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AI4AI Fall Retreat
Tues. Oct. 27, 2026 @ Cornell Tech, NYC
The AI4AI Fall Retreat is a one-day convening of researchers and industry partners advancing the Assured Integrity for AI-Based Software (AI4AI) initiative. Bringing together collaborators from Cornell and across industry, the retreat focuses on sharing research progress, shaping emerging priorities, and accelerating real-world impact in AI security. The event is designed to foster deeper collaboration between academia and practice, with an emphasis on advancing trustworthy, secure AI systems and translating research into tools and approaches that benefit the broader community.
Community leaders explore promise and risks of AI at Cornell summit
Civic leaders from across New York state gathered at Cornell May 18-20 to explore both the promise and risks of this technological transformation.
Widespread AI misuse means higher ed must rethink assessment
Large numbers of college students are now using artificial intelligence to complete – and cheat on – their assignments, suggesting that colleges and universities need to change how they are evaluating students.
Toyota Research Institute, Cornell partner on AI projects
Researchers from the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering and the Cornell Bowers College of Computing and Information Science are teaming up with the Toyota Research Institute for projects involving AI personalization and robotics.
Four student-founded AI companies win Cornell Tech Startup Awards
The startups each won $100,000 investments during the university’s annual Startup Awards competition, held May 14.
Morgans’ $1.25M gift to support AI fellows program
A $1.25 million seed grant from James C. Morgan ’60, MBA ’63, and Rebecca Quinn Morgan ’60 will support the establishment of an AI fellows program focused on operational and administrative transformation.
Humans are bad at making complex decisions. AI can help
A new tool is designed to help users rank a set of choices – such as job applicants, graduate schools, even Oscar candidates.
New approach designs healthcare robots with, not for, the people who use them
A new Cornell Tech-led study invites healthcare workers, long-term care residents, and community members to help design the robots themselves.
Regular audits would build trust, confidence in AI
J. Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, is a co-author of “Auditing AI,” which offers AI users from all walks of life an introduction into AI evaluation, which is key for developing trust in the technology.
What does it mean to train an AI to speak like you?
Ultra-personalized AI for assisted communication risks muting aspects of the user’s identity and can breach privacy, according to a study from a Cornell Tech doctoral student who trained the technology on himself.
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