The Biden administration is wading into the debate about whether the most powerful artificial intelligence systems should be “open source” or closed. Tech companies are divided on how open to make AI models.

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In his second State of the Union address, President Biden touted his administration’s policies on healthcare and medical research which will result in savings on medical costs for many Americans says Cornell University professor Nick Fabrizio.

Law and Policy

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Cornell Law School experts Stephen Yale-Loehr and Estelle McKee weigh in on the Biden administration's new restrictive border control policy. 

Law and Policy

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Jesse LeCavalier, an expert in infrastructure planning and a professor of architecture, Paul Mutolo, a chemist and director of External Partnerships for the Energy Materials Center, Rick Geddes, professor of policy analysis and management and founding director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy and Art Wheaton, an expert on transportation industries and director of labor studies, comment on the Biden administration's new infrastructure plan for electric trucks.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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As housing prices soar, the Biden administration says it is taking significant steps to protect tenants and make rental prices more affordable, but the actions are unlikely to change much says Cornell University professor Laura Tach.

Law and Policy

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Greeshma Gadikota, director of the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group at Cornell University’s College of Engineering, and Phillip Milner, professor of chemical and chemical biology at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, comment on the Biden administration's push to support carbon capture technology.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts. The following Cornell University are available to provide comment.

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Frank Pasquale, professor at Cornell Tech, is an expert on the law of artificial intelligence, algorithms and machine learning. He said New York City is good to be engaging with AI responsibility on this level.

Cornell Tech

New York City

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Arthur Wheaton, a transportation industry and supply chain expert and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on the Biden administration's newly proposed rule for contractor emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Industrial and Labor Relations

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Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Company announced it would significantly reduce the prices of several of its insulin products and cap patient insulin out-of-pocket costs at $35 per month, creating an opportunity to look at the top 10 prescription drugs that cost Medicare the most says Cornell University professor Nick Fabrizio.

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