16 GMT/UTC)

USC joins $20M NSF effort to transform power grids and supply chains

University of Southern California
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $20 million to renew the Artificial Intelligence Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT) through 2031. Led by Georgia Tech in partnership with USC and the University of California, Berkeley, the institute combines expertise in AI and optimization.

Satellite fusion sharpens fish biodiversity mapping

Journal of Remote Sensing
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A framework combines hyperspectral imagery, the Google Satellite Embedding dataset (GSED), environmental DNA (eDNA), and machine learning to predict fish taxonomic richness.

Journal: Journal of Remote Sensing

Albanese Receives funding for 2026 Global Scale-Up Campus 'Incheon Univ. X'

George Mason University
Grant and Award Announcement

Massimiliano Albanese, Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Information Sciences and Technology, College of Engineering and Computing (CEC); Executive Director, Institute for Digital Innovation, Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact, received funding to provide advisory and consulting services in support of the 2026 Global Scale-up Campus "Incheon Univ. X" initiative for the three selected companies.

Funder: Mason Korea IUCF

AI engineers know the ethical risks presented by AI, but workplace culture prevents action, study finds

University of Manchester
Reports and Proceedings

AI engineers often recognize ethical risks associated with the systems they build, but many lack the authority, incentives and organizational support needed to act on them, according to new research from The University of Manchester.

Meeting: 10th Data for Policy Conference

University of Tennessee researchers in electrical engineering and computer science receive NSF CAREER Awards

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Grant and Award Announcement

Two researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have received National Science Foundation CAREER awards for their work in superconducting logic systems and interactive human-centered computing. Their projects will address the challenge of scaling quantum computing and put artificial intelligence to work in Appalachian communities.

AI tools can miss the mark on police bodycam footage

Princeton University, Engineering School
Peer-Reviewed Publication

AI is increasingly being used to help analyze police bodycam recordings, but new research from Princeton Engineering shows that in 1 out of 4 cases the models can’t identify basic details, like whether an officer handcuffed someone or drew a gun.

Smarter alignment brings low-resolution video into sharper focus

Maximum Academic Press

A research team has developed a video super-resolution (VSR) method that recovers sharper structures and finer textures from low-resolution footage by learning how visual information spreadsbetween neighbouring frames.

Journal: CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology