Aug 1, 2023 | News, Recent Press, Updates
In a recent Wired interview, University of Washington Center for an Informed Public director Kate Starbird, a UW Human Centered Design and Engineering associate professor, discussed how generative AI is lowering the financial barrier for creating content that’s...
Jul 31, 2023 | Recent Press
News coverage from July 2023 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. PolitiFact (July 6): “How Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube plan to address 2024 election misinformation” CIP director and co-founder Kate Starbird was...
Jun 30, 2023 | News, Recent Press
News coverage from June 2023 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. National Public Radio (June 13): “AI-generated images are everywhere. Here’s how to spot them” In a NPR LifeKit segment, reporter Shannon Bond cited...
Apr 29, 2023 | News, Recent Press, Updates
News coverage from April 2023 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. Undark (April 6): “ChatGPT isn’t ‘hallucinating.’ It’s bullshitting.” CIP faculty member and UW Biology professor Carl Bergstrom co-authored an Undark...
Apr 4, 2023 | News, Recent Press, Updates
In a March 31 opinion in The Seattle Times about AI chatbots, University of Washington Center for an Informed Public co-founder Jevin West says that chatbots will be “vectors of propaganda,” make it harder to discern truth and further erode trust in institutions. In...
Mar 31, 2023 | News, Recent Press, Updates
News coverage from March 2023 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. Mother Jones (March 7): “The company offering free health care to East Palestine? It’s a right-wing, anti-vax project” CIP postdoctoral scholar Anna Lee...