President Jarrell Delivers State of the University Address
May 20, 2024
![President Jarrell speaks with an AI avatar during the State of the University Address](/alumni/highlights/SOTU-2024.jpg)
During his State of the University Address on
May 1 at the M&T Bank Exchange, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, led the audience on a virtual “tour” around West Baltimore and laid out his vision for a vibrant University and city. Before the “tour,” Jarrell opened his speech with a sometimes-humorous conversation with “Aisha,” a GPT Chatbot, highlighting the work that UMB is doing, while showing some of the limitations of artificial intelligence (AI).