University at Buffalo

The University at Buffalo is one of America’s leading research universities, a flagship of the State University of New York. UB’s 30,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities.

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Amazon’s AI shopping assistant, Rufus, on a computer monitor on Dec. 1, 2024, in New York. Company apps, including Rufus, may make it easier to shop, but consumers might balk at giving up too much of the shopping experience. AP Photo/Peter Morgan

What we lose when artificial intelligence does our shopping

Retailers are racing to hand your shopping over to AI. Consumers are right to be wary – and not just about privacy.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte finds his alliance between Iran and a hard place. AP Photo/Virginia Mayo

NATO’s internal cohesion is being threatened (again) – but in pushing for support on Iran, Trump may risk eroding US influence on the alliance

NATO members have been divided before. But the war in Iran could prove particularly troublesome for an alliance founded at the beginning of the Cold War.
Protesters gather outside a Boston courthouse in July 2025 to rally against the Trump administration’s freezing of contracts and grants to Harvard University. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Trump administration’s lawsuits against Harvard and UCLA have roots in a decades‑old fight over civil rights law

In 1976, a small Christian college refused to comply with Title IX. The ensuing legal back-and-forth still matters today as the Trump administration places pressure on universities.
La barrière technologique à l’entrée a sauté : générer des deepfakes est désormais plus accessible via les outils IA grand public. Image générée par Siwei Lyu/IA Google Gemini 3

En 2026, à quoi vont ressembler les nouveaux deepfakes qui vont déferler sur nos écrans

Après une explosion des deepfakes en 2025, l’année 2026 s’annonce encore plus critique avec l’émergence de contenus synthétiques interactifs en temps réel.
Os geradores de imagens e vídeos com IA agora produzem conteúdo praticamente indistinguível de gravações reais, e tendência é que se tornem capazes de reagir em tempo real aos usuários. AI-generated image by Siwei Lyu using Google Gemini 3

“Deepfakes” feitos com IA avançaram em 2025, e situação deve piorar em 2026 e além

Após um ano de rápidos avanços, os deepfakes estão entrando em uma nova era definida pela interação em tempo real com as pessoas.
A Chinese container ship sails near the Cocoli locks on the Panama Canal. Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US

Incoming US president has repeatedly stated that Beijing is ‘operating’ the crucial waterway – an untruth, but one that gets at Washington’s fears of Beijing’s influence in the region.

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