Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how music is created, distributed and consumed. But as generative AI continues to evolve, artists face a growing challenge: the unintended and unauthorized usage of their work by AI for training and synthetic content creation. For Jian Liu, Ph.D., founder and CEO of ArtyShield.ai, the answer begins with understanding AI (read more)
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Meet UTRF’s Commercialization Analyst Interns from UT Knoxville’s Winston College of Law
Each year, the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) welcomes graduate students into its Commercialization Analyst Program, offering a hands-on introduction to technology transfer at the intersection of science, law and business. Throughout the internship, commercialization analyst interns work alongside UTRF’s licensing team to help evaluate, market and license innovative technologies developed across the UT System. Their work provides a (read more)
From Plants to Products: Building a Bio-Based Future
What if the next generation of automotive components, food packaging and construction materials began on Tennessee farmland? Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) are working to make that vision a reality at the UT Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) Center for Renewable Carbon (CRC), developing plant-based technologies that could create new markets for farmers, strengthen rural manufacturing and reduce reliance on (read more)