In the Media

Selected news media mentions of our departmental activities.

Clearview AI is building a deepfake detection tool
9/23/25
Fed Scoop quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about deepfake detection tools.
3D-Printed Ghost Guns Won’t Stay Anonymous: How Digital Fingerprints Could Track Every Part
9/22/25
Tech Space 2.0 referenced a 2018 study by Wenyao Xu about tracking 3-D printed objects.
Tripathi to step down as UB president
9/16/25
The Buffalo News reported that UB President Satish K. Tripathi will step down in 2026 and return to the SEAS faculty.
Newsy Today reported on research by Chi Zhou (ISE) on the use of wheat straw fiber as 3D-printable housing insulation.
9/10/25
Boom Fact Check quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about an AI-generated selfie of an Indian politician.
Did AI save Google from being broken apart by regulators?
9/9/25
Deutsche Welle quoted Jinjun Xiong in an article about a federal judge’s recent decision not to force Google to sell its Chrome browser or Android operating system.
AI Video Peddled As Jon Stewart Mocking Trump Over India Tariffs
9/4/25
BOOM Fact Check 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 The Daily Show host Jon Stewart mocking President Donald Trump over tariffs was fake.
Fact Check: Viral Video of Navy Chief Accusing Govt of Inaction is a Deepfake
9/1/25
The Daily Hunt utilized the DeepFake-o-Meter to prove that a viral video showing the Indian Chief of Naval Staff accusing the government of inaction was fake.
7 Free Resources to Learn About Crypto in a Week
8/29/25
Editorialge reported that UB’s blockchain course, taught by Bina Ramamurthy and offered through Coursera, has over 9,000 reviews and teaches app development, transaction processing, and smart contracts.

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