Chatbots for change: How AI is making government services more accessible

Requesting a birth certificate should be simple. But for many Missouri residents navigating complex government paperwork, the process can be confusing, time-consuming, and even discouraging. For people with limited digital literacy, outdated PDF forms can be especially difficult to understand and complete.

Can artificial intelligence help fight health insurance denials?

According to the latest iHeard poll in St. Louis, 42% of local adults say they or a loved one has had a health insurance claim denied, and most of them (69%) appealed the claim. AI is aiming to help fight health insurance claim denials, but only 6% of St. Louisans have heard about it.

WashU Law’s bold bid to become the global leader in legal AI

As AI becomes an integral part of legal practice, law schools nationwide are updating their curricula to prepare students for an AI-driven profession. Washington University in St. Louis School of Law is among the institutions investing heavily in this area, with a stated goal of becoming the global leader in AI education and training.

‘IsolateGPT’ to make LLM-based agents more secure

Umar Iqbal, Ning Zhang and doctoral student Yuhao Wu and their collaborators have developed IsolateGPT, a method that keeps external tools isolated from each other while still running in a large language model system — mitigating security risks. 

AI firm to represent St. Louis region at $1M startup competition

A company that specializes in delivering quick artificial models to businesses that was co-founded by a Washington University graduate will represent the St. Louis region’s entrepreneurship scene at the Grand Finale of the Startup World Cup this fall.

The intersection of technology and politics

Covering everything from social media to bitcoin to AI, a timely and all-too-topical political science graduate course challenges students to think differently. Social media’s rise has dramatically transformed recent elections, reshaping how citizens engage with politics, how politicians connect with constituents and how information flows through society.

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