@jpc123,
I'm in a similar situation and am deciding between NYU MSCS and Upenn MCIT. I'm interested in ML and AI as well. I guess Courant Institute has an upside in applied math and NYU's program would allow students to take more related courses in ML, AI or NLP, while Upenn's MCIT primarily focuses on foundations. However, if students could continue to go for a normal MSE degree, then the situations will be much similar between the two. It's really a hard comparison. Where did you do finally?