UB learns first-in-the-nation Empire AI Consortium plans [Video]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday unveiled a first-in-the-nation Empire AI Consortium at the University at Buffalo’s Center for Computational Research.

The group will start research this fall.

The governor says its one of the first independent computing centers in the nation. It will gather data from research and help solve complex issues across the state, including cybersecurity threats, economic development, and even accelerating drug discovery.

Researchers say the project is aimed toward addressing major societal challenges for the public good, including climate change, health disparities, and food insecurity.

“Imagine what good can be done if you take this power and put it in academia, and attract the brightest people in the country to come to our state, to have access to this, to contemplate and imagine, innovate, and create solutions to society’s problems that …