AI Communities
Harnessing our diverse communities to accelerate AI impact responsibly.
The University of California’s AI Communities unite the talent and expertise across our ten campuses, six academic medical centers, and three national labs. These communities help seamlessly integrate UC’s Responsible AI Principles into the application of AI in our operations while fostering goals specific to their domains. Whether advancing AI learning and innovation on a campus, navigating AI’s evolving legal landscape, or collaborating on systemwide AI projects, our AI Communities drive ethical, effective, and impactful AI use across the UC.
Systemwide and Location AI Initiatives
Systemwide AI Initiatives bring together experts from all domains in the UC community to drive AI initiatives and contribute to the development of responsible AI practices.
Location AI Communities enhance local collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation among campus community members interested in AI. They promote interdisciplinary engagement through events, resources, and initiatives, and support the responsible application of AI across various fields. By fostering connections and providing a platform for continuous learning, these AI communities empower their members to contribute to the broader AI landscape.
AI Executive Steering Committee
The AI Steering Committee advances the University of California’s leadership in shaping the future of artificial intelligence through the unmatched scale, research breadth, and public mission of the UC system. Bringing together leaders from academia, healthcare, industry, and public service, the committee drives initiatives that transform national challenges into catalysts for innovation, economic growth, scientific discovery, workforce development, and public impact.
The committee’s work spans interdisciplinary solutions to society’s grand challenges; next-generation AI in health; AI-powered teaching and learning; workforce development at scale; trusted and ethical AI; strategic research and industry partnerships; advanced infrastructure and compute; and the transformation of UC into a model for the 21st-century public university. Together, these efforts position UC as the nation’s leading public ecosystem for responsible AI innovation and societal impact.
AI Executive Steering Committee Sponsors and Chairs:
- Executive Sponsor: President James B. Milliken
- Co-Chairs: Chancellor Pradeep Khosla, UC San Diego; Distinguished Professor Ahmet Palazoglu, UC Davis; and Vice President Van Williams, UC Office of the President
AI Executive Steering Committee Members
AI Steering Committee Charge
UC AI Council
UC AI Council
The UC AI Council was established at the recommendation of the Presidential Working Group on Artificial Intelligence, which released its final report in October 2021. The AI Council's primary goals and activities include:
- Integrating the UC Responsible AI Principles: The AI Council focuses its efforts on integration of the UC Responsible AI Principles into the university’s operations through training, outreach, and awareness. These principles emphasize transparency, fairness, accountability, privacy, and non-discrimination, among others, and aim to ensure ethical and effective AI usage across the university system.
- Promoting Ethical AI Use: The AI Council promotes the ethical use of AI by developing risk and impact assessment strategies for AI technologies. It aims to document AI tools that pose significant risks to individual rights, ensuring transparency and accountability in their deployment.
- Systemwide Coordination and Location and Domain-Specific Councils: To further the principles and guidance provided by the Presidential Working Group, the AI Council encourages and fosters the establishment of campus-level and domain-specific councils and coordinates systemwide efforts to maintain consistency.
UC AI Council current chairs:
Alex Bui, PhD, Co-chair. Director, Medical & Imaging Informatics Group Director, Medical Informatics Home Area Professor, Departments of Radiological Sciences, Bioengineering & Bioinformatics David Geffen Chair in Informatics.
Alexander Bustamante, Co-chair. Senior Vice President, Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services, University of California, Office of the President.
UC AI Council Membership Roster
UC Health AI Governance Forum
UC Health
Connecting local campus AI experts and stakeholders systemwide
UC Health, through the Center for Data-driven Insights and Innovation (CDI2), convenes a systemwide Health AI Governance Forum. This forum provides opportunity for stakeholders across health locations to share expertise, resources, and concerns related to safe and responsible AI development and deployment. The Forum meets monthly and has representatives from each UC health campus. The group collaborates with the UC AI Council in development of guidance materials that are health focused.
For more information, contact Cora Han.
UC Legal AI Task Force
UC Legal AI Task Force
The UC Legal AI Task Force focuses on the legal implications of using AI at UC. The Task Force provides legal guidance and support to UC units on a range of issues, including data privacy, intellectual property, discrimination, and liability.
Members of the UC Legal AI Task Force serve on the UC AI Council as experts in a variety of practice areas.
The UC Legal AI Task Force provides legal advice and guidance to the UC community from a variety of practices areas including:
Discrimination and Bias
Contracts
Privacy
Data Security
Due Process
Intellectual Property -- Copyright, Trademark, and Patents
Finance and Investments
Criminal
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Research
Learn more and access legal resources here.
UC Berkeley AI Community
The UC Berkeley AI Community is a community-driven approach to learning, spreading information and developing expertise in AI for the University.
UC Santa Cruz Artificial Intelligence Council
The UC Santa Cruz Artificial Intelligence Council is the central body for guiding the university’s approach to AI integration. Bringing together diverse perspectives from academic and administrative units and technical experts, the Council develops frameworks for responsible AI adoption, assesses risks and opportunities, recommends infrastructure investments, and ensures that our use of AI aligns with the university’s commitment to academic excellence, social justice, and ethical innovation. The Council will serve as a collaborative body to guide policy, share knowledge, and promote the responsible development and use of AI technologies.
UC Santa Barbara AI Community of Practice
UCLA AI Governance Committee
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Committee steers UCLA’s campus-wide strategy for responsible, ethical, and innovative AI use, serving as a central hub and adapting to emerging technologies, opportunities, and risks. The AI Committee references and builds on the work of the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) AI Working Group recommendations.
UCLA AI Governance Committee
Presidential Working Group on Artificial Intelligence
UC Responsible AI Principles
Harnessing AI responsibly — with integrity, fairness, and a commitment to the public good.