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  • 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
  • CII Featured on What's Next Podcast
  • 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:
  • Melissa McCarron Uses AI to improve Health Care for Spanish speakers while teaching students to use AI responsibly.
    Member News
    6/11/25
    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.
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    Check back often, we're planning a full schedule of 2025-26 events!

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