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Cornell Tech professor’s startup receives $1.75 million to improve AI efficiency
October 16, 2026
Makora, a startup founded by assistant professor Mohamed Abdelfattah, has received a $1.75 million award from the National Science Foundation-supported STRIDE Ventures AI Efficiency Challenge.
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$7.5M grant to establish foundations for visual computing with light
October 15, 2026
The work is paving the way for hybrid optical-electronic systems that could reduce the energy and computational resources required for AI-driven image analysis and other visual inference tasks.
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When A.I. Comes for Your Purpose in Life
October 14, 2026
Steven Strogatz, a Cornell University mathematics professor, discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on mathematicians’ sense of purpose.
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From farm to kitchen, Ficio is teaching robots about food
October 13, 2026
Ficio, a startup founded by Youhanna Meleka, M.Eng. ’26, is developing an AI platform for the food supply chain that can run on different machines and tackle very different jobs – from sorting apples in an orchard to turning potatoes into french fries.
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AI tool makes culturally appropriate lessons for teachers in India
October 8, 2026
Overworked teachers in southern India have a new tool, developed by Cornell researchers, for educating their students: Shiksha Copilot, an AI system that generates culturally relevant lesson plans for schools with few resources.
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Cornell mathematicians win grants to ensure AI safety, research integrity
October 5, 2026
As mathematicians work through challenges related to AI, Cornell math faculty members are leading the field with work integrating AI into math and mathematics into AI.
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Weill Cornell Medicine Launches Dean’s AI to Advance Medicine Initiative Fellowship Program
October 5, 2026
The Dean’s AI to Advance Medicine Initiative Fellowship Program, or FAIMI, supports early-career faculty pursuing innovative artificial intelligence projects with the potential to advance biomedical research, clinical care, healthcare delivery, and biomedical education.
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AI Safety for Kids: Lessons From Efforts to Address Social Media Addiction
October 5, 2026
Sarah Kreps, professor and director of Cornell University’s Tech Policy Institute, discusses the complexities of regulating artificial intelligence for minors compared to social media.
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AI, data science leaders join Cornell’s Radical Collaboration initiative
October 4, 2026
Cornell is expanding its expertise in artificial intelligence and data science thanks to the arrival of new faculty, with support from the Radical Collaboration initiative, building a research community that reaches across disciplines.