Students, faculty, and staff from the UK AI Incubator gathered at a campus event

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The AI Incubator is a group of students, faculty, and staff who meet once a week to solve problems with AI.

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to share strategies, pitch ambitious ideas, and test new tools.

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Featured inForbes

“You Can’t Outsource Understanding”

“The university’s AI incubator … brings together people from medicine, engineering, law, agriculture, physical therapy and other fields to build projects that no one discipline could develop as effectively on its own.

That work is closely tied to Kentucky’s public mission. In rural communities hours from medical specialists, or cut off by flooding, remote clinical support and drone delivery are not demonstrations built for prestige but responses to conditions people already face. For a public university whose graduates often remain in Kentucky, this is as much workforce development as experimentation.”

Forbes · July 2026
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Philanthropy outreach site

Chaelyn McGuire built a site that helps her sorority organize outreach and raise money for survivors of domestic abuse. Her work is featured in Microsoft’s “Creating an AI Future for Kentucky.”

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Socratic Tutor

Hunter Colson, Matthew Bernard, and Alex Dripchak built a tutor that asks students to explain their reasoning. Their work is featured in Microsoft’s “Creating an AI Future for Kentucky.”

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