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(Video) Full Measure News: Psyops (ft. Jennifer Golbeck)
INFO’s Jen Golbeck sheds light on how algorithms and bot networks fuel online radicalization and deepen social divisions
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Turning Hand-Planted Seeds into Data-Driven Harvests
An iConsultancy partnership with Roots Africa helps the organization maximize their data
Led by the University of Maryland, TRAILS was launched in May 2023 with a $20 million award from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The institute is focused on developing, building and modeling participatory research that—over time—will increase trust in AI. Illustration courtesy of TRAILS. Image via Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: $750K in Seed Grants Awarded by UMD-Led Coalition on Trustworthy AI
Six INFO faculty are among researchers awarded $750K+ in TRAILS funding to advance trustworthy, human-centered AI innovation
A lack of access to solid information has bred cynicism, depression and willingness to bend rules among the estimated 400 million people nationwide battling long COVID, according to new UMD research. Illustration by Adobe Stock via Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: COVID ‘Long-Haulers’ Lack Reliable Information, UMD Study Shows
INFO's Beth St. Jean finds long COVID patients face info gaps, fueling distrust and risky decisions
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AIP Foundation News: Preserving Science Through Storytelling: MLIS Student Supports Audiovisual History at the Niels Bohr Library & Archives
MLIS student Jamila Hinds helps preserve and inventory decades of STEM media at NBLA
Reimagining Information Access: How INFO Is Centering Immigrant Voices in Tech, Policy & Archives
The Immigration and International Information Research Alliance (i3r) flips traditional scholarship on its head, treating immigrants as …
New UMD research found that even when prompts using generative artificial intelligence lean toward positive emotion, such as joy or excitement, the images generated from these prompts tend to evoke fear as the dominant emotion. Illustration by Adobe Stock.
Maryland Today: How Images Reflect AI’s Dark ‘Spiral’ (ft. Cody Buntain)
INFO Assistant Professor Cody Buntain explores biases in generative AI, revealing how models often produce more negative content
