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New CoPAIR program connects Cornell researchers with AI tools, training and community

The new Communities of Practice for AI-enabled Research (CoPAIR) program gives researchers access to emerging AI tools, hands-on training and collaborative communities where they can share best practices, develop disciplinary norms for appropriate AI use and non-use, and evaluate new tools for research. 

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‘A seat at the table’: Cornell expands access to multiple AI tools for faculty, staff, students

Most faculty, staff and students will have free access to a range of AI platforms – an effort to level the playing field, spur exploration and reduce the costs and vulnerabilities of individual consumer licenses.

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Cute robots, historical chatbots: AI in the classroom grows more sophisticated

Instructors across Cornell are working to strike a balance in the classroom – using AI as a teaching tool but also making choices to prevent its use and preserve the learning experience.

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Any student, any major: ‘Everyday AI’ course to launch spring 2027

In spring 2027, Cornell Bowers will launch a new course that is open to all entitled, “Everyday AI: Learning to use AI effectively and responsibly.” 

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Who is Elias the lighthouse keeper? AI fiction tells the same old story

For AI agents instructed to write fiction, that tale usually involves lighthouses and a keeper named Elias, according to new Cornell research. 

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Thirteen early-career professors win NSF development awards

July 29, 2026

Researchers studying ribosomes, AI and quantum computing are among 13 early-career professors from Cornell who’ve recently been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

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Thirteen early-career professors win NSF development awards

July 29, 2026

Researchers studying ribosomes, AI and quantum computing are among 13 early-career professors from Cornell who’ve recently been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

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Strike a pose: Creating more realistic multi-person images

July 28, 2026

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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Strike a pose: Creating more realistic multi-person images

July 28, 2026

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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2026 LinkedIn grant recipients to drive innovation in GenAI, LLMs

July 27, 2026

LinkedIn and the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science announce the fifth and final group of researchers to receive grants from their strategic partnership.

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Soil carbon effectively measured by new, efficient AI model

July 27, 2026

A new model offers a proof-of-principle for how AI might be used to shed light on obscure biological processes.

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2026 LinkedIn grant recipients to drive innovation in GenAI, LLMs

July 27, 2026

LinkedIn and the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science announce the fifth and final group of researchers to receive grants from their strategic partnership.

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Soil carbon effectively measured by new, efficient AI model

July 27, 2026

A new model offers a proof-of-principle for how AI might be used to shed light on obscure biological processes.

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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.