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  • McCarron Receives $83K Grant
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  • Yotam Ophir Quoted in AP on the Next Big Thing in Online Community Building
  • Jacob Neiheisel Quoted on MAGA’s 2026 Election Strategy
  • Mashable Highlights Lyu’s Insights on AI Video Detection
  • Jennifer Surtees honored as Innovative Teacher
  • Jennifer Surtees’ View on NIH Grants Being Back
  • Professor Gardner on Trump’s Attempt to Change Voting Rules
  • Jacob Neiheisel on the Meaning Behind Zelensky’s White House Attire
  • Neiheisel-Voter ID
  • Siwei-Israel-Iran
  • Ophir-Trump Attack
  • CII Members Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
  • Ophir Book-Misinformation and Society
  • Frank-Iraqi Game
  • Castillo at StJoes
  • Kari Winter on Trump's "Trophy wife" remark in West Point speech
  • Jacob Neiheisel on the Political rise of Jan 6. Rioters
  • How AI Can Benefit Society
  • Neiheisel-Proxy Battles
  • Yotam Ophir Receives SUNY Chancellor's Horizon Award
  • AOC Claps Back, Kari Winter Responds
  • Yotam Ophir discusses viral TikTok trends and the impact of AI-Generated content
  • Jacob Neiheisel on How Trump Uses Humor and Labels to Divide
  • Siwei Lyu Warns of the Dangers of AI-Generated Media
  • Kari Winter on Srickland's CNN Moment
  • Melissa McCarron Uses AI to Improve Health Care for Spanish Speakers
  • Siwei Lyu Takes on Hollywood Role in G20.
  • Marina Blanton Named One of 56 ACM Distinguished Members
  • Yotam Ophir on Journalism’s Struggles, Upcoming Talks, and Book Release.
  • Jacob Neiheisel Calls Out Hypocrisy in Zelenskyy Attire Criticism.
  • Heidi Julien on AI’s Threat to Digital Literacy.
  • DeepCover Game Helps Seniors Fight Scams
  • Jacob Neiheisel Analyzes Why Some Conservatives Call Trump 'Daddy'.
  • James Gardner Condemns Musk and Trump’s Illegal Move to Dismantle USAID.
  • Yotam Ophir Consulted about Meta Fact-Checking Changes
  • Siwei Lyu Consulted about Deepfakes from "Historical" to Breaking News
  • CII Co-Director David Castillo Featured in UB’s AI Initiative
  • Yotam Ophir on the Role of Unreliable Information in Hurricane Response
  • Heidi Julien Discusses the Growing Threat of Unreliable Information Online in Disaster Response
  • Gardner on Musk’s Murky $1M Sweepstakes
  • Neiheisel on America’s Early-Voting Numbers
  • Siwei quoted by Reuters
  • Melissa McCarron Awarded AI Seed Funds for Spanish-Language Healthcare Communication Project
  • CII Members Were Widely Consulted about the Presidential Elections
  • NEH to fund Fiege's Film Project
  • Mark Frank presentes at the WCFEE
  • DeepFake O'Meter
  • McCarron Receives $83K Grant
  • UB’S Generative AI Task Force Informed by CII Perspectives
  • New Article by CII's David Castillo, E. Bruce Pitman, and Siwei Lyu
  • New Work by Matt Kenyon reflects on Climate Change
  • Marina Blanton CrySP presentation
  • Yotam Ophir quoted
  • New Book by Jessie Poon
  • Fake People, Real Threat
  • Spectrum Article on event on Hidden Bias in AIs
  • Siwei Lyu named ACM Distinguished Member
  • Siwei Lyu quoted about new deepfake detector
  • New Book by Mark Shepard
  • NSF Award to prepare next pandemic response
  • DCastillo podcast
  • Siwei Lyu quoted about DeepFakes
  • New Book by James Gardner
  • Jeff Good WHO Bulletin Paper
  • Heidi Julien quoted about media handling of 10yo abortion story
  • Matt Kenyon's Alternative Rule
  • Yotam Ophir interviewed about May 14th shootings and white supremacy
  • David Castillo: Two new books
  • Siwei Lyu SaTC: CORE award
  • Webinar Introcuding CII
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    About CII
    8/12/24
    The CII will provide support for collaborative research, public discussions and community outreach on information awareness and resilience, with a focus on these key challenges:
  • Jacob Neiheisel.
    Member News
    11/11/25
    Yotam Ophir, a lecturer on disinformation at the University of Buffalo, told the BBC the "vermin" rhetoric specifically echoed propaganda films produced by the Nazis, which compared Jewish people to rats and insects.
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    Our Projects: DART
    2/13/24
    DART is a cross-disciplinary, multi-institutional, user-centered effort to develop games to help older adults recognize and navigate scams.
  • Gillian Wearing, Wearing Gillian, and the Generative Theatricality of Deepfakery.
    Events
    11/10/25
    Check back often, we're planning a full schedule of 2025-26 events!

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  • YouTube pushed Trump supporters toward voter fraud videos, study finds
  • Why ‘AgeTech’ is a $9 Trillion Sector You Shouldn’t Ignore
  • Reports show scammers cashing in on crypto craze
  • ‘Pig slaughtering’ crypto scams reap millions on Silicon Valley dating apps
  • Elon Musk deep fakes promote new BitVex cryptocurrency scam
  • A 17-year-old boy died by suicide hours after being scammed. The FBI says it's part of a troubling increase in 'sextortion' cases.
  • Liveness tests used by banks to verify ID are "extremely vulnerable" to deepfake attacks
  • Game-Based Learning Prepares K–12 Students for a Digital Future
  • An ex-cop fell for Alice. Then he fell for her $66 million crypto scam.
  • 'Robert Pattinson' TikTok account is latest unlikely celebrity profile raising questions
  • Double-Your-Crypto Scams Share Crypto Scam Host
  • Opinion: The Zelensky deepfake is a warning for Corporate America
  • That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake
  • 'We have your daughter': The terrified father paid the ransom. Then he found his kid where he least expected her.
  • AI-based Humor-Integrated Social Engineering Training - Cyber Secure Behavior Lab
  • Hackers drop deepfake of Zelenskyy ordering troops to surrender on Ukrainian news site
  • Vickie doesn't exist: Deepfakes in your LinkedIn
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