ISI in the Media

Election Security Concerns
Source: ABC7 (no link available)Cliff Neuman was interviewed on election day about cyber attacks, AI and misinformation and how this could affect the election process.

Trust in voting: USC experts discuss misinformation, threats to democracy ahead of Election 2024
Source: USC NewsWith Election Day drawing near, USC ISI experts are available to provide insights on how misinformation spreads, the role of media and AI in safeguarding election integrity and potential solutions to restore voter confidence in democracy

How AI deepfakes test voter confidence and election integrity
Source: CSN MonitorEmilio Ferrara was interviewed about the incredible volume of ai-generated data this election cycle

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.

Yolanda Gil Appointed to National Science Board
Source: White House Press RoomAs member of the NSB, AI pioneer to advise “President and the Congress on policy matters related to science and engineering and education in science and engineering.”

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”