Off the Radar: ‘Dial M for Murder’ and the ominous shadows cast by modern surveillance
Off the Radar is a weekly column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “Dial M for Murder” is available to stream on Kanopy.
Tandon to bring 3D video technology to dance education
A new research project, developed in collaboration with the Mark Morris Dance Group and the dance department at the Tisch School of the Arts, aims to make learning dance more accessible.
EU ambassador talks AI at NYU Law event
The ambassador to the United States visited NYU’s School of Law to speak about the future of AI regulation and government surveillance.
NYU prof. gets $75,000 for work on quantum physics
Dries Sels, a professor in the university’s physics department, has been awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship for his work on quantum physics and machine learning.
ChatGPT is here — what’s NYU doing about it?
“The existence of a well-written paragraph is no longer evidence of human effort,” reads a memo to NYU’s schools, warning them of the plagiarism possibilities that ChatGPT and AI programs like it bring to the classroom.
AI makes MRIs 4 times faster, NYU and Meta researchers find
Researchers from NYU Langone’s radiology department created artificial intelligence that produces high-quality images in partnership with Meta AI, using just a quarter of the data needed in previous scans.
Slavoj Žižek is the public intellectual for an absurd world
The oratory style of Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek is as much performance as it is lecture.
Students divided over installing metal detectors in subways
New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently said he is considering adding metal detectors in city subway stations to curb the uptick in crime.
Opinion: A 10-minute video is a damn TEDTok — and an ideal venue for misinformation
TikTok’s choice to extend the maximum video length to 10 minutes will exacerbate the already rampant spread of misinformation on the video-sharing app.
Sometimes, expensive gifts… are better
If you’re at NYU, there’s a decent chance that you know some rich people who helped get you here. Here are expensive gifts that are actually worth the money that you can ask them for.
NYU Classes is dead
After eight years with NYU Classes as the university’s learning management system, NYU expects to fully transition to Brightspace by December 2021.
Experts Talk Deepfake Technology at NYU Conference
Journalists and cybersecurity experts discussed the use and implications of deepfakes during a conference at NYU Law School.
