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UB SEAS ranked 30th in undergraduate engineering programs among public universities
9/24/24
UB continues to rank among the top public universities in the nation, according to the latest rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.
Deepfakes Of Virat Kohli, Shweta Singh Promote Scam Betting App Aviator
9/22/24
Dailyhunt used the DeepFake-o-meter, developed by Siwei Lyu, to determine that a viral video that depicts cricketer Virat Kohli endorsing a betting app called Aviator during a news segment with Aaj Tak anchor Shweta Singh is fake.
University at Buffalo Awarded $10 million Grant to Establish National Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI
9/19/24
Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced that the university has received a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to establish the Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI.
UB awarded $10 million grant to lead new national center on early literacy and responsible AI
9/19/24
Grant further strengthens UB’s national leadership in artificial intelligence research.
Taylor Swift Combats Election Misinformation, Apple Debuts AI iPhones, Oprah Talks Up AI
9/16/24
CNET mentioned the DeepFake-o-Meter, created by Siwei Lyu and his team, in a roundup of the week’s developments in AI.
UB’s DeepFake-o-Meter democratizes deepfake detection
9/10/24
The DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in UB’s Media Forensic Lab, is providing a free deepfake detection tool to combat misleading information.
UB’s DeepFake-o-Meter democratizes deepfake detection
9/10/24
Free tool gives everyone from journalists to social media users the resources to combat misleading information.
Tools for trustworthy AI
9/4/24
A post on IBM’s artificial intelligence blog about trustworthy AI tools featured Siwei Lyu and the deepfake-detection algorithms designed by Lyu and his team to minimize bias.
UB researchers probe safety of AI in driverless cars, find vulnerabilities
9/3/24
The tests could have implications in the auto, tech and insurance industries.
How a rumor about Beyonce at the DNC fooled the world
8/23/24
The Washington Post quoted Kenneth Joseph in an article about the media hysteria caused by rumors that Beyonce was performing at the Democratic National Convention.