Build a working AI tutor in one morning
GCLS AI Academy's workshop at the Riyadh Global Medical Biotechnology Summit was designed to help participants build an AI tutor for their own biomedical or clinical field without programming experience or software installation.
The workshop was scheduled for September 16, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at RGMBS in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with Dr. Omar Saleem leading the session.
From trusted knowledge to grounded answers
The workshop plan covered grounding a tutor in a selected knowledge pack and configuring it to cite every answer. Questions outside approved sources were to be declined or escalated rather than answered with invented information.
The same approach can be applied across genomics, immunology, bioengineering, vaccines, biomanufacturing, and clinical care.
- Define the model, knowledge pack, tools, assessor, and guardrails without writing code.
- Enforce source-grounded answers, human escalation, step budgets, and evaluation gates.
- Adapt the tutor to a new domain or language, including a complete Arabic-native version.
Add assessment and learner memory
The workshop plan went beyond building a chatbot. It included an AI assessor agent that asks questions, evaluates responses, corrects mistakes, and re-explains material at the learner's level.
Per-learner memory enables the tutor to respond to individual progress and gaps while keeping the learning experience within defined academic and governance boundaries.
Responsible AI for biomedical education
The session plan covered data provenance, bias, transparency, appropriate use and controls for high-stakes learning, including refusing unsupported answers and using an evaluation gate before deployment.
This work supports RGMBS's Biotech Capability Building pillar and Saudi Arabia's goal of growing the skilled biotechnology workforce.
Workshop details
The workshop was scheduled from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on September 16, 2026, at RGMBS in Riyadh. Completion certificates were planned through GCLS AI Academy; this note does not report attendance or outcomes.
The intended exercise was to prepare a tutor that participants could continue to develop. Visit the official RGMBS page using the source link above for event information; no attendance or learning outcomes are reported here.
Common questions
When and where was the workshop?
It was scheduled for September 16, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at RGMBS in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Did the workshop require programming experience?
No. It was designed for building and configuring an AI tutor without coding or installing software.
What did the workshop plan cover?
The plan covered a grounded AI tutor with cited answers, an assessor agent, learner memory, governance controls and localization options. This is not a report of participant outcomes.
Sources and further reading
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