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AI-generated college admissions essays sound male, privileged
October 4, 2024
In an examination of thousands of human-written college admissions essays and those generated by AI, researchers found that the AI-generated essays are most similar to essays authored by students who are males, with higher socioeconomic status and higher levels of social privilege.
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Faculty and researchers invited to request time to run research projects on new AI tool
October 2, 2024
Faculty and researchers invited to request time to run research projects on new AI tool
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Global AI among three projects funded to build better future
September 27, 2024
A multidisciplinary team aims to build a more inclusive AI shaped by global cultures and knowledge – one of three projects that make up Cornell’s new Global Grand Challenge: The Future.
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Cornell EMPIRE AI Weekly Forum
September 24, 2024
Friday, Oct 4, 2024 4 PM Registration for the series is required, which will then provide the Zoom link info Happening every Friday from 4-4:30 PM via Zoom, the forum is for Cornell faculty and staff (e.g., research operational support staff) who are interested in the EMPIRE AI’s current status and future plans.
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Cornell EMPIRE AI Weekly Forum
September 24, 2024
Happening every Friday from 4-4:30 PM via Zoom, the forum is for Cornell faculty and staff (e.g., research operational support staff) who are interested in the EMPIRE AI’s current status and future plans. Earlier this spring, New York State and six academic partners, including Cornell, committed to create Empire AI*, a GPU supercluster for AI and high-performance computing academic research. An early version of Empire AI’s research computing instrument, which we call “Alpha,” is coming online by early November 2024. While the ultimate Empire AI instrument will far outstrip Alpha’s specifications, we are excited that our research communities can now start […]
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Cornell EMPIRE AI Weekly Forum
September 24, 2024
Oct 11, 2024 4 p.m. Registration for the series is required, which will then provide the Zoom link info Happening every Friday from 4-4:30 PM via Zoom, the forum is for Cornell faculty and staff (e.g., research operational support staff) who are interested in the EMPIRE AI’s current status and future plans.
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Cornell EMPIRE AI Weekly Forum
September 24, 2024
Friday, September, 27; 4-4:30 p.m. ET Registration for the series is required, which will then provide the Zoom link info Happening every Friday from 4-4:30 PM via Zoom, the forum is for Cornell faculty and staff (e.g., research operational support staff) who are interested in the EMPIRE AI’s current status and future plans.
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NSF grant supports AI-driven sustainability research, training
September 24, 2024
A new program at Cornell will tackle critical environmental challenges by integrating advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools with sustainability research across the campus, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Research Traineeship Program.
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Reducing the cultural bias of AI with one sentence
September 17, 2024
“Cultural prompting” – asking an AI model to perform a task like someone from another part of the world – resulted in reduced bias in responses for the vast majority of the more than 100 countries tested by a Cornell-led research group.