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A Columbia team has trained AI to approximate in three seconds a Greenland ice-sheet simulation that normally takes a week to run, allowing scientists to test far more scenarios to better understand how quickly the ice will melt and how much it could raise sea levels along the world’s coastlines.

Examines how Chile’s push to become an AI hub is straining already scarce water resources, raising concerns about prioritizing foreign tech investments over communities’ access to essential drinking water.

How journalists writing about AI can avoid hyping the supposed humanity of machines.

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Shih-Fu Chang
Shih-Fu Chang

Dean of Columbia Engineering and Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor

Garud Iyengar
Garud Iyengar

Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Jeannette Wing
Jeannette Wing

Executive Vice President for Research and Professor of Computer Science 

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