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NBC’s 11th Hour: Surgeon General Warns About Teens on Social Media (ft. Jen Golbeck)
Professor Jen Golbeck joins a panel of guests on the 11th Hour to address social media’s influence on young people's mental health.
Let’s Chat About AI on Campus (ft. Jessica Vitak)
Rise of Eerily Convincing Language Models Spurs Hopes, Fears About Impact on Education
UMD INFO PhD student Lovely-Frances Domingo, CMNS Professor Hal Daumé III and INFO Associate Professor Katie Shilton discuss some of Shilton’s work on ethics and policy for the design of information technologies. (Photo by Maria Herd)
Grand Challenges Grant Launches Values-Centered AI Initiative
INFO's Vanessa-Frias Martinez and Katie Shilton to help lead the building a new "values-centered AI" research center.
Breaking the Loop: Creating a Trustworthy Social Media Platform
As part of his NSF Career award, Assistant Professor Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia is designing a social media platform that will deliver us …
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Forbes: Web Accessibility Laws Set To Enter New Era As DOJ Gears Up For Spring Rulemaking (ft. Jonathan Lazar)
Dr. Lazar comments on how university curricula need to be modified to include accessibility content.
A Librarian’s Journey: Reflecting on Racialized Trauma and Community Healing
A profile of first-year PhD student Twanna Hodge
100 Women Making AI Ethical and Accessible
Associate Professor Jessica Vitak made the list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics.
