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...
Mar 28, 2023 | Education, MisinfoDay, News, Updates
By Michael Grass Approximately 700 Washington high school students, teachers, librarians and other educators participated in MisinfoDay 2023 programs in March across three in-person events at the University of Washington in Seattle and Washington State University in...
Mar 2, 2023 | News, Newsletter, Updates
This is the web version of the March 2023 edition of the Center for an Informed Public‘s News & Insights newsletter that was originally sent out on March 2, 2023. NEWS CIP adds 4 new UW faculty members from Human Centered Design & Engineering, Law and...