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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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AI is changing expectations for MBA graduates

June 29, 2026

While MBA job prospects are expected to remain stable in the near future, new hires will be held to higher standards inside rapidly evolving workplaces.

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Duffield Engineering SPROUT Awards for emerging research reach new high

June 26, 2026

The 16 grants are the most the SPROUT program has awarded in a single cycle and support a broad range of promising projects in AI, medicine, semiconductors, sustainability and more.

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Duffield Engineering SPROUT Awards for emerging research reach new high

June 26, 2026

The 16 grants are the most the SPROUT program has awarded in a single cycle and support a broad range of promising projects in AI, medicine, semiconductors, sustainability and more.

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Provost Bala highlights higher ed’s role in shaping AI for the public good

June 24, 2026

Provost Kavita Bala explains how higher ed’s nonprofit status gives it a unique position in the development of AI.

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How Cornell Recovered $100,000 in Unidentified Payments With AI

June 24, 2026

This is the story of how a two-semester collaboration between the Cornell AI Innovation Hub, graduate students, and the Treasury team transformed a time‑consuming, manual investigation process into a tool that helps staff complete the work more efficiently.

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Smart drones, safe skies: Student’s system tests, coordinates drone fleets

June 23, 2026

Doctoral student’s project devises an autonomous airspace coordination system built around a real-time simulation and validation technology.

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Smart drones, safe skies: Student’s system tests, coordinates drone fleets

June 23, 2026

Doctoral student’s project devises an autonomous airspace coordination system built around a real-time simulation and validation technology.

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Cornell summit sets the bar for responsible data science and AI in veterinary medicine

June 22, 2026

Like many other disciplines, AI is moving fast in veterinary medicine and animal health, but the data infrastructure hasn’t kept pace.

Fortunately, Cornell is picking up the slack. The Building Benchmarks for AI-Driven Veterinary Innovation, funded by the Cornell AI Initiative and part of the Thought Summits series, gathered experts across fields to spark solutions in this emerging area.

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Undergrads’ weed-killing robot wins top prize

June 22, 2026

A team of Cornell students bested the competition with their invention: an autonomous robot that kills weeds with electricity.