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Cornell expands AI Critical Literacy Program for incoming students

After a successful pilot launch in the spring, Cornell’s AI Critical Literacy Program will be offered in the fall to all incoming students as well as other interested students, faculty members and staff.

Strike a pose: Creating more realistic multi-person images

A Cornell research group has devised a way to generate an image of multiple people, incorporating the poses of all individuals to inform the image generation and make the scene more believable and accurate.

Weak AI regulation may backfire, making products less safe

A new modeling study finds no regulation of AI products and services may be safer than weak regulation.

Inside baseball: AI-enabled enforcement tech takes time, testing

Training artificial intelligence to enforce even seemingly straightforward rules – like balls and strikes in Major League Baseball – is a messy, dynamic process that takes time and careful evaluation of the technology.

‘Moonshot’ project aims to restore trust in the digital public sphere

Researchers have received a seed grant for $250,000 and a chance at a $10 million award to support a project aimed at using artificial intelligence to establish a foundation for trustworthy AI-mediated communication across online platforms.

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Computer vision connects real-world images with building layouts

December 22, 2025

A Cornell research team has introduced a new method that helps machines make  connections between what’s on the ground and how it represented on a map – an advance that could improve robotics, navigation systems and 3D modeling.

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Who should get paid when AI learns from creative work?

December 22, 2025

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.

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AI gives scientists a boost, but at the cost of too many mediocre papers

December 19, 2025

A new study shows that using large language models like ChatGPT boosts paper production, especially for non-native English speakers, but the overall increase in AI-written papers is making it harder to separate the valuable contributions from the AI slop.

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Assessing and imagining the impact of Generative AI on Science

December 19, 2025

Is generative AI transforming the scientific enterprise — and if so, how? What enduring effects will these changes have, particularly at a moment when scientific inquiry is more essential than ever for addressing global challenges? And how can scientists and science policymakers best prepare for — and shape — these transformations? This three-day symposium takes these questions head-on through a sequence of talks, public panels, and discussions.

Jess Campitiello/Cornell Tech Members of the Cornell Tech SETS AI Content Red Team Clinic work on their red-teaming project with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Nov. 19 in the Bloomberg Center at Cornell Tech.

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‘Red team’ students stress-test NYC health department’s AI

December 18, 2025

People usually strive to be their true, authentic selves, but this fall, five master’s students at Cornell Tech adopted not only alter egos but also “bad intent,” in an effort to make AI safer for health workers serving people with diabetes.

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2025 Year in Review

December 17, 2025

Cornell’s impact was felt near and far, from the lacrosse fields to research labs and beyond in a turbulent 2025.

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Researchers tackle AI’s energy problem with a greener fix

December 17, 2025

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.

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What’s old is new: customizable system for sustainable cooling

December 16, 2025

Evaporative cooling is far from new – it has been used to cool living spaces and drinking water for centuries – but the Matter of Tech Lab at Cornell Tech has come up with a new way to deploy an old idea.

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New 3D benchmark leaves AI in knots

December 16, 2025

In new research that puts the latest models to test in a 3D environment, Cornell scholars found that AI fares well with untangling basic knots but can’t quite tie knots from simple loops nor convert one knot to another.