Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, says the flurry of diplomacy reflects Beijing’s effort to project strength amid mounting domestic pressures.

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David Reiss is a Cornell Tech law professor with a focus on real estate finance and housing policy. He previously served as the chair of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board which will vote on a potential rent freeze later this month.

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President Trump’s new executive order would provide the government with an early look at powerful new AI models. 

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A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily jammed the Trump administration’s plans to payout of its Anti-Weaponization Fund until at least June 12; plaintiffs are alleging, among other things, that the fund violates theFirst Amendment, a claim we can expect the judge to take seriously given that the language of the fund specifically refers to Democrats, say Cornell Law School professor G.S. Hans. 

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Microsoft is reportedly scaling back access to some advanced AI coding tools and Uber has burned through its annual AI coding-tools budget in just four months. This highlights a growing challenge for companies – AI is not cheap labor.

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Douglass Miller, a senior lecturer in food and beverage management at Cornell University, says Schlitz will now join the likes of many products that were once very popular with consumers, such as Ripple and Tab.

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Jan Burzlaff, a postdoctoral associate in the Jewish Studies Program, teaches a course on Holocaust testimonies that uses AI as an object of study, examining how it interprets, and often reduces, the human experience in survivor narratives.

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SpaceX launched its first 60 satellites for Starlink back in 2019, the beginning of its satellite internet “constellation.” This Saturday marks the seventh anniversary of the launch.

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Reports suggest OpenAI has been working to file for an initial public offering soon. The news comes just days after a federal jury sided with OpenAI in a court battle with Elon Musk. The company was valued at $852 billion in a recent funding round.

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James Carter, an assistant professor of organizational behavior, and David Bateman, a professor of government and policy, offer insights.

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