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Focuses on the formulation, evaluation and implementation of policies that govern and shape the development and use of technology, addressing issues related to innovation, privacy and societal impact.

UMSI Research. Protecting Private Communications through Law and Policy: The Case of the Screenshot Feature. Alexis Shore Ingber, Research Fellow.

Study: Screenshots pose a “threat to both intimate and intellectual privacy”

11/06/2024

In a new paper, UMSI postdoctoral research fellow Alexis Shore Ingber examines the privacy implications of the screenshot feature on digital communications. 

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Featured by The Conversation. PhD candidate Angela Schopke Gonzalez. Apps, 911 services and mobile phones don't offset deadly consequences of more restrictive border policies. UMSI.

Apps, 911 services and mobile phones don’t offset deadly consequences of more restrictive border policies

09/03/2024

Angela Schopke Gonzalez discusses technology and immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Quoted by MIT Technology Review. Lecturer Merve Hickok. AI companies promised to regulate one year ago. What's changed?

Hickok: Tech companies ‘nowhere near’ developing safe and trustworthy AI

07/24/2024

UMSI lecturer Merve Hickok says the U.S government’s overreliance on tech companies to regulate themselves is leading to continued harm in the AI sphere. 

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A screenshot of the HOT Speech Metric. Hateful, Offensive and Toxic Speech. How HOT were social media comments on the week's news?

New social media tool measures hateful, offensive and toxic speech on social platforms

06/25/2024

Researchers at the University of Michigan School of Information have created the H|O|T Speech Metric, an interactive system for measuring hateful, offensive and toxic online speech. 

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Quoted by Fortune. Lecturer Merve Hickok. A widely use AI image training database contained explicit pictures of children. Experts warn that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Hickok: The race to innovate in AI is leading to consequences

01/08/2024

Explicit photos of children were used to train AI image-generation tools. UMSI lecturer and AI ethics expert Merve Hickok says these are the repercussions of releasing AI models “without safeguards in place.” 

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Quoted by VentureBeat. Lecturer Merve Hickok. Biden AI Exec orders rolls out to applause, concerns of overreach.

Hickok: Biden’s order limiting the use of artificial intelligence is a step in the right direction

11/09/2023

A new executive order by the Biden Administration helps prevent AI misuse and is celebrated by AI expert Merve Hickok.

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Quoted by The New York Times. Intermittent Lecturer Merve Hickok. 8 more companies pledge to make A.I. safe.

Hickok: Voices of tech leaders can’t be privileged over security of everyday people

09/18/2023

When it comes to regulation of artificial intelligence, UMSI intermittent lecturer Merve Hickok says tech companies are being given too much power on Capitol Hill.

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