{"id":210976,"date":"2026-05-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/alabama-am-launching-alabamas-first-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:15:10","slug":"alabama-am-launching-alabamas-first-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/alabama-am-launching-alabamas-first-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama A&#038;M launching Alabama\u2019s first bachelor\u2019s degree in artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/256today.com\/alabama-am-launching-alabamas-first-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence\/\">Alabama A&#038;M launching Alabama\u2019s first bachelor\u2019s degree in artificial intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/256today.com\/alabama-am-launching-alabamas-first-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence\/\">https:\/\/256today.com\/alabama-am-launching-alabamas-first-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-08 12:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"256today.com\">256today.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alabama A&amp;M University is set to launch Alabama\u2019s first Bachelor of Science degree program in artificial intelligence, expanding North Alabama\u2019s role in advanced technology education.<\/li>\n<li>The program received approval from the university\u2019s Board of Trustees and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in 2025 and is scheduled to begin enrolling students in Fall 2026.<\/li>\n<li>This 125-credit, four-year program builds upon the university&#8217;s existing computer science curriculum, incorporating an artificial intelligence concentration since 2022.<\/li>\n<li>The expanded degree will feature coursework in deep learning, reinforcement learning, natural language processing, and speech processing.<\/li>\n<li>The curriculum aims to provide both technical training and applied problem-solving, with an emphasis on ethical and professional responsibilities related to AI.<\/li>\n<li>University officials emphasize the program&#8217;s goal to prepare students for diverse careers across various fields where AI expertise is in high demand.<\/li>\n<li>The program underscores the university&#8217;s commitment to workforce development by addressing the current and future need for AI-literate professionals.<\/li>\n<li>It continues the university&#8217;s focus on emerging technologies and workforce preparation in response to market demands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama A&#038;M launching Alabama\u2019s first bachelor\u2019s degree in artificial intelligence https:\/\/256today.com\/alabama-am-launching-alabamas-first-bachelors-degree-in-artificial-intelligence\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-08 12:00:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/256today.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/computer-science-lg-e1778097804192.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-210976","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\/210976"}],"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=210976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210978,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210976\/revisions\/210978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}