Feb 29, 2024 | News, Newsletter, Recent Press
News coverage from February 2024 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. The Atlantic (February 8): “‘Evidence maximalism’ is how the internet argues now” CIP research scientist Mike Caulfield was interviewed by The...
Feb 21, 2024 | News, Research, Updates
Through our work with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), we’ve found that provenance can help better calibrate trust and accuracy perceptions of media. But it can come with its own risks of misinterpretation. By Kevin Feng, Jina Yoon, and...
Feb 18, 2024 | Rapid Research Blog, Research
COMMENTARY What happens when inherently hallucinating language models are employed within search engines without proper guardrails in place? By Shahan Ali Memon and Jevin D. West University of Washington Center for an Informed Public Authors’ Note: In this...
Feb 13, 2024 | Events, News, Research, Updates
By Michael Grass University of Washington Center for an Informed Public Crisis events like the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza not only lead to the creation of a lot of information but also generate major demand for information amid great uncertainty...
Feb 12, 2024 | News, Updates
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public has named five new faculty members, Benjamin Mako Hill (Communication), Carole Lee (Philosophy), Martin Saveski (iSchool), Yanfang Su (Global Health) and Bo Zhao (Geography), bolstering the CIP’s...
