Meta’s oversight board is reviewing the company’s handling of two sexually explicit AI-generated images of female celebrities that circulated on Facebook and Instagram.

Cornell Tech

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David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University where he specializes in military history and defense policy. Based on the evidence, he says the Iranian attack seemed designed more for show, than an attempt to actually inflict casualties.

International

Foreign Policy

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Ukraine parliament passed a bill on Thursday overhauling mobilization rules. David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. He says, “Large industrial wars like this one are as much about organization as they are about fighting, and this is a sign that Ukraine takes that lesson seriously.”

International

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Damian Helbling, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, who researches water quality as it relates to human and ecosystem health, comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's newly announced standards to limit PFAS levels in drinking water.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Engineering

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Maryland Governor Wes Moore will be lobbying on Capitol Hill today in an effort to convince Congress to support President Biden’s pledge to fully fund the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, providing the U.S. with the opportunity to  ‘bounce forward,' says Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy professor Rick Geddes. 

Law and Policy

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Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor

Industrial and Labor Relations

Economics and Business

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Today, Kiss announced that it has sold its catalog, name and likeness to Pophouse Entertainment Group. Benjamin Piekut, professor of music at Cornell University, says the recordings can be endlessly reconfigured to bring Kiss to life for new audiences.

Jeffrey Grabelsky, co-director of the National Labor Leadership Institute at Cornell University, is an expert on building and construction trades unions. He weighs in on the current hold-up involving affordable housing initiatives in the NYS budget.

New York State

New York City

Industrial and Labor Relations

Labor Relations & Human Resources

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Florida’s Supreme Court ruling on Monday allowed the state to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, a ruling that deviates from the more moderate views held by most Americans says Cornel University professor Landon Schnabel.

Law and Policy

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For the first time, cows at dairy farms across the U.S. have tested positive for avian flu. The virus is believed to have spread to at least five states. Cornell University experts are available to discuss impacts and precautions.

New York State

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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