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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, new Cornell research finds.

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Can robots read the room?

Cornell researchers are investigating the potential for using artificial intelligence to give robots social intelligence – the ability to read facial cues, anticipate the needs of those around them and function within society.

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Can robots read the room?

Sonar on stock smartwatches leads to hand-tracking breakthrough

New first-of-its-kind wearable technology from researchers at Cornell and KAIST, in South Korea, brings that vision closer to reality. The system, called WatchHand, equips off-the-shelf smartwatches with AI-powered micro sonar capable of tracking hand movements.

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arXiv welcomes Yoav Artzi as associate faculty director
Cornell Chronicle
Digital research repository arXiv to start new chapter as nonprofit
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Inside Higher Ed
Provost Kavita Bala highlights higher ed’s role in shaping AI for the public good
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New method helps online ads reach overlooked groups
Cornell Chronicle
New method helps online ads reach overlooked groups
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Mehrnaz Sabet, a doctoral student in the field of information science, leads a work session with graduate students assisting with Project Orion, an autonomous airspace coordination system she’s developing at Cornell.
Smart drones, safe skies: Student’s system tests, coordinates drone fleets
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CIS Profs to Assess Farmers' Concerns About Digital Agriculture
Cornell Chronicle
Student projects earn CIDA Research Innovation Fund awards
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What gets built in the MPS Project course? These 4 tools offer a glimpse
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Cornell Chronicle
Amazon partnership establishes Cornell AI security initiative
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AI models performed poorly when asked to predict the ending of a scenario, such as this video of a person doing a handstand on a hoverboard, based solely on people's facial reactions while watching the video.
Cornell Chronicle
Can robots read the room?
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Smithsonian magazine
Weinberger discusses “Perceptron,” an early step toward artificial intelligence, developed by Rosenblatt ’50, Ph.D. ’56
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