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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.

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.

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Task force offers guidance to researchers on use of AI

January 17, 2024

A multidisciplinary task force of Cornell faculty and staff has issued a report offering perspectives and practical guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence in the practice and dissemination of Cornell’s academic research.

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Consortium aims to make NYS the world’s AI capital

January 12, 2024

A consortium aiming to make New York a global leader in artificial intelligence would help Cornell play a role in shaping the future of AI, promote responsible research and development, create jobs and unlock opportunities focused on public good.

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ChatGPT ‘memorizes’ and spits out entire poems

January 9, 2024

Ask ChatGPT to find a well-known poem and it will probably regurgitate the entire text verbatim – regardless of copyright law – according to a new study by Cornell researchers.

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Grant to validate blood test for early breast cancer detection

January 5, 2024

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program to evaluate a test that uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to determine whether a patient is positive for cancer.

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Thorsten Joachims talks with The Atlantic about why it’s so hard to search your email

December 13, 2023

Thorsten Joachims talks with The Atlantic about why it’s so hard to search your email

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DOE funds new research to advance computer chip technology

December 13, 2023

Cornell researchers are part of a project to enable sustainable hardware for AI and quantum computing, one of 11 projects selected by DOE to receive a total of $73 million.

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Cornell joins new open-technology AI Alliance

December 5, 2023

Cornell has signed on as an inaugural member of the AI Alliance, an international community of researchers, developers and organizational leaders committed to supporting and enhancing open innovation in artificial intelligence.

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Welcoming AI into the classroom

December 5, 2023

Students are experimenting with generative artificial intelligence in everything from essay writing to computer code creation.

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Carla Gomes comments on new AI-guided materials discovery research

November 30, 2023

Carla Gomes talks to Nature on new AI-guided materials discovery research

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