{"id":209000,"date":"2026-05-05T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/usc-launches-transformational-ai-initiative-with-one-of-the-largest-gifts-in-university-history\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:15:09","slug":"usc-launches-transformational-ai-initiative-with-one-of-the-largest-gifts-in-university-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/usc-launches-transformational-ai-initiative-with-one-of-the-largest-gifts-in-university-history\/","title":{"rendered":"USC launches transformational AI initiative with one of the largest gifts in university history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-launches-transformational-ai-initiative-with-one-of-the-largest-gifts-in-university-history\/\">USC launches transformational AI initiative with one of the largest gifts in university history<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-launches-transformational-ai-initiative-with-one-of-the-largest-gifts-in-university-history\/\">https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-launches-transformational-ai-initiative-with-one-of-the-largest-gifts-in-university-history\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-05 10:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"today.usc.edu\">today.usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The University of Southern California (USC) announced a new AI initiative, supported by a $200 million donation from Mark and Mary Stevens.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative aims to use AI to create breakthroughs in health sciences, security, business, and the arts.<\/li>\n<li>The USC School of Advanced Computing will be renamed to the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence in recognition of the donation.<\/li>\n<li>USC President Beong-Soo Kim highlighted the potential of AI to address real-world challenges.<\/li>\n<li>The university already ranks highly in federal research support for computer science and offers numerous AI-related programs.<\/li>\n<li>USC Steven\u2019s School will enhance research and education in AI across various disciplines including business, ethics, and military applications.<\/li>\n<li>The gift is expected to strengthen existing AI programs and support interdisciplinary collaboration.<\/li>\n<li>USC boasts a long history of pioneering technological advancements and notable alumni in tech.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USC launches transformational AI initiative with one of the largest gifts in university history https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-launches-transformational-ai-initiative-with-one-of-the-largest-gifts-in-university-history\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Stevens_Photo-Illustration.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-209000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209002,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209000\/revisions\/209002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}