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Meta Confirms Its AI Detector May Fail To Spot Cropped AI Photos
7/17/26
The Times of India and TimesNow quoted Siwei Lyu in a story about how Meta’s new AI image detection tool may fail to identify AI-generated images that have been cropped.
UB trains future AI, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing workforce
7/10/26
Programs are supported by two National Science Foundation grants totaling $950,000.
Posts falsely claim AI-generated video shows eruption of Indonesia's Anak Krakatau
7/10/26
The Buffalo News highlighted the growth and change at UB during President Satish K. Tripathi’s 15 years leading the university.
Meta AI image detector fails to identify some of its own cropped AI images, Reuters analysis finds
7/10/26
Reuters quoted Siwei Lyu about a Reuters analysis that found that Meta’s AI image detector failed to identify some of its own AI-generated images once they were cropped.
Video of man waving machete on small boat isn’t real
7/7/26
Full Fact quoted Siwei Lyu about the validity of a video that appears to show a man in a small boat wielding a machete and throwing documents into the sea.
Footage of Imran Khan in Pakistan courtroom is AI-generated
7/6/26
Agence France-Presse utilized the DeepFake-O-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, to help determine that a video showing Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan in court is fake.
Inside the diabolical world of very convincing AI thirst traps that are scamming gay men on social media
6/30/26
Vox featured the expertise of Siwei Lyu on how deepfakes have improved so much that people struggle to spot the manufactured images and videos.
AI visuals of jailed ex-Pakistan leader in hospital mislead online
6/23/26
Agence France-Presse used the DeepFake-O-Meter to determine that visuals of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister are likely fake.
SUNY names Satish Tripathi as President Emeritus and University Professor
6/22/26
The American Bazaar reported that the SUNY Board of Trustees named UB President Satish K. Tripathi as president emeritus in recognition of his 22 years of leadership at UB.
AI-powered healthcare fraud has insurers on their toes
6/20/26
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Insurance Business Magazine each referenced UB research, led by Nalini Ratha, involving the development of a tool to spot false, AI-generated radiology report

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