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Ultra-personalized AI for assisted communication risks muting aspects of the user’s identity and occasionally breaches privacy, according to a new study from doctoral student Tobias Weinberg, who trained the technology on himself. @Cornell_Bowers More: news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/0…

Kilian Weinberger, professor of computer science at @Cornell, opens the upcoming Frontiers of AI Summit on May 27 with a keynote on how future AI could reason more deeply and use memory more effectively. Learn more and request to attend: tech.cornell.edu/frontiers-of-a… #FoAISummit

Could you add this in the posts as a thread? 👏 Congrats to all the award winners: Omar El Housni and Omid Rafieian; Yoav Artzi, Jennifer Sun, and Kilian Weinberger; Angelina Wang, Hadar Averbuch-Elor, and Nick Camerlenghi (Dartmouth).

We’re excited to announce the inaugural cohort of Catalyst Fund awardees at Cornell Tech, made possible with generous seed funding support from the Shah Family Foundation! The fund will accelerate ideas that connect research with industry, startups, or the public sector.

Join us Thursday, May 14, at Cornell Tech for our Spring 2026 Startup Awards + Open Studio — where 11 student teams will present their startup companies as they compete for $100,000 in investment, office space, and mentoring! Don’t miss it — RSVP today! eventbrite.com/e/spring-2026-…

Professor Tanzeem Choudhury, chief of health innovation at Cornell Tech, discusses the growing trend of people using AI chatbots as therapists on @wpri12's AI Explained show. @Cornell_Bowers Watch the interview below: wpri.com/video/ai-expla…

AI is moving fast. On May 27 at Cornell Tech, the inaugural Frontiers of AI Summit will bring together researchers, industry leaders, and public thinkers to explore the ideas shaping the future of AI. Request to attend here: tech.cornell.edu/frontiers-of-a… #FoAISummit

Making big tech algorithms “fair” is harder than it looks. New research finds that improving fairness is not as simple as applying technical solutions – it requires considering fairness at every stage of the engineering workflow. More: bit.ly/4tne0Fz @Cornell_Bowers

Congrats to Tobias Weinberg, a doctoral candidate at Cornell Tech, on being named a 2026 Apple Scholar in AIML! 👏Tobi’s research with the Matter of Tech lab focuses on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Learn more: apple.co/4eE8cTr @CornellBowers

🎉 Congratulations to Cornell Tech student Travis Lloyd, who has been selected as a 2026 Fellow in the Design & Technology Program of the @FASPEnews. Learn more about the fellowship: faspe-ethics.org/2026-dt-fellow… @Cornell_Bowers

Cornell researchers, including Cornell Tech professor Mor Naaman, have landed a $250K seed grant from the @LaudeInstitute – and a chance at a $10M award – to launch a five‑year "moonshot" project using AI to rebuild trust in online communication: news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/0…

This week, Cornell Tech researchers are presenting 20 papers at #CHI2026 — the premier international venue for human–computer interaction — alongside contributors across Cornell. Learn more: tech.cornell.edu/news/cornell-r… @Cornell_Bowers @CornellAAP @CornellEng @CornellCHE @CornellCALS

We’re thrilled to announce that Mert Sabuncu has been named the Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor at Cornell Tech, recognizing his work advancing innovation at the intersection of health and technology. Congrats, Mert! 👏 @Cornell @CornellEng @WeillCornell

Today, @SUNY Chancellor @JohnBKing and his staff visited Cornell Tech to explore opportunities for collaboration, and spoke with researchers about their work to learn about our Ph.D. and Runway Startup Postdoc programs.

Cornell Tech’s urban industry exposure due to its location in the heart of NYC was mentioned as a key factor in why @Cornell is one of the Top 10 Best Universities to Study AI in the USA in 2026, according to @IBTimesAU. Learn more: ibtimes.com.au/top-10-best-un…

NYC’s rent-stabilization system faces a key test as a rent freeze comes under consideration. In @VitalCityNYC, Cornell Tech professor David Reiss and Nestor Davidson — both former Rent Guidelines Board chairs — explain how the Board works. vitalcitynyc.org/mamdani-rent-f… @CornellLaw

The Cornell Health AI Hackathon brought 100+ students together with @WeillCornell, the Clinical and Translational Science Center, and Cornell Tech to tackle health care’s toughest challenges. Learn more about the event: news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/0…

Cornell Tech’s Summer Innovation Intensives (July 13–30) allows high school students to explore AI, ethical coding, data science, and product innovation on our NYC campus. Ages 15–19 who’ve completed sophomore year can apply! tech.cornell.edu/programs/summe…

As AI gets more advanced, it’s becoming harder for publishers to tell whether a book was written by a human or generated with AI. @guardian spoke with professor Mor Naaman and assistant professor Nikhil Garg to unpack why AI is becoming harder to detect: theguardian.com/technology/202…

The Cornell Tech Alumni Council and @CornellClubNYC hosted a discussion on the evolving landscape of AI and venture capital. The panel touched on the different pathways to company success, the impact of AI on the job market & NYC’s ecosystem's importance in fostering innovation.