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UMSI Research Roundup: From Procedure to Peril. Digital Health Technologies. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

From Procedure to Peril | Digital Health Technologies: UMSI Research Roundup

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Quoted by Fortune. Assistant professor Ben Green. Is China to blame for plummeting date center popularity?

Green: Data center backlash is real, and AI advocates should pay attention

“Anyone who doubts it should just show up to any of the communities where people are actually fighting data centers.”

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What does it take to get non-consensual nudity removed online? UMSI research finds legal pressure matters

New research co-authored by UMSI finds platforms ignore many non–consensual nudity reports filed through internal systems, but respond quickly when the same content is reported as copyright infringement.

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Using AI to Make a Century of Congressional Speeches Searchable and Analyzable

UMSI assistant professor Dallas Card uses AI to transform the Congressional Record into a searchable dataset, expanding access to more than a century of political speech and enabling new insights into public discourse and accountability.

UMSI Research Roundup. Emoji use, reporting intimage image abuse. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Emoji Use | Reporting intimate image abuse: UMSI Research Roundup

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

UMSI Research Roundup in a magnifying glass. Survival. Contentious Times. Grand Challenges. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Survival | Contentious Times | Grand Challenges: UMSI Research Roundup

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Quoted by the Washington Post. Assistant professor Ben Green. Towns are saying no to AI data centers

Green: Communities are growing more skeptical of AI infrastructure projects

UMSI assistant professor Ben Green discusses the rising backlash against AI data centers across the U.S.

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Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

For the Conversation, UMSI professor Maggie Levenstein talks about the websites and datasets disappearing from the federal government.

Quoted by Politico. Assistant Professor Ben Green. AI powers a new smart-city wave.

Green: In adopting AI, cities risk repeating mistakes

UMSI assistant professor Ben Green says city leaders should be wary of adopting AI too quickly.

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

Hickok: AI agents raise new ethical questions

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