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An article about AI combatting conspiracy theories, co-authored by Cornell psychology researchers Gordon Pennycook and David Rand with a collaborator, has won the 2026 Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The association’s oldest award, the prize is given to the authors of an outstanding research article published in the journal Science.
A research group led by Matthew Wilkens, associate professor of information science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, is the recent recipient of a Schmidt Sciences award to leverage AI in the humanities to unlock new insights in human history and culture.
A new paper co-authored by Cornell law professor Frank Pasquale argues that the current copyright system is ill-equipped to handle a world in which machines learn from, and compete with, human creativity at unprecedented scale.
As researchers are racing to find greener ways to power AI, a new study explores a promising solution: analog in-memory computing, utilizing analog chips.
Cornell Tech will introduce its first Summer Innovation Intensives program in July 2026, offering pre-college students an immersive experience in artificial intelligence, ethics, and entrepreneurship. The three-week program, scheduled for July 13-30 on Cornell Tech’s Roosevelt Island campus, is designed to give students a head start on college-level learning while tackling real-world challenges through technology. Students who are at least 15 years old and have completed their sophomore year of high school by the program start date are encouraged to apply.
At 15, Tobias Weinberg lost the ability to speak – now as a Ph.D. student at Cornell Tech, he’s using AI to improve the technologies he and others with speech disabilities rely on to communicate.
A keynote and faculty panel on Nov. 12 will focus on how faculty can communicate their generative AI-related expectations to students, how students can take accountability for their work, and what this looks like in practice.
Cornell has won three of 15 major grants from the Bezos Earth Fund, awarded to leverage artificial intelligence in the fight against climate change and environmental challenges.
