News by Topic: Artificial Intelligence
As one of the highest-ranked universities in the nation for computer science, RIT is a hotbed for research on artificial intelligence. Both professors and students alike work on numerous projects to see how AI can be ethically used to improve areas such as energy, medicine, and combatting false information.
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February 20, 2026
RIT researchers find that AI chatbots have a truth problem
WXXI speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about stress testing large language models to see how susceptible they are to caving to faulty information.
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February 20, 2026
Rochester colleges confront 2026 challenges, growth
Rochester Business Journal speaks to RIT President Bill Sanders about his perspective on the issues shaping higher education in the year ahead.
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February 19, 2026
New Study Finds Claude Pushes Back, Gemini and DeepSeek Cave In: How AI Handles Its Own Lies
Republic World reports on RIT’s HAUNT framework, which tests how large language models respond to misinformation.
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February 9, 2026
Research reveals which popular generative AI chatbots lie
Researchers have created a new tool to stress test large language models (LLMs) that power AI chatbots, including ChatGPT. Using this innovation, developers can build more trustworthy AI systems and users can see which LLMs contradict themselves.
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February 5, 2026
AI tool developed by NTID assists deaf students with English grammar
RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, with support from Google.org, has developed “Grammar Laboratory,” a learning tool that uses artificial intelligence to assist deaf students with English grammar.
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January 16, 2026
Don't take advice from AI. Use it to brainstorm instead.
An essay by Evan Selinger, professor in the Department of Philosophy, published by The Boston Globe. (This content will require a subscription to view.)
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January 13, 2026
Top cybersecurity students across the globe face-off at RIT’s pentesting competition
The best cybersecurity students in the world came to RIT to battle in the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition global finals, wrapping up the largest offense-based cybersecurity competition for college students.
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December 16, 2025
Man plants suspicious hosta seeds, discovers they’re not hostas at all
WHEC-TV speaks to Christopher Schwartz, research scientist in the Department of Cybersecurity, about how AI-generated ads can be deceptive.
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December 12, 2025
Digital Twins Are Changing University Campus Operations
Government Technology speaks to David Schwartz, director of the School of Interactive Games and Media, about digital twins—virtual versions of real-world spaces.
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December 4, 2025
RIT ‘star hunters’ use AI to uncover rare clues about the life and death of celestial bodies
RIT astrophysicist Jason Nordhaus is using AI and machine learning to hunt for star systems that will help us understand how stars live, die, and create gravitational waves.
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December 3, 2025
Opening of new Research Building will position RIT at the ‘forefront of discovery’
RIT’s new Research Building officially opened its doors Dec. 2, and inside, faculty and students are gearing up to usher in a new era of discovery on campus.
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December 2, 2025
Move Over, Computer Science. Students Are Flocking to New A.I. Majors.
The New York Times speaks to Andy Meneely, associate professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about the popularity of new artificial intelligence undergraduate majors.