""As AI becomes ever more powerful, it creates enormous opportunities to improve lives and solve some of our greatest challenges, if used the right way," USC president Beong-Soo Kim said in the announcement Tuesday."
""Mark and Mary Stevens' generosity will allow USC to leverage our existing interdisciplinary strengths and capitalize on these new opportunities at a critical inflection point for our society.""
""As a top destination for AI talent, USC can accelerate our mission of educating future leaders, addressing real-world problems, and enhancing human values and agency.""
Mark and Mary Stevens donated $200 million to the University of Southern California for artificial intelligence research. The university's computing school will be renamed the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Prior donations from the couple total $92 million. USC plans to introduce an artificial intelligence bachelor's program this fall. USC president Beong-Soo Kim emphasized the importance of leveraging AI to improve lives and address societal challenges.
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