Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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‘Devil in the details’ of AI safeguards deal

July 21, 2023

The White House has announced leading artificial intelligence companies in the U.S. have agreed to voluntary commitments regarding the technology’s development.

Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy
Law School

Will artificial intelligence solve the ‘productivity paradox?’

April 25, 2023

Louis Hyman historian of work and business at Cornell University’s school of Industrial and Labor Relations, argues that, like previous technological advances, AI offers potential spur innovation, while also making workers more productive, and is more likely to free up workers to do more challenging and important work. At the same time, Hyman notes, AI can also be used to automate existing jobs and exacerbate inequality.

Economics and Business
Labor Relations & Human Resources
Cornell Tech

TikTok fines ‘a potentially fruitful alternative’ to bans or lack of regulation

April 4, 2023

Sarah Kreps is a professor of government and director of the Tech Policy Institute at Cornell where she researches the intersection of international politics, technology and national security. She says fines offer another regulatory avenue to rein in TikTok. 

Cornell Tech
Law and Policy
Cybersecurity
Economics and Business

‘Silly’ to expect AI mimicking human-written text could be easily detected

February 1, 2023

Mor Naaman, professor of information science at Cornell University and associate dean at Cornell Tech, researches the trustworthiness of our information ecosystem. He says the technology is – as usual – racing ahead with no guardrails.

Cornell Tech
Computing & Information Sciences

New features of OpenAI’s GPT-4 are largely ‘unsurprising’

March 15, 2023

OpenAI launched the newest version of its language software, GPT-4, an advanced tool for analyzing images and mimicking human speech. 

Cornell Tech

Cornell tech policy experts on TikTok ban

February 28, 2023

The White House has told federal agencies they have 30 days to remove TikTok from all government-issued devices. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss the ban and its implications.

Cybersecurity
Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy

In an age of drones and UAVs, why balloons are having a moment

February 13, 2023

Paul Lushenko is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and senior policy fellow at Cornell University’s Tech Policy Lab, he says there are several potential reasons as to why balloons have thrust back into the spotlight.

International Reach
Foreign Policy
Cornell Tech

Experts split on ‘prebunking’ – shifting blame or empowering users?

February 13, 2023

Google is expanding its campaign to fight misinformation through an approach it calls ‘prebunking’, which involves using a series of short videos to teach people how to spot false claims before they encounter them. 

Social & Behavioral Sciences
Cornell Tech
Law, Government & Public Policy

Cornell expert available to discuss Twitter’s edit button

September 1, 2022

Some Twitter users will start being able to click a button on the social media service to edit a tweet after they have posted it.

Computing & Information Sciences

It’s not just about Trump, it’s about content moderation standards

January 26, 2023

Meta will be reinstating former president Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks with what the company calls “new guardrails” to deter repeat offenses. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss the news.

Cornell Tech
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Computing & Information Sciences