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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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Computer scientists awarded $3M to bolster cybersecurity

October 4, 2023

A team of Cornell computer scientists has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to leverage reinforcement learning to make computer networks stronger, dynamic and more secure.

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AI analyzes bird sightings to help conserve species

October 4, 2023

Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Institute for Computational Sustainability are using big data and AI to model hidden patterns in nature – not just for one bird species, but for entire ecological communities across continents.

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Gamers help highlight disparities in algorithm data

September 29, 2023

Diversity of thought regarding gamers’ opinions of games makes for better algorithms that help audiences around the globe pick the right games, according to new research from Cornell, Xbox and Microsoft Research.

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When needs compete, love trumps thirst

September 27, 2023

Researchers tracked the brain’s dopamine reward system and found – for the first time ­– this system flexibly retunes toward the most important goal when faced with multiple competing needs.

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Cisco Research, Cornell Bowers CIS announce partnership

September 25, 2023

Cisco Research is providing funding for six research projects that will further the college’s leadership in AI and point the way toward innovative solutions to challenges surrounding the use and development of AI models

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First JFI-Brooks Fellowships fund studies of government anti-poverty programs and AI policy

September 18, 2023

The first JFI-Brooks Fellowships scholars will research regulatory frameworks for artificial intelligence and the long-term impact of welfare reform-era policy changes on recipients and their children.

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When robots imitate life: Project explores better way to train AI

September 12, 2023

Using a new strategy called superhuman imitation learning, Sanjiban Choudhury, assistant professor of computer science, aims to train home robots more efficiently.

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NIH funds cross-campus effort to train experts in AI and nutrition

September 11, 2023

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Faculty offered guidance for teaching in the age of ChatGPT

September 11, 2023

A university committee has released recommendations for how faculty can take generative artificial intelligence into account when considering learning objectives for their students.