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Cornell mathematicians win grants to ensure AI safety, research integrity

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.

Study finds trust is the missing ingredient for AI-driven food safety

New research has found that although food companies recognized clear benefits to pooling confidential food safety, concerns about trust, competition and shared standards continue to stand in the way.

Cornell leads project putting robots to work in US orchards

A Cornell-led research project is developing robots that can perform labor-intensive orchard operations; it’s supported by a four-year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative. 

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.

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Faculty and researchers invited to request time to run research projects on new AI tool

October 2, 2024

Faculty and researchers invited to request time to run research projects on new AI tool

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Global AI among three projects funded to build better future

September 27, 2024

A multidisciplinary team aims to build a more inclusive AI shaped by global cultures and knowledge – one of three projects that make up Cornell’s new Global Grand Challenge: The Future.

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Cornell EMPIRE AI Weekly Forum

September 24, 2024

Friday, Oct 4, 2024 4 PM Registration for the series is required, which will then provide the Zoom link info Happening every Friday from 4-4:30 PM via Zoom, the forum is for Cornell faculty and staff (e.g., research operational support staff) who are interested in the EMPIRE AI’s current status and future plans.

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Cornell EMPIRE AI Weekly Forum

September 24, 2024

Happening every Friday from 4-4:30 PM via Zoom, the forum is for Cornell faculty and staff (e.g., research operational support staff) who are interested in the EMPIRE AI’s current status and future plans. Earlier this spring, New York State and six academic partners, including Cornell, committed to create Empire AI*, a GPU supercluster for AI and high-performance computing academic research. An early version of Empire AI’s research computing instrument, which we call “Alpha,” is coming online by early November 2024. While the ultimate Empire AI instrument will far outstrip Alpha’s specifications, we are excited that our research communities can now start […]

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Cornell EMPIRE AI Weekly Forum

September 24, 2024

Oct 11, 2024 4 p.m. Registration for the series is required, which will then provide the Zoom link info Happening every Friday from 4-4:30 PM via Zoom, the forum is for Cornell faculty and staff (e.g., research operational support staff) who are interested in the EMPIRE AI’s current status and future plans.

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Cornell EMPIRE AI Weekly Forum

September 24, 2024

Friday, September, 27; 4-4:30 p.m. ET Registration for the series is required, which will then provide the Zoom link info Happening every Friday from 4-4:30 PM via Zoom, the forum is for Cornell faculty and staff (e.g., research operational support staff) who are interested in the EMPIRE AI’s current status and future plans.  

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NSF grant supports AI-driven sustainability research, training

September 24, 2024

A new program at Cornell will tackle critical environmental challenges by integrating advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools with sustainability research across the campus, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Research Traineeship Program.

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Reducing the cultural bias of AI with one sentence

September 17, 2024

“Cultural prompting” – asking an AI model to perform a task like someone from another part of the world – resulted in reduced bias in responses for the vast majority of the more than 100 countries tested by a Cornell-led research group.

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Mixing Physical, Virtual Worlds to Drive Home Climate Urgency

September 11, 2024

The Communal eXtended-Reality (CXR) system is a cutting-edge blend of the physical and digital worlds in which virtual scenes are overlaid onto the real world, designed to engage communities in new ways.