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Goldstein Leads Team to Invention of the Year Honors
UMD’s Tom Goldstein led a team that developed a technology, called Binoculars, which can detect text generated by large language models at an almost 90% success rate.
Designing Smart Robotic Pets to Aid Autistic Youth
UMD's Hernisa Kacorri and GW's Chung Hyuk Park and Zoe Szajnfarber are studying how families can use AI robotic pets to support autistic children.
AI With an Impact: UMD Team Testing Bilingual Chatbot for New Moms
TRAILS faculty member Jordan Boyd-Graber is leading the computational component of the multidisciplinary project.
Americans Benefit From WTO Rules Governing the Free Flow of Data
GW’s Susan Ariel Aaronson discusses how the free flow of data can both advance and undermine human rights such as freedom of speech and association, and good governance.
Hal Daumé III is a Language Person
UMD’s Hal Daumé III discusses why we should stop worrying about autonomous AI systems and start thinking more about building systems that help people.
Evaluating Machine Translation Systems in Emergency Rooms
UMD’s Marine Carpuat and Ge Gao are exploring the quality of English-to-Chinese machine translation systems in high-stakes medical settings.
UMD Joins National Consortium Dedicated to Improving AI Trustworthiness and Safety
TRAILS is expected to significantly contribute to the new initiative.
To Like or Not to Like: Facebook at 20
As the world's biggest social media network turns 20, UMD’s Cody Buntain says the company hasn't lived up to its potential to be a positive global force.
Jung, Peng and Gao Receive AI Seed Funding
Cornell’s Malte Jung and UMD’s Huaishu Peng and Ge Gao were awarded a TRAILS seed grant to explore trust building in embodied artificial intelligence systems.
AI-equipped PC will be One of the Biggest Changes for PCs in Decades
With AI-equipped personal computers on the horizon, UMD’s Hal Daume tells Yahoo Finance that they may not be worth all the hype.
TRAILS Announces First Round of Seed Funding
The eight funded projects, totaling just over $1.5 million, will advance cutting-edge research and scholarship that spans AI design, development and governance.
Addressing Gaps in Data Governance to Promote Trust in Generative AI
TRAILS partnered with the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub to host a conference to identify gaps in data governance related to large language models and discuss ideas to address them.
The U.S.-led Digital Trade World Order is Under Attack by the U.S.
GW’s Susan Ariel Aaronson weighs in on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s decision to drop longstanding U.S. digital trade demands in World Trade Organization talks.
Rising Stars Workshop Engages Machine Learning Community
TRAILS is a sponsor of the University of Maryland Center for Machine Learning’s 2023 Rising Stars in Machine Learning Workshop, designed to support researchers from underrepresented groups. This year’s committee included UMD’s Soheil Feizi, Hal Daumé, Marine Carpuat and Tom Goldstein.
AI: What’s next in 2024
UMD’s Hal Daumé III shares his thoughts with Yahoo! Finance on how generative AI will move away from general-purpose applications like ChatGPT and toward specializations like weather predictions or medical research.
Can We Have Our AI Cake and Eat It Too?
GW’s Susan Ariel Aaronson addresses what policy makers and industry should be doing to ensure humanity benefits from AI, while mitigating its risks.
UMD Team Wins DOE Award to Advance AI Using Supercomputers
UMD’s Tom Goldstein has won a competitive DOE award that will provide him access to some of the world’s most powerful computational platforms. His team will utilize these platforms to scale distributed AI training and develop new AI vision and language models.
Szajnfarber Named Next Chief Scientist of the Systems Engineering Research Center
GW’s Zoe Szajnfarber will lead the SERC Research Council, which is composed of senior systems researchers across the country who inform and drive research and technical strategy.
Why This Morgan State Researcher Advises Students to Think of AI as a Teammate, Not an Enemy
Morgan State’s Naja Mack will lead a summertime AI research institute at the university’s Center for Equitable AI and Machine Learning Systems. The program will take students from any major and teach them how to code.
Why AI and Data Might Not Belong In Trade Deals
GW’s Susan Ariel Aaronson was featured in the Financial Times for her perspective on the role of AI and big data in trade policy.