SEAS in the News

Fact Check: AI-generated image did not predict new Trump administration
11/25/24
Reuters featured Siwei Lyu in an article about an AI-generated image that supposedly predicted President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet.
Universities Are Woefully Under-Resourced For AI Research. They’re Fighting To Change That.
11/23/24
An opinion piece in The Wrap on how academia lags behind private companies in computing power highlights Empire AI, and UB as its home, as a way for universities to keep pace with investments and innovation from the private sector.
AI tech brings Wayne Dawson back to the past
11/22/24
Fox News 8 featured Siwei Lyu in a demonstration of the relative ease in which people can create deepfake videos.
Purported video of Rachel Levine in pagan ritual is doctored
11/21/24
Agence France-Presse quoted Siwei Lyu in an article about a fake video depicting Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking openly transgender official to serve in the federal government, performing a pagan prayer ritual in a wooded area.
Meet the 2024 class of 40 Under 40
11/20/24
Buffalo Business First published its annual 40 Under 40 list, which featured multiple UB alumni, including EE alum Ziad Assaad.
AI-generated image used to falsely claim Netanyahu hospitalized
11/20/24
AFP Fact Check used the DeepFake-o-Meter and quoted Siwei Lyu in an article to debunk an AI-generated photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a hospital.

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