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Anti-Smoking Chatbots Provide Sound Advice—Most of the Time
GW’s Lorien Abroms and David Broniatowski evaluated three chatbots’ responses to users who asked for information about ways to stop smoking.
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.
New Research Reveals Weakness In Facebook’s Fake News Policies
A study led by GW’s David Broniatowski and Lorien Abroms found that that Facebook failed to stop the spread of misinformation on COVID-19 because their efforts were "undermined" by the core design features of the platform itself.
GW Students Mobilize to Counter COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media
GW’s Lorien Abroms is the academic sponsor of a volunteer group that aims to spread evidence-based public health updates using social media channels.