AI Innovation Institute

Ten teams of Stony Brook faculty receive funds to innovate in AI, develop datasets and benchmarks, and advance research that diffuses AI into novel industrial, societal, and scholarly domains.

Stony Brook, NY, Aug 10, 2026 - Ten interdisciplinary projects receive funds from Stony Brook University’s AI Small Grant Program.

Stony Brook, NY, July 8th, 2026 — Stony Brook University has joined the AI Alliance, a global nonprofit coalition advancing open, safe and responsible artificial intelligence through innovation, collaboration and advocacy.

Through its membership, Stony Brook University, led by its AI Innovation Institute (AI3), will participate in Project Tapestry, an AI Alliance initiative designed to support globally federated development of frontier models while preserving local control and long-term independence.

Stony Brook, NY, May 8, 2026 — Stony Brook University’s AI Innovation Institute is launching the AI Innovation & Diffusion Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), a six-week paid program designed for academically motivated students interested in direct, hands-on research in artificial intelligence.

Researchers at Fudan, Harvard, and Stony Brook University recently explored the evolution of 22 languages using a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, statistical methods, and a massive cache of real linguistics data. Their paper, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, identifies a common statistical structure for all the languages they examined and the patterns underpinning their evolution.

The State University of New York at Stony Brook is making strong progress toward the launch of a new department, the Department of Technology, AI and Society (DTAS), to be housed in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS).

The new department was conceived and will be launched thanks to $5 million in funding from the State University of New York (SUNY). The department will become a vital component of an expansive focus on artificial intelligence that has been in development at the university for several years.