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A robotic hand playing a synthesizer while bathed in blue light to illustrate the question "can AI make music?"

Is AI the next Mozart—or just a mashup machine?

Music is a deeply human art form. What happens when AI enters the orchestra pit or the recording studio?

Steve Lim and Walter McDonald smile while seated in chairs against a bright yellow background.

Science & Technology

Undergraduates launch affordable AI receptionist service

December 19, 2025

Walter McDonald ’27 and Stephen Lim ’27 created OrbitPhone to help small businesses manage calls and appointments.

Benjamin Castaneda next to an illustration that says "my rochester story with Benjamin Castaneda '09 *PhD), professor, biomedical engineering."

From the Magazine

Breathing life-saving services into rural communities

September 17, 2025

Professor Benjamín Castañeda ’09 (PhD) leads a global effort to meet critical needs for medical technology.

Two people in a green wheat field with a drone flying nearby overhead.

Science & Technology

How brain-inspired analog systems could make drones more efficient

Electrical and computer engineers want to mimic the brain’s visual system to create AI tools for guiding autonomous systems.

Asian senior women working with laptop computer and using smart speakers while setting in living room at home.

Health & Medicine

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.

Teenager in a high school hallway leaning against a wall and looking at misinformation on his smartphone with other students in the background.

Society & Culture

How educators can help students navigate misinformation

When misinformation often travels faster than facts, teaching young people to discern credible sources has never been more urgent.

computer illustration of a group of connected atoms.

Science & Technology

New method to study catalysts could lead to better batteries

A new algorithm opens the door for using artificial intelligence and machine learning to study the interactions that happen on the surface of materials.

Five University of Rochester faculty sit around a table for a discussion about artificial intelligence, business, and education.

Voices & Opinion

How AI is transforming business, education, and the future of work

Rochester faculty discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on education and how harnessing AI is essential for future-proofing the workforce.

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Science & Technology

Text-to-video AI blossoms with new metamorphic video capabilities

Using time-lapse videos as training data, computer scientists have developed video generators that simulate the physical world more accurately.

AI-generated illustration of artificial general intelligence shows a gleaming robot sitting at a desk, looking pensive, and writing with its left hand with a few books stacked on the desk.

Science & Technology

How artificial general intelligence could learn like a human

Computer scientist Christopher Kanan discusses AI, large language models, and the responsible use of artificial general intelligence.