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Models Feel Hemmed in by AI

Cornell Chronicle
Using generative AI, fashion designers can use digital photos to adjust models’ features and even deploy fully digital avatars in place of humans. A team including an ILR School researcher has written a paper highlighting models’ challenges.
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Models Feel Hemmed in by AI

JR Keller Explainer: Will AI Replace HR?

Associate Professor JR Keller, who also directs ILR’s Executive Master’s in Human Resources Management program, addresses the seismic shift of human resources teams using artificial intelligence and the next steps as companies adapt for the future.
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JR Keller Explainer: Will AI Replace HR?

More Complaints, Worse Performance When AI Monitors Work

Cornell Chronicle
Organizations using AI to monitor employees’ behavior and productivity can expect them to complain more, be less productive and want to quit more – unless the technology can be framed as supporting their development, ILR research finds.
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More Complaints, Worse Performance When AI Monitors Work

Faculty News

Dean Alex Colvin to Help NYS Shape, Protect the AI Workforce

Cornell Chronicle
Alex Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, will serve on a blue-ribbon commission charged with developing recommendations on how New York state can protect workers’ economic security while harnessing the economic benefits of AI.
Alexander James Colvin
Dean Alex Colvin to Help NYS Shape, Protect the AI Workforce

ILR Trio Secures Grant to Help Workers With Job Transitions

Cornell Chronicle
Michèle Belot, JR Keller and Philipp Kircher are part of a team that will help workers transition to new positions in the AI economy by using AI to transform job duties into practice activities for job candidates before interviews.
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ILR Trio Secures Grant to Help Workers With Job Transitions

CAROW Announces AI and Work Grant Recipients

The ILR School’s Center for Applied Research on Work (CAROW) recently awarded three seed grants for new research that addresses questions around the intersection of AI and organizations, employment and work.
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CAROW Announces AI and Work Grant Recipients