Buffalo Business First quoted Venu Govindaraju, director of UB’s National AI Institute for Exceptional Education, in a story about the opening of the institute.
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited UB to celebrate the opening of the $20 million, federally-funded, National AI Institute for Exceptional Education.
Fifteen graduate students from SEAS gathered on March 8 to compete in the first Lightning Talk Competition. Contestants presented a two-minute oral presentation and a singular slide aimed toward communicating their research effectively.
The Philadelphia Inquirer quoted David Doermann in a story reporting that experts have reason to believe that AI will be weaponized to deceive voters in this year’s presidential election.
The Baltimore Banner quoted Siwei Lyu in a fact-checking article reporting that a Baltimore County principal’s racist comments were faked by AI, with Lyu confirming that there were signs of editing.
Dataconomy quoted Siwei Lyu in a story noting that deepfake detection is a critical challenge that demands both advanced technology and human judgment to combat the spread of synthetic media.
Lead Stories posted a fact check using Siwei Lyu’s DeepFake-O-Meter to determine that an address by Russian President Vladimir Putin was digitally doctored.
Business Insider quoted Siwei Lyu in a story on Olga Loiek, a college student with a YouTube channel, who says she's being used for pro-Russia deepfakes in China.
The BBC quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about how dealing with deepfakes has become a race among different firms, with Lyu stressing a degree of urgency.
Slash Gear included a quote from Bina Ramamurthy in December 2023 Money.com article in a story on why the excitement for NFT’s has suddenly dissipated.
