Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Open-source AI wars not about openness

March 11, 2024

Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence startup xAI will open-source Grok, its chatbot rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Cornell Tech

Meta’s lack of ad transparency contributes to political polarization

October 27, 2022

Meta was hit with a $24.7 million fine after a Washington judge found the tech giant had intentionally violated the state's campaign finance disclosure laws.

Computing & Information Sciences
science

New features of OpenAI’s GPT-4 are largely ‘unsurprising’

March 15, 2023

OpenAI launched the newest version of its language software, GPT-4, an advanced tool for analyzing images and mimicking human speech. 

Cornell Tech

21st century Clippy: Cornell expert on conversational chatbots

September 26, 2023

People can now talk to and have a conversation with OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT. The company says it can generate human-like audio from just text and a few seconds of sample speech.

Cornell Tech
Computing & Information Sciences

Despite Q1 profit, Meta has ‘tremendous’ task to remain relevant

April 27, 2023

John Blevins, guest lecturer in Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business, focuses on technology-driven market changes, strategic management and leadership in the tech sector.

International Reach
Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Computing & Information Sciences

White House supply chain council faces difficult task

November 28, 2023

Nick Fabrizio, senior lecturer in health policy at Cornell University, says the council has its work cut out for them as it’s very hard to anticipate what the population needs, how much to produce and how quickly products will arrive to consumers. 

Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business
Law, Government & Public Policy

Tech Hub designation puts upstate on cusp of ‘new wave of economic growth’

October 23, 2023

Tom Schryver, Executive Director of the Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) at Cornell University, says the designation is a great opportunity for growth in upstate.

New York State
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

OpenAI board may have won the battle – but lost the war

November 20, 2023

Former Twitch leader Emmett Shear is taking over as OpenAI’s interim chief executive following a chaotic weekend of changes at the company. 

Computing & Information Sciences

Cornell experts available to discuss 2022 midterm elections

October 26, 2022

In less than two weeks, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss topics from the state of democracy to inflation and public opinion.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Truly independent redistricting vital to avoid 4th decade of special master-drawn maps

April 20, 2023

Russell Weaver, economic geographer with the ILR School Buffalo Co-Lab, and David Shmoys, professor of operations research and information, are available to discuss the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission's vote on the final Assembly map proposal.

New York State
Law, Government & Public Policy