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“AI is making outputs more accessible, forgetting the value of the process”
EP. 13 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Maxyn Leitner

CA DREAMS welcomes AIT Taiwan Delegation
The visit represents a step toward strengthening U.S.-Taiwan ties in microelectronics innovation

Bridging Disciplines: The Power of Collaboration at ISI
ISI connects researchers across USC to ask better questions and build smarter solutions.

Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Robert Kahn
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.

“You can only design a system to the limit of what you can plan for”
EP. 12 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Joe Barnes

ISI at the NAACL ‘25 Conference
From planning creatively to aligning AI with human values, USC ISI researchers push the boundaries of natural language processing.

ISI @ the 2025 ACM Web Conference
USC ISI showcases new research to safeguard online discourse, mitigate polarization, evaluate LLMs, and more

USC at ICLR 2025
USC researchers present cutting-edge advances in AI and machine learning at ICLR 2025, highlighting breakthroughs in 3D vision, decision-making, and deep learning

Cloudwalkers cast highlight: Paul Mockapetris
In 1972, following the release of the Pentagon Papers, a small institute in Los Angeles was given the power to design, develop and run the Internet. What followed was one of the greatest explosions of information in human history.

Mapping Our Emotionally-Divided Society
USC ISI researchers develop a novel mathematical model that helps explain why we’re polarized