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AI Insight Forum: Urgency needed to protect data laborers

October 24, 2023

Low-paid data workers who train AI models sent a letter to lawmakers ahead of a Senate meeting with AI leaders today urging Congress to protect their rights.

Computing & Information Sciences

Seine concerns: Even $1.5M ‘not enough’ to change climate impact

August 2, 2024

Concerns about the Seine River’s cleanliness have caused delays in some Olympic swimming events in Paris despite a $1.5 billion cleanup effort. Brian Rahm, a biological and environmental engineering expert, says Paris’ ancient infrastructure and climate change will continue to muddy the waters.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

International

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

‘We have a problem’: UN report on migratory species signals need for strategic action

February 12, 2024

Amanda Rodewald, professor and senior director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, comments on the United Nation's first-ever report on the state of migratory species.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Pause on kids online safety package in House makes ‘eminent sense’

August 1, 2024

The kids online safety package will likely not be taken up in the House of Representatives in its current form. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the legislation on Tuesday in a 91-3 vote – but it faces pushback from tech companies, as well as free speech advocates.

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

AI not ‘natural phenomenon’, more oversight needed

May 16, 2023

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman urged lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence during a Senate panel hearing on Tuesday.

Computing & Information Sciences

science

X biometrics collection: Cornell experts on fighting bots, privacy

August 31, 2023

Social media platform X plans to collect user biometric, employment, and education data as a matter of policy.

Computing & Information Sciences

science

Engineering

Surviving the heat: Tips to keep your vegetable garden healthy in high temps

June 18, 2024

Steve Reiners, professor of horticulture at Cornell University, shares key steps you can take immediately to help your garden vegetables survive this heat wave.

New York State

Food & Agriculture

TikTok ban impact: Content creators ‘misunderstood, devalued’

April 23, 2024

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today to advance the House-passed package that includes a provision that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

21st century Clippy: Cornell expert on conversational chatbots

September 26, 2023

People can now talk to and have a conversation with OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT. The company says it can generate human-like audio from just text and a few seconds of sample speech.

Cornell Tech

Computing & Information Sciences