The Buffalo News reported that New York State’s new budget includes $275 million for Empire AI, the state-of-the-art computing center for which UB will serve as the hub.
ABC News quoted Tevfik Kosar in an article reporting that the increasing demand for data centers has raised concerns about escalating energy consumption and its impact on carbon emissions.
Buffalo Inno and The Buffalo News reported on UB’s 2024 Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition and mentioned engineering sciences student Dominic LaVigne’s team that earned second place for their work in solar energy generators.
ScienMag reported on a new research project funded by NASA, and conducted in collaboration between Kang Sun and scientists from other universities, that aims to understand the impact of nitrogen fluxes released from agriculture.
ARS Technica reported on the fake audio clip containing racist and antisemitic remarks that was used to impersonate a principal in Maryland, noting that Siwei Lyu believes the falsified clip was created using a voice synthesis service.
