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    • DeepFake Reality (12/10/22)
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    • Siwei Lyu quoted about new deepfake detector
    • New Book by Mark Shepard
    • NSF Award to prepare next pandemic response
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    • New Book by James Gardner
    • Jeff Good WHO Bulletin Paper
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    • Matt Kenyon's Alternative Rule
    • Yotam Ophir interviewed about May 14th shootings and white supremacy
    • David Castillo: Two new books
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Our Team

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Siwei Lyu, Lead PI
University at Buffalo
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

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Natalie Bazarova, Co-PI
Cornell University
Professor, Department of Communications

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Dominic DiFranzo, Co-PI
Lehigh University
Computer Sceince and Engineering

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Darren Linvill, Co-PI
Clemson University
Watt Family Innovation Center Media Forensics Hub

Photo of Anita Nokolich.

Anita Nikolich, Co-PI
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
School of Information Sciences

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David Castillo
University at Buffalo
Dept. of Romance Languages & Literatures

Headshot of Dan Cermak.

Dan Cermak

University of Illinois
Game Studies Coordinator, Illinois Informatics

Headshot of Carly Kocurek.

Carly Kocurek
Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and Media Studies, Director of Graduate Studies Illinois Institute of Technology

Headshot of Christine Phillips.

Christine Baiers Phillips
Clemson University and Clemson Institute for Engaged Aging
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

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Rachel Magee
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
School of Information Sciences

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Lesley Ross

Clemson University
Associate Professor
SmartLife Endowed Chair in Aging and Cognition

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Dawn Sarno
Clemson University
Assistant Professor, Psychology Department

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Rohini Srihari
University at Buffalo
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

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Cynthia Stewart, Project Manager
University at Buffalo
Center for Information Integrity and Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

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Briony Swire-Thompson
Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, and Fellow at the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences

 

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Patrick Warren
Clemson University
College of Business

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Eric Yarwood
Executive Director
Education Collaborative of Western New York

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  • Illustration of a person holding a phone and social icons in bubbles around the phone.
    About CII
    10/11/22
    The CII will provide support for collaborative research, public discussions and community outreach on mis/disinformation awareness and resilience, with a focus on these key challenges:
  • Photo of James Gardner. Bloomberg interviewed CII’s James Gardner for an article about how the Republican party might handle the scandal surrounding newly elected congressman George Santos, who has admitted to major fabrications on his resume. Gardner said Santos could face legal trouble if he lied on federal campaign paperwork. Santos could also face ethics trouble in Congress, “Expulsion is a political mechanism, but on the other hand it's meant to be a vehicle for enforcing ethical standards," Gardner said. "So what will be the politics of it if Republicans have an extremely narrow majority and this guy is a part of that narrow majority?” Bloomberg logo.
    Member News
    1/4/23
    Mark G. Frank is a featured expert examining con artists in the Curiosity Stream 6 part series “Inside the mind of a con artist”. 
  • DART logo. Tagline: Play, Practice, Protect. DART is a collaboration between UB, Clemson, Cornell, Illinois Tech, Lehigh, and UIUC. Funded by the NSF Convergence Accelerator, the project developing tools to increase disinformation awareness and improve resilience, to inoculate users against the impact of harmful disinformation, and prevent its spread. Logos of partner institutions.
    Our Projects: DART
    10/12/22
    Funded through the NSF Convergence Accelerator program, DART is a cross-disciplinary, multi-institutional, user-centered effort to develop engaging, effective, gamified tools to build resilience to disinformation in older adults.
  • Hey Google, Are Robots Racist? The Hidden Bias of our AI-Assisted World AIs help us in so many ways. They answer our questions. They suggest music, books, and other items based on what we already like. They find us the fastest way to reach our destinations, and match people who need a ride with people who are available to give a ride. They make our lives more convenient. But are they fair? Let’s talk about it. Image of Rosie the Robot from the Jetsons sweeping February 18th | 12:00-1:30 pm | FREE Buffalo Museum of Science.
    Events
    1/4/23
    September 24-25 at Silo City

Mis/Dis-Information in the News

  • Deepfake audio has a tell and researchers can spot it
  • How Russian Trolls Helped Keep the Women’s March Out of Lock Step
  • How One Man Lost $1 Million To A Crypto ‘Super Scam’ Called Pig Butchering
  • 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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