Agence France-Presse utilized the DeepFake-O-Meter, developed by Siwei Lyu and his team in the Media Forensic Lab, to report that a video of Iranian soldiers firing at a United States military helicopter was AI-generated.
A UB research team, including by Amit Goyal, Thomas Thundat, and Kunal Singh, CBE PhD student, is developing a “three-dimensional transient thermal barcode” system that could rapidly identify plastics for recycling.
The Academic Minute, produced by WAMC-FM and aired on 70 stations in the U.S. and Canada, featured Rohini Srihari in an episode on her research to use AI to give those with motor neuron diseases a voice.
Series B highlighted five new startups launched through UB’s Cultivator program, including RecycleVisionAI, which uses AI to improve plastic sorting accuracy.
Series B also profiled UB spinout startup company QAS.AI, cofounded by Ciprian Ionita, which is working to help doctors make better decisions during surgery through AI.