Extended reality tool lets dancers analyze movement

A Cornell doctoral student has helped develop a tool, DanXeReflect, that lets dancers use video and extended reality headsets to create an immersive environment for analyzing and refining their movements.

Inside Studio: A conversation with Josh Hartmann

At the heart of Cornell Tech’s hands-on, interdisciplinary approach is Studio, a program that brings students together across disciplines to build, test, and launch real-world solutions.

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Making big tech algorithms ‘fair’ is harder than it looks

Research from Cornell Tech shows that before big tech engineers can improve the fairness of recommendation systems they need to define what “fairness” even means.

Students pitch startups at Autodesk Gallery

Students from the eLab Student Startup Accelerator, the Runway Startups Postdocs Program at Cornell Tech and BioVenture eLab at Weill Cornell Medicine made their annual trek to San Francisco for the Cornell Silicon Valley: Student Startup Showcase to pitch their innovative startups at Autodesk Gallery on March 26.

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Making AI safer for victims of intimate partner violence

Conversational AI tools denied blunt requests for harmful content by researchers posing as intimate partner abusers, but these guardrails were easily circumvented, a new Cornell Tech study has found.

AI tools to help vision-impaired are good, but could be better

Artificial intelligence is touching nearly every aspect of life, including assistive technology for vision-impaired individuals. And just like in other arenas, the AI used to assist them is good, but far from perfect.

‘Moonshot’ project aims to restore trust in the digital public sphere

Researchers have received a seed grant for $250,000 and a chance at a $10 million award to support a project aimed at using artificial intelligence to establish a foundation for trustworthy AI-mediated communication across online platforms.

Alumnus hopes historical lessons boost civic engagement

Fred Rubinstein ’52, LLB ’55, has honored his late wife’s dedication to civic engagement by endowing a professorship in the Department of Government in the College of Arts and Sciences.

2029 reaccreditation process begins with self-study

The first phase of the university’s upcoming reaccreditation process is underway, with the naming of a steering committee and an invitation to the community to provide input.