Undergraduates launch affordable AI receptionist service
Walter McDonald ’27 and Stephen Lim ’27 created OrbitPhone to help small businesses manage calls and appointments.
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Innovation & Progress
Harnessing analytics, AI, and emerging technologies to solve urgent challenges and uplift the human experience.
Can Amazon Alexa or Google Home help detect Parkinson’s?
A quick, speech-based AI tool offers a new way to screen for a key indicator of the neurodegenerative disease.
University joins Empire AI Consortium to advance research and collaboration
Rochester brings expertise in artificial intelligence and cognitive science, machine learning, and high-performance computing to the consortium.
The brain uses eye movements to see in 3D
Contrary to long-standing beliefs, motion from eye movements helps the brain perceive depth—a finding that could enhance virtual reality.
The most effective online fact-checkers? Your peers
Research shows being called out by peers, not algorithms or experts, makes online authors think twice about spreading misinformation.
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We’re advancing science and technologies that can create and hold the power of the sun to strengthen national security and unlock energy independence.
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Our cutting-edge facilities and world-class researchers are leveraging AI in new and exciting ways. Discover how URochester is at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution.
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