Apr 24, 2023 | News, Updates
Like many organizations on Twitter that had verified “blue checkmark” accounts on the social media platform, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public lost its legacy checkmark last week due to ongoing changes under Twitter owner Elon Musk. While...
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...
