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Facial Recognition AI Helps Save Multibillion Dollar Grape Crop
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a method of protecting grape crops through the use of robotics and artificial intelligence.
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Platform Teaches Nonexperts to Use ML
An interactive machine learning platform developed by Cornell University scientists is designed to train nonexperts to use algorithms effectively, efficiently,...
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Building Networks Not Enough to Expand Rural Broadband
Cornell University researchers found that closing the digital divide in rural areas will require more than public grants to build broadband networks.
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Chess Engine Sacrifices Mastery to Mimic Human Play
A team of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence chess engine that is trained to play like, rather than beat, humans.
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Stretchable Sensor Gives Robots, VR a Human Touch
Cornell University researchers have developed a fiber-optic sensor that can be use in a stretchable skin to sense deformations like pressure, bending, and strain...
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Algorithm Improves Fairness of Search Results
Cornell University researchers have developed an algorithm to improve the fairness of online search rankings while retaining their utility and relevance.
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Robots Armed with UV Light Fight Grape Mildew
A multi-institutional and international collaboration has yielded autonomous robots that use ultraviolet lamps to kill powdery mildew on crops.
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Video Game Experience or Gender May Improve VR Learning
Students using immersive virtual reality did not learn significantly better than those who used computer-simulated or hands-on learning methods, according to a...
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Are Hiring Algorithms Fair? Study Finds They're Too Opaque to Tell
A study by Cornell University researchers raises doubts about algorithms' ability to make fair decisions when screening potential hires.
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AI Tool Detects Global Fashion Trends
A new artificial intelligence tool scans millions of publicly available photos to effectively identify fashion trends around the world, as well as traditions and...
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AI Helps Shrink Amazon Dams' Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A model developed by a Cornell University-led research team uses artificial intelligence to find the most promising configurations of dam sites to reduce greenhouse...
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Optical Lace Gives Robots Heightened Sensory Ability
Researchers have developed a stretchable optical lace that could give soft robots a soft touch.
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AI Analysis Gives Guidance to Crisis Counselors
Researchers used state-of-the-art natural language processing to learn how the language employed by crisis counselors systematically changes over time
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Study Addresses Low Female Participation in STEM Classrooms
Increasing class size has the greatest negative impact on female participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classrooms.
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SoNIC Program Empowers Diverse CS Students
Cornell University's SoNIC workshop, now in its ninth year, has exposed hundreds of minority students from across the U.S. to computer science, and to the prerequisites...
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Study: Smart Speakers Make Passive Listeners
Cornell University researchers found people who read choices online digested information nine times faster than those who heard them listed by a smart speaker product...
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sing Smartphone Cameras to Track Alertness
A new tool tracks alertness by measuring pupil size, captured through a burst of photos taken whenever a user unlocks their smartphone.
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AI May Put Private Data at Risk
Cornell Tech researchers have determined current models of machine learning are vulnerable to privacy leaks and other attacks.
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Apps Make It Easy for Domestic Abusers to Spy
Cornell University researchers have found thousands of applications enabling domestic abusers to spy on their partners.
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