A Cornell-led research team has developed an artificial intelligence-powered ring equipped with micro-sonar technology that can continuously and in real time track fingerspelling in American Sign Language (ASL).
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Securing America’s AI Future: Cornell faculty offer recommendations for White House’s AI Action Plan
The US has led AI innovation; however, global competition, is rising. In response to a call from the White House regarding the future of Artificial Intelligence, faculty from the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science and Cornell Tech...
$10.5 million gift to Cornell will fund research using Empire AI
A five-year, $10.5 million gift from philanthropist Tom Secunda, co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., will help fund artificial intelligence-related research at Cornell Tech in New York City and at the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science in Ithaca.
AI models makes precise copies of cuneiform characters
Deciphering some people’s writing can be a major challenge – especially when that writing is cuneiform characters imprinted into 3,000-year-old tablets. Now, Middle East scholars can use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and copy over cuneiform characters from photos of tablets, letting them read complicated scripts with ease.
Samsara co-founder named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year
Entrepreneurship at Cornell has announced that John Bicket ’02, chief technology officer and co-founder of tech firm Samsara, has been named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2025. Samsara offers an AI-powered platform to help physical operations organizations improve their safety, efficiency and sustainability by using data from sensors and connected devices.
AI system can analyze serial medical images
A new AI-based system for analyzing images taken over time can accurately detect changes and predict outcomes, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell’s Ithaca campus and Cornell Tech. The system’s sensitivity and flexibility could make it useful across a wide range of medical and scientific applications.
UR, RIT join artificial intelligence consortium
The University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology have joined the Empire AI consortium. The founding members of Empire AI include Cornell University, SUNY, CUNY, Columbia University, New York University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Flatiron Institute.
How can we use AI to improve animal welfare? A Q&A with Jennifer Sun
Through her research, Jennifer Sun wants to help human experts and AI models collaborate to unearth new insights from ever-growing stockpiles of data in diverse fields.