What Is Data Poisoning, and How Can It Hurt the Public Sector?
Dec 19, 2025 - Cybersecurity experts say AI and automation are changing how much impact manipulated data can have on government technology systems.
BU CCDS Hosts Experts and State Officials for Event on AI Progress
Dec 15, 2025 - At an recent event focused on AI work across the state, AI experts came together at CCDS to discuss the future and of AI and its potential for positive impact.
Crossing the Great AI Divide
Dec 11, 2025 - For months, the news cycle focused on the plight of recent college graduates and growing fears that entry-level workers are increasingly unable to compete with AI in today’s job market.
Australia’s world-first social media ban is a ‘natural experiment’ for scientists
Dec 11, 2025 - Researchers will study the effects of the policy on young people’s mental health, social interactions and political engagement.
Civic Technology and the Institutionalization of Human-Centered Data
Dec 9, 2025 - The accelerating digitization of government presents not only an extraordinary opportunity for humanity but also a profound ethical test.
AI Transparency – How the Stony Brook University Libraries Use Artificial Intelligence
Dec 5, 2025 - Stony Brook University (SBU) Libraries adheres to the fundamental values of libraries as outlined by the American Library Association, including equity, privacy, and access.
The geopolitics of AI: What are the repercussions for higher
Nov 25, 2025 - And as the humanities, the very disciplines we once relied on for reflective, interpretive, and narrative accounts of the world, are displaced by AI systems, we risk losing the key institutional spaces capable of interrogating the power/knowledge logics those systems reinforce.
Advancing Public Interest Technology in Computing: New Insights for the Community
Nov 24, 2025 - The Computing Research Association (CRA) and the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) convened 3 national roundtables and summarized the key insights that emerged.
Accelerating science with AI
Nov 25, 2025 - This discussion should center on two parallel efforts—creating the integrated infrastructure, from data and algorithms to hardware and agentic control, needed to apply AI to speed up research; and determining the policies and resources that empower scientists to fuel the feedback loop of scientific advancement and AI innovation.
We Trained China’s AI Researchers. Now We Risk Being Surpassed in AI Innovation.
Nov 21, 2025 - SNotable Stanford classes are using Qwen models, as Chinese open-source models often surpass America’s in balancing cost and performance.
Trump signs executive order launching Genesis Mission AI project
Nov 24, 2025 - The order announced the “Genesis Mission” for AI, a new federal push to mobilize the federal government's research and data to create artificial intelligence models.
The future of AI
Nov 14, 2025 - Artificial intelligence is flying high. Nature asked leading innovators what they think will happen next.
Enhancing Statistical Literacy | Stats + Stories Episode 375
Nov 14, 2025 - What is statistical literacy? How do we measure it and teach it?
Pitt | AIRET 2025 - The First International Workshop on Agentic Intelligence: Risks, Ethics, and Trust
Nov 10, 2025 - AIRET 2025 will bring together experts from artificial intelligence, philosophy, law, cybersecurity, and policy to examine how agentic AI systems are reshaping the technological and ethical landscape.
New curriculum in the UK to give young people the skills for life and work
Nov 4, 2025 - The UK government to set out plans to bring the curriculum into the modern day and help young people step into the future.
The Chronicle of Higher Education | AI on Campus: Emerging Governance Models
Oct 29, 2025 - Finding ways to make AI work across campus to support administrators, faculty, and students must start by creating an AI-governance framework that puts them on paths toward AI literacy.
The isolation of practitioners in bibliometrics: Observed challenges
Oct 27, 2025 - The LIS-Bibliometrics Committee comment on four key challenges facing bibliometric practitioners in institutional settings: siloing within institutional settings, feelings of ineptness in relation to expertise and training, changing technological factors, and a misalignment between roles and policies.
AI in health care: Insights from the National Academy of Medicine Annual Meeting
Oct 21, 2025 - The panel delved into ethical considerations and regulatory frameworks essential for the successful integration of AI into health care systems, underscoring the importance of collaborative efforts across academia, industry, and government.
5 Questions for Mar Hicks at UVA SDS
Oct 24, 2025 - Hicks talked to Politico about resisting the seemingly unstoppable proliferation of certain technologies, and the ways in which the industry subtly frames policy debates.
Emma Briant 'Exposing the Propaganda Machine'
Oct 22, 2025 - This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Dr Emma Louise Briant, an internationally recognised expert and professor of information warfare & propaganda.
Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot
Oct 15, 2025 - A Stanford study reveals that leading AI companies are pulling user conversations for training, highlighting privacy risks and a need for clearer policies.
Making Machine Learning Safer in High-Stakes Settings
Oct 20, 2025 - A recent report and webinar explored how to improve the performance and safety of machine learning in these settings.
Broadening Access to Data Science Education in High School and Higher Education through Open Source Tools, Infrastructure, and Training
Oct 16, 2025 - Equitable data science education requires a multifaceted approach, involving high school and higher education, community involvement, and accessible tools.
A New Direction for Research Universities
Oct 14, 2024 - As the relationship between society and academia changes, research universities must adapt to keep pace or risk becoming irrelevant.
Machine Learning for Safety-Critical Applications: Opportunities, Challenges, and a Research Agenda
Sep 30, 2025 - More research, testing, and evaluation is needed to ensure these technologies can be safely integrated for safety-critical applications.
Adversarial natural language processing: overview, challenges, and policy implications
Sep 22, 2025 - The researchers describe major policy implications, identify key trends, and suggest future directions, such as the use of Bayesian methods to improve the security and robustness of NLP systems.
UVA SDS faculty share insights on how AI might influence policies, ethics, and governance
Sep 21, 2025 - UVA faculty explored AI’s ethical challenges at “The Future With AI,” discussing governance, policy, and how society can balance innovation with responsibility.
UVA Data Points Podcast: Trustworthy AI
Sep 19, 2025 - What does it really mean for artificial intelligence to be “trustworthy”? And why should it matter to you?
UPenn | Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era
Sep 15, 2025 - The evolution of AI technology may require more robust copyright laws and guardrails that protect people’s control of their own identities, says the Penn Carey Law professor.
4 UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff named to NC AI Leadership Council
Sep 11, 2025 - The 24-member group will advise and support Gov. Josh Stein and state agencies on artificial intelligence strategy, policy and training.