Google is pausing the ability for its Gemini AI to generate images of people, after the tool was found to be creating inaccurate historical images. 

Computing & Information Sciences

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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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Buz Barstow, a physicist using synthetic biology to build sustainable energy technologies, comments on China's move to ban exports of rare minerals to the U.S.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law and Policy

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A widespread technology outage has highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers.

Engineering

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Michael Hoffmann, an emeritus professor at Cornell, says curriculum related to climate change is needed in New York classrooms.

New York State

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Greeshma Gadikota, director of the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group at Cornell University’s College of Engineering, comments on the discovery of lithium reserves in Arkansas and the role of emergent tech in sustainably extracting the element.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Research from Kaitlin Woolley, a professor of marketing at Cornell University who specializes in motivation science and decision making, provides a few insights to avoid temptation: think about the short-term costs of indulging. 

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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International environmental law and policy expert, Allison Chatrchyan, comments on what the election of Donald Trump means for global efforts to address climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Google has begun to roll out restrictions in India regarding the types of election-related queries for which its chatbot Gemini will return responses.

Computing & Information Sciences

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Uriel Abulof is a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University. Abulof says the idea of a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine should now be a diplomatic imperative.

International

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