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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.” 

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. 

Cornell mathematicians win grants to ensure AI safety, research integrity

As mathematicians work through challenges related to AI, Cornell math faculty members are leading the field with work integrating AI into math and mathematics into AI.

Study finds trust is the missing ingredient for AI-driven food safety

New research has found that although food companies recognized clear benefits to pooling confidential food safety, concerns about trust, competition and shared standards continue to stand in the way.

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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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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AI-generated images map visual functions in the brain

November 30, 2023

Researchers have demonstrated the use of artificial-intelligence-selected natural images and AI-generated synthetic images as neuroscientific tools for probing the visual processing areas of the brain.

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The OpenAI meltdown will only accelerate the artificial intelligence race

November 22, 2023

Optimists and ‘doomers’ are fighting over the direction of AI research – and those who want speed may have won this round, Sarah Kreps, the John L. Wetherill Professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Director of Tech Policy Institute in the Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy, writes in an op-ed in The Guardian.

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Crowdsourced fact-checking fights misinformation in Taiwan

November 21, 2023

As journalists and professional fact-checkers struggle to keep up with the deluge of misinformation online, fact-checking sites that rely on loosely coordinated contributions from volunteers, such as Wikipedia, can help fill the gaps, Cornell research finds.

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Big-data study explores social factors affecting child health

November 21, 2023

A Weill Cornell Medicine-led research team used an AI-based approach to uncover patterns among conditions in which people are born, grow, work and age, called social determinants of health, and then linked each pattern to children’s health outcomes.

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Researchers chart the contents of human bone marrow

November 16, 2023

A team at Weill Cornell Medicine has mapped the location and spatial features of blood-forming cells within human bone marrow, confirming hypotheses about the anatomy of this tissue and providing a powerful new means to study diseases that affect bone marrow.  

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Glasses use sonar, AI to interpret upper body poses in 3D

November 9, 2023

Throughout history, sonar’s distinctive “ping” has been used to map oceans, spot enemy submarines and find sunken ships. Today, a variation of that technology – in miniature form, developed by Cornell researchers – is proving a game-changer in wearable body-sensing technology.

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Processor made for AI speeds up genome assembly

November 1, 2023

A hardware accelerator initially developed for artificial intelligence operations successfully speeds up the alignment of protein and DNA molecules, making the process up to 10 times faster than state-of-the-art methods.

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$4.2M grant funds Cornell AES work to better lives in NYS

October 23, 2023

Cornell AES administers annual federal funding that supports research to improve lives and livelihoods in New York state.