Mar 14, 2024 | 2024 Rapid Research Blog, Rapid Research Blog, Research
2024 U.S. ELECTIONS RAPID RESEARCH BLOG We examine the origins, content, and social media spread of a misleading video that connects U.S. border narratives to concerns with election integrity By Mert Can Bayar, Ashlyn B. Aske, Nina Lutz, Joseph S. Schafer, Stephen...
Feb 18, 2024 | Rapid Research Blog, Research
COMMENTARY What happens when inherently hallucinating language models are employed within search engines without proper guardrails in place? By Shahan Ali Memon and Jevin D. West University of Washington Center for an Informed Public Authors’ Note: In this...
Jan 26, 2024 | 2024 Rapid Research Blog, Rapid Research Blog, Research, Updates
2024 U.S. ELECTIONS RAPID RESEARCH BLOG Predictable errors and delays that have been the focus of previous election rumors were present in the N.H. primary, but none of the allegations went viral. By Mike Caulfield, Mert Can Bayar, and Ashlyn B. Aske University...
Jan 17, 2024 | 2024 Rapid Research Blog, News, Rapid Research Blog, Research
2024 U.S. ELECTIONS RAPID RESEARCH BLOG Many of the small issues that have previously been the foundation of wide-scale groundless speculation went largely unnoticed online. By Mike Caulfield, Mert Can Bayar, and Ashlyn B. Aske University of Washington Center for an...
Jan 14, 2024 | 2024 Rapid Research Blog, Rapid Research Blog, Research
2024 U.S. ELECTIONS RAPID RESEARCH BLOG As voters head into the first-in-the-nation presidential caucus, recent allegations shared on X point to a “conflict of interest” in vote counting but no specific wrongdoing is described. By Mike Caulfield University of...
Oct 20, 2023 | News, Rapid Research Blog, Research, Updates
RAPID RESEARCH REPORT By Mike Caulfield, Mert Can Bayar and Ashlyn B. Aske University of Washington Center for an Informed Public Since the first news of the attack on Israel by Hamas, we have seen anecdotal reports from users of X (formerly Twitter) that the platform...
