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New method helps online ads reach overlooked groups

Cornell information science researchers have developed a method that can help online advertisers ensure they’re reaching their intended audience and reduce “skew” – under-delivery to certain demographic groups.

Computer framework generates ‘shadow art’ from scan of an object

Researchers at Cornell Tech and the Cornell Bowers College of Computing and Information Science have created a artificial intelligence framework, ShadowDraw, that can create “shadow art” – partial line drawings that are completed by the shadow cast from an object – by simply scanning the object.

The shadow cast by the letter "C" forms the brim of a hat worn by the woman in this line drawing produced by ShadowDraw, an AI framework developed by researchers at Cornell Tech and Cornell Bowers.

Amazon partnership establishes Cornell AI security initiative

Artificial intelligence agents – also known as agentic AI – can now build and launch software based on a few prompts. But AI agents can produce incorrect, misleading, and even malicious code that hackers can exploit. Thanks to a gift from Amazon, Cornell will lead the development of safety protocols to shore up AI agents and the code they produce.