Provost initiative to envision Cornell’s long-term future

A faculty-led committee will explore how the university can evolve to best serve future generations while pursuing its core mission.

Faculty innovate with, and avoid, AI in the classroom

At the same time faculty are finding ways to use generative AI tools to help students learn, pen-and-paper assessments are returning to the classroom.

Models feel hemmed in by AI

Using generative AI, fashion designers can use digital photos to adjust models’ features and even deploy fully digital avatars in place of humans. A team including an ILR School researcher has written a paper highlighting models’ challenges.

‘Bottling’ human intuition for AI-led materials discovery

A Cornell researcher and collaborators have developed a machine-learning model that encapsulates and quantifies the valuable intuition of human experts in the quest to discover new quantum materials.

AI can write your college essay, but it won’t sound like you

Students who plan to use ChatGPT to write their college admissions essays should think twice: Artificial intelligence tools write highly generic personal narratives, even when prompted to write from the perspective of someone with a certain race or gender.

Balancing the promise of health AI with its carbon costs

The health care industry is increasingly relying on AI – in responding to patient queries, for example – and a new Cornell study shows how decision-makers can use real-world data to build sustainability into new systems.

Holocaust testimony is AI litmus test, and it fails

A Cornell historian argues in a new paper that human historians are vital to capture the emotional and moral complexity behind world events.

National Science Foundation announces Cornell-led AI Materials Institute

The NSF, in partnership with Intel, will invest $20 million over five years to establish the Artificial Intelligence Materials Institute at Cornell, as part of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes.

Optimism about AI lowest in US, says A&S dean

Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, shared takeaways from his decade-long AI research during a lecture kicking off the Cornell University School of Continuing Education’s Summer Events Series.