AI News + Events

Starting in fall 2027, working professionals can pursue a master’s degree in AI or applied AI. 

In spring 2027, Cornell Bowers will launch a new course that is open to all entitled, “Everyday AI: Learning to use AI effectively and responsibly.” 

Gregory Falco, assistant professor, has received a Young Investigator Program award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to investigate autonomous spacecraft that can maintain coordination while an adversary is trying to disrupt them.

A National Science Foundation grant will support Cornell research aimed at developing AI models that can better represent human decision-making in cyber-physical systems while remaining interpretable and explicit about uncertainty.

For AI agents instructed to write fiction, that tale usually involves lighthouses and a keeper named Elias, according to new Cornell research. 

Makora, a startup founded by assistant professor Mohamed Abdelfattah, has received a $1.75 million award from the National Science Foundation-supported STRIDE Ventures AI Efficiency Challenge.

The Assured Integrity for AI-Based Software (AI4AI) initiative, led by Alexandra Silva and Vitaly Shmatikov, will host its Fall Retreat on October 27, 2026, at Cornell Tech in New York City.

The work is paving the way for hybrid optical-electronic systems that could reduce the energy and computational resources required for AI-driven image analysis and other visual inference tasks.

Ficio, a startup founded by Youhanna Meleka, M.Eng. ’26, is developing an AI platform for the food supply chain that can run on different machines and tackle very different jobs – from sorting apples in an orchard to turning potatoes into french fries.