AIAI was formed in 1983 to promote the application of Artificial Intelligence research for the benefit of commercial, industrial, and government clients.

Since 2001 AIAI has been part of the Artificial Intelligence and its Applications Institute (previously named CISA) within the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. AIAI continues to make available the resources and educational materials from its previous work. Applied AI work continues to be performed by staff, students and collaborators across the School of Informatics.

The School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Software Engineering and Robotics.

This web site continues to be made available to provide access to the projects and resources created over the years by AIAI staff, collaborators, visitors and students. More information on some of the projects with significant impact is available on AIAI's innovative applications along with a list of some of the clients, project collaborators and government agencies that have worked with AIAI.