ISI in the Media

Twitter Barred Them. What Happened When Elon Musk Brought Them Back?
Source: The New York TimesISI’s Keith Burghardt was interviewed by The New York Times about his work on toxic content on social media.

Can AI have common sense? Finding out will be key to achieving machine intelligence
Source: Nature MagazineISI’s Mayank Kejriwal and his co-authors explore how the rise of LLMs has reignited debates about the boundaries of machine intelligence.

17th Cyber Security Experimentation and Test Workshop
Source: Information Sciences InstituteCSET ’24 will take place in hybrid format on Tuesday, August 13 offering participants research presentations and lively discussions on “meta” cybersecurity topics.

Protests and curfew in Bangladesh
Source: ReutersJohn Heidemann and the Networking and the work of the ISI Cybersecurity Division was referenced in this article to explain the significance of the internet shut down.

What’s after AI? The next watershed technology could be quantum computing
Source: ABC NewsDaniel Lidar was interviewed about the growth and potential impact of quantum computing

8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI
Source: WIREDAlumni Ashish Vaswani and Niki Parmar were highlighted in an article that highlighted the authors of “Attention Is All You Need”

Space loves AI, AI doesn’t love Space
Source: Space NewsDavid Barnhart was interviewed about the role of AI for long-distance missions.

USC opens first IBM Quantum Innovation Center on the West Coast
Source: USC NewsThe new center will be directed by Daniel Lidar, and boosts USC Viterbi and USC Dornsife researchers’ opportunities for conducting quantum research.

USC collaborates with startup supporter Techstars to encourage intellectual property development
Source: USC NewsThe collaboration is promising for the local economy as ideas generated at USC are converted into products and businesses that will enhance the university’s economic footprint at “Silicon Beach” where USC Information Sciences Institute is located.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces First-Ever Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety
Source: Department of CommmerceUSC was announced as an inaugural member of a new DOC consortium dedicated to AI safety; Yolanda Gil will lead the effort from USC