{"id":2643,"date":"2026-04-10T12:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:11:04","slug":"cypher-hosts-generative-ai-executive-training-pilot-with-saint-gobain-industrial-consumer-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/cypher-hosts-generative-ai-executive-training-pilot-with-saint-gobain-industrial-consumer-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"CYPHER Hosts Generative AI Executive Training Pilot with Saint-Gobain \u2013 Omniseal Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, April 9, 2026, CYPHER hosted a pilot <strong>Generative AI <strong>Executive<\/strong> <\/strong><strong>Training<\/strong> session at the University of Rhode Island, led by <strong>Dr. Yan (Lindsay) Sun<\/strong>, Professor, CYPHER Co-Director, and Chief AI Officer. The training welcomed industry visitors from <strong>Saint-Gobain \u2013 Omniseal Solutions<\/strong>, based in Bristol, Rhode Island, for a practical introduction to how generative AI can support both personal productivity and broader organizational strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-hour session explored topics including AI as a writing assistant, working with expert assistants, analyzing large documents, deep research, verification, and taking a strategic view of AI within a company. 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The training welcomed industry visitors from Saint-Gobain \u2013 Omniseal Solutions, based in Bristol, Rhode Island, for a practical introduction to how generative AI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5280,"featured_media":2644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2656,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions\/2656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}