Widespread AI misuse means higher ed must rethink assessment

Large numbers of college students are now using artificial intelligence to complete – and cheat on – their assignments, suggesting that colleges and universities need to change how they are evaluating students.

Students show off new machines at Sciencenter demo day

Students in Rapid Prototyping and Physical Computing visited the Ithaca children’s museum to demonstrate a number of projects.

Four student-founded AI companies win Cornell Tech Startup Awards

The startups each won $100,000 investments during the university’s annual Startup Awards competition, held May 14.

Humans are bad at making complex decisions. AI can help

A new tool is designed to help users rank a set of choices – such as job applicants, graduate schools, even Oscar candidates.

New approach designs healthcare robots with, not for, the people who use them

A new Cornell Tech-led study invites healthcare workers, long-term care residents, and community members to help design the robots themselves.

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Regular audits would build trust, confidence in AI

J. Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, is a co-author of “Auditing AI,” which offers AI users from all walks of life an introduction into AI evaluation, which is key for developing trust in the technology.

Make your game plan for the Game Design showcase, May 16

Get ready to play favorites at the 2026 Game Design Initiative at Cornell showcase.

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What does it mean to train an AI to speak like you?

Ultra-personalized AI for assisted communication risks muting aspects of the user’s identity and can breach privacy, according to a study from a Cornell Tech doctoral student who trained the technology on himself.

Entrepreneurial students win awards for summer work on their startups

Thirty student startups received Human Spirit, Beck Fellows and Cane Entrepreneurial Scholars awards this summer from Entrepreneurship at Cornell, funding that will allow students to work on their startups rather than take traditional summer positions.

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