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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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AI boosts indoor food production’s energy sustainability

September 9, 2024

Integrating artificial intelligence into today’s environmental control systems could reduce energy consumption for indoor agriculture by 25% – potentially helping to feed the world as its population rises, Cornell engineers have found.

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Biohybrid robots controlled by electrical impulses — in mushrooms

August 30, 2024

Cornell researchers discovered a new way of controlling biohybrid robots that can react to their environment better than their purely synthetic counterparts: harnessing fungal mycelia’s innate electrical signals.

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AI modeling delivers more benefits, less risk for water partnerships

August 27, 2024

Researchers found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of water infrastructure projects often end up forcing local partners to bear the brunt of supply and financial risks.

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Navigating Appropriate and Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models for BME Students

August 27, 2024

Sep 26, 2024 3 p.m. ET

The explosion in the availability and use of AI-based tools including Large Language Models (LLM) has made it difficult for students to understand how best to use these tools as well as when the use of these tools is professionally appropriate and ethical. This panel discussion will seek to explore how best to guide students in understanding the opportunities with AI as well as some of the professional and ethical questions associated with its use.

Sponsored by the BMES Student Affairs Subcommitte

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Machine learning explains material’s thermal conductivity

August 22, 2024

Using a combination of machine learning and powerful X-rays, Cornell researchers have solved a mystery behind the unusual behavior seen in a class of materials with potential for thermoelectric energy conversion and other applications.

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Study finds potential link between DNA markers and aging

August 21, 2024

Researchers have uncovered DNA markers associated with retroelements, remnants of ancient viral genetic material, in our genes that act as highly accurate epigenetic clocks predicting chronological age.

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Cognitive behavioral therapy app improves anxiety in young adults

August 21, 2024

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian found that a self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy app significantly reduced anxiety in young adults struggling with mental health challenges.

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Digital Artist Dreams His Creations in Pixels and Neurons

August 8, 2024

An architecture and computer graphics alum returned to the Hill this summer to draw images from landscapes—and memories

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SciAI Center, Pasteur Labs partner to reshape human-AI collaboration

August 2, 2024

Cornell Engineering’s Scientific Artificial Intelligence Center has partnered with Pasteur Labs, an alumnus-founded startup, to establish new research projects in human-AI collaboration for scientific discovery and industrial applications.