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DOE Genesis Mission awards will advance AI-driven science
July 22, 2026
Two Cornell-led research teams have been selected to receive nearly $1.2 million through Phase I of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission.
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Researchers gather at Cornell Tech to explore AI for molecular science
July 21, 2026
Researchers from around the world gathered at Cornell Tech for a workshop exploring how physics-aware artificial intelligence can accelerate the discovery of molecules and materials while improving the reliability of machine learning models.
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Weak AI regulation may backfire, making products less safe
July 20, 2026
A new modeling study finds no regulation of AI products and services may be safer than weak regulation.
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Bowers Bytes: Reducing Errors in the ER
July 20, 2026
When patients arrive at the ER, a shocking number have errors or misinformation in their medical documents. Jonathan Segal, a Cornell Bowers Ph.D. student in information science based at Cornell Tech, is using AI and augmented reality to provide guidance to clinicians and automatically generate documentation for patient handoffs.
He aims to improve teamwork at hospitals and save lives with more accurate information transfer for patients.
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The Atlantic: Nobody Is Getting the Data-Center Water Question Right
July 17, 2026
Fengqi You, a Cornell energy-systems expert, provides analysis on the regional impact of data center water consumption.
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Collins: What Generative AI can and cannot do for HR
July 17, 2026
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At Cornell, 4-H’ers plant seeds for future careers
July 14, 2026
Middle and high school students from across New York state spent three days discovering potential career paths during the annual 4-H Career Explorations Conference, held June 30 to July 2 at Cornell.
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A New Research Focus at Global Labor Institute
July 14, 2026
Most conversations about AI and labor concentrate on displacement: will AI take your job, and which sectors are most exposed? These are important questions. But instead of focusing only on whether AI is taking your job, we feel it’s important to also ask: what happens to your job if it doesn’t?
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Gomes in Daedalus: How to train AI to reason like scientists
July 13, 2026
What will scientific discovery look like in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)?