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Marginalized Americans are highly skeptical of artificial intelligence

07/02/2025

A new UMSI study finds that gender minorities, women and disabled individuals—especially those who are neurodivergent or living with mental health conditions—hold significantly more negative attitudes toward AI than their majority-group peers.

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Assistant Professor Matt Bui was featured in The Conversation. "Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings." A headshot of Matt Bui.

Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings

06/30/2025

UMSI assistant professor Matt Bui's study on Yelp's impact of Black owned businesses in Detroit is featured in The Conversation.

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Quoted by Communications of the ACM. Lecturer Merve Hickok. The rise of the AI-enabled agentic internet.

Hickok: AI agents raise new ethical questions

06/24/2025

UMSI lecturer Merve Hickok discusses how autonomous AI systems could create unintended risks. 

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Quoted by The New York Times. Doctoral Candidate Megan Brown. YouTube loosens rules guiding the moderation of videos.

Brown: YouTube’s new moderation rules mark a shift from earlier norms

06/11/2025

UMSI PhD candidate Megan A Brown comments on YouTube’s recent internal policy changes.

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Quoted by The Guardian. Associate Professor Joyojeet Pal. How social media fueled a rush to war between India and Pakistan.

Pal: Misinformation campaign brought India and Pakistan closer to war

06/02/2025

Digital falsehoods during the India-Pakistan conflict escalated tensions between two nuclear-armed nations, says UMSI associate professor Joyojeet Pal. 

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Quoted by The Washington Post. Associate professor Joyojeet Pal. Fog of war thickens as India and Pakistan trade blame and accusations.

Pal: The role of misinformation in the India-Pakistan conflict

05/22/2025

UMSI association professor Joyojeet Pal discusses how social media is reshaping the India-Pakistan conflict. 

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Quoted by Context. Assistant Professor Ben Green. Trump's AI push raises red flags for poorest Americans.

Green: When it comes to public benefits, AI implementation is becoming “harsher and more inconsistent”

05/22/2025

UMSI assistant professor Ben Green talks about the growing role of AI in determining access to public benefits under the Trump administration. 

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Quoted by The Hill. Associate professor David Jurgens. AI has evolved. It's time for better evaluations and report cards.

Jurgens: Meta’s new AI model, Llama4, still fails real world tests

05/21/2025

UMSI associate professor David Jurgens says despite boasting speed and efficiency, Meta’s Llama4 may not be as capable as benchmarks suggest. 

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Quoted by LGBTQ Nation. Assistant professor Oliver Haimson. The trans tech industry is moving fast. But will transphobia stifle creativity?

Haimson: Trans technologies are facing real-world threats, stifling creativity

05/21/2025

As threats to trans rights intensify, UMSI assistant professor Oliver Haimson reflects on his new book about how trans communities use tech for survival, and the dangers they’re facing now for LGBTQ Nation. 

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Quoted by MIT Technology Review. Assistant professor Abigail Jacobs. How to build a better AI benchmark.

Jacobs: We need more effective methods to measure AI's true capabilities

05/19/2025

UMSI assistant professor Abigail Jacobs argues for better evaluation methods in AI that focus on validity. 

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