In the Media

Selected news media mentions of our departmental activities.

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence
10/27/25
Connect NY quoted Venu Govindaraju and mentioned Empire AI in a report on efforts in New York to harness artificial intelligence for the betterment of society.
AI Generated Video of Drunk Man Petting Tiger Viral as Real
10/21/25
The Daily Hunt utilized the DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, to determine that a viral video of a man petting a calm tiger is likely AI-generated.
Sora is even fooling human deepfake detectors
10/21/25
Fast Company quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about Sora, Open AI’s new video generation program, and the problems it is causing for AI detectors.
Did Cheating Accusations Have Anything to Do With the Death of a Chess Grandmaster?
10/20/25
The New York Times featured Kenneth Regan in an article about Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who passed away in October, and noted that Naroditsky was one of several dozen prominent players who had their chess performances examined by Regan.
This viral video claiming to show Nehru warning India about communal politics is AI-generated
10/14/25
Factly utilized the DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, to determine that a video claiming to show India’s first Prime Minister foretelling current events is AI generated.
People used AI to make dozens of fake celebrity tributes to Charlie Kirk. Millions believed them
10/14/25
Poynter posted a Politifact story that quoted Siwei Lyu discussing AI-generated videos of celebrities paying tribute to Charlie Kirk.
AI-generated videos get more realistic with Sora 2
10/9/25
WGRZ-TV quoted Siwei Lyu in a story about Sora 2, a new OpenAI app that is poised to change the way users create and consume video content online.
SUNY Fredonia expands student support system
10/8/25
In a roundup of higher education news, The Buffalo News reported that UB researchers that is helping people to recover from a stroke at home.

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