AI at Pratt

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Our students, faculty, staff, and alumni are actively exploring what it means to navigate powerful and continuously-evolving Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. Whether students choose to use AI or not, Pratt prepares them to pursue their creative, academic, and professional work with integrity and critical engagement.

Ready for What’s Next

Pratt’s curriculum equips students to take advantage of cutting-edge tools, techniques, and technologies; to think carefully and consciously about their materials and methods; and to carve a path that aligns with their ambitions and values. Students gain the historical and cultural knowledge to act as capable and ethical leaders in their field and beyond. 

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AI Tools and Resources

At Pratt, students get access to the best new image, video, and audio generation tools available, often within days of public release, plus language models from every leading AI company. Our on-campus data center runs AI models on the premises with built-in anonymization to protect privacy and creative ownership.

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News and Press about AI at Pratt

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These Entrepreneurs Jumpstarted Successful Careers at Pratt

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Designing Digital Interfaces for Real-World Clients

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Finding Calm Through Design

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The Music Listening Experience, Reimagined

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Pratt Institute Partners with Creative AI Academy to Revolutionize Corporate Learning with Cutting-Edge Digital Credentials 

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With AI and Artmaking, “You Need to Keep a Sense of Experimentation”

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“Whatever Is Happening Now Is Never Going to Happen Again”

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New York art students navigate creativity in the age of AI

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Spotify Is Developing AI Tools To Hook Users On Music Creation

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Upcoming and Ongoing Events

Big Problems v Bigger Solutions: Data Centers & Clean Energy Transition

September 21, 2026 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Pratt Manhattan, Room 201, 144 West 14th Street New York, NY 10011

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Are AI Datacenters a Threat to our Clean Energy Future?

September 24, 2026 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Manhattan Campus 144 West 14th Street New York, NY 10011

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Past Events

Transductions Symposium: AI in Architectural Experimentation

March 12, 2026 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM

Higgins Hall Auditorium, 61 St. James Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238

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Webinar: Designers Lead. AI Follows: Defining the Human-AI Relationship

December 9, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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Designing the Future: Innovation, AI, and the Entrepreneurial Mindsets? 

November 5, 2025 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

PS 401

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Mycelium Intelligence: Exploring AI and Nature’s Networks by Jessica Jabre

March 25, 2025 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM

ARC LL F09, Brooklyn Campus, 395 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

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SLAS AI in Arts and Humanities Symposium

April 2, 2024 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Online and Alumni Reading Room, Memorial Hall Auditorium

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