Joseph has received the University at Buffalo’s 2025 President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring.
Agence France-Presse quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about a fake video depicting Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking openly transgender official to serve in the federal government, performing a pagan prayer ritual in a wooded area.
AFP Fact Check used the DeepFake-o-Meter and quoted Siwei Lyu in an article to debunk an AI-generated photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a hospital.
CBS News 11 Texas mentioned the DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team, in a list of online tools that are helping people detect deepfake scams.