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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.
Fact Checkers Take Stock of Their Efforts: ‘It’s Not Getting Better’
GW’s David Broniatowski is featured in a New York Times article that addresses the difficulties organizations that aim to combat online misinformation face.
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.
Study Finds the Design of Facebook Allowed Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation to Spread Despite Removals
Research led by GW’s David Broniatowski found that even if Facebook removed troublesome content in one place, users could find it easily elsewhere on the platform. He hopes his group’s research will help platforms develop new approaches to deal with misinformation.
Broniatowski Discusses AI Ethics and Regulations on Morning Wave in Busan
GW’s David Broniatowski talks to a Korean radio station about the need to foster global AI safety that serves the needs of the broader society.
GW Experts Weigh In On White House AI Risk Mitigation Initiatives
The Biden administration announced a slate of initiatives aimed at reducing the risks posed by rapidly advancing AI systems, including $140 million for new research centers like TRAILS. Newswise highlights GW researchers David Broniatowski, Susan Ariel Aaronson and Aram Gavoor.
GW to Co-Lead New $20 million NSF Artificial Intelligence Institute
GW’s David Broniatowski is leading research on evaluating how people make sense of the AI systems, and their degree of reliability, fairness, transparency and accountability; while Susan Ariel Aaronson will use her expertise in data-driven change and international data governance to lead the institute’s research on participatory governance and trust.
ChatGPT Resolution Seeks Better Understanding of AI
GW’s David Broniatowski, who has been studying artificial intelligence for over a decade, warns that what we don’t know about AI can be dangerous.
Summer Boot Camp Seeks to Kickstart New Research on ‘Trustworthy’ Artificial Intelligence
GW’s David Broniatowski, Erica Gralla, Robert Pless, Ekundayo Shittu, and Zoe Szajnfarber host a summer boot camp for doctoral students studying trustworthy AI.