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AI Headlines from Around the University

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. 

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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Climate roundtable sparks insight and invites collaboration

February 9, 2024

Convening of 80 leaders, researchers and staff across six colleges discussed strategies to address climate change mitigation, adaptation and societal transformation, in a Feb. 1 roundtable sponsored by The 2030 Project.

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Physicists detect elusive ‘Bragg glass’ phase with machine learning tool

February 9, 2024

The discovery settles a long-standing question of whether this almost–but not quite–ordered state of Bragg glass can exist in real materials.

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Cornell joins federal AI Safety Institute Consortium

February 8, 2024

Cornell’s participation in the U.S. Commerce Department initiative will help advance development and deployment of safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence technology.

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Gili Vidan talks with the AP about Meta’s plans to label AI-generated images

February 6, 2024

Gili Vidan talks with the AP about Meta’s plans to label AI-generated images

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Autopen shows perils of automation in communications

February 1, 2024

In a new analysis, Cornell researchers examined three autopen controversies to see what they reveal about when it is OK – and not OK – to automate communication.

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Bala delivers keynote at higher ed symposium on generative AI

January 26, 2024

Dean Kavita Bala, and lead dean for the Cornell AI Initiative, recently delivered the keynote at a Harvard/MIT Symposium exploring excitement, potential challenges to STEM education, research.

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How math can improve fairness in elections, redistricting

January 24, 2024

A mathematician who has advised states and litigants on redistricting legislation will explore in a Feb. 5 lecture whether race-blind, computational approaches to law and policy can improve fairness.

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Artificial Intelligence and Free Expression

January 24, 2024

Cornell faculty from across colleges and campuses explore the challenges new technologies bring.

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Cornell, partners to supercharge NYS microchip industry

January 18, 2024

A consortium organized by Cornell and four other New York-based leaders in semiconductor research and development has been awarded $40 million by the U.S. Department of Defense to advance microelectronics innovation and manufacturing.