SEAS in the News

Fake AI images are flooding the Internet. Here’s how to recognize them
8/6/25
PC World reported on UB’s DeepFake-o-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, in an article about AI-generated images flooding the internet.
Summer program at UB gives young talent reasons to stay and prosper in Buffalo
8/5/25
The Buffalo News featured UB’s Western New York Sophomore Externship Experience, a summer program led by UB that is providing paid professional work experience for dozens of college students, including CSE student Andrew Charle.
'Universal' detector spots AI deepfake videos with record accuracy
8/4/25
New Scientist quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about a new ‘universal’ AI detector.
OpEd: As Westchester Embraces AI, RAISE Act Threatens to Hold Us Back
8/3/25
The Business Council of Westchester published an opinion piece on the potential setbacks for AI caused by the RAISE Act and mentioned the $40 million Empire AI Beta project housed at UB.
RNA Institute, Empire AI partner on neurodegenerative disease research
8/2/25
The Albany Times-Union reported on SUNY’s RNA institute and mentioned that the institute’s projects will utilize Empire AI.
Colleges Meet Just a Fraction of Demand for AI Training
8/1/25
Inside Higher Education republished a story from Times Higher Education on increasing interest in artificial intelligence training and mentioned the growing enrollment of UB’s Master of Science in Engineering Science with a focus in AI.