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UC Berkeley Launches AI Policy Hub

BIDS Faculty Affiliates Guilbeault and Holtz awarded 2021-2022 research grants from Berkeley Haas’ Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership (EGAL)

AI-synthesized faces cross the "uncanny valley"

Artificial intelligence (AI)–powered audio, image, and video synthesis has democratized access to previously exclusive Hollywood-grade, special effects technology. From synthesizing speech using anyone’s voice, to synthesizing an image of a fictional person and swapping one person’s identity with another, or altering what they are saying in a video, AI-synthesized content holds the power to entertain but also deceive. So-called "deep fakes" are also being weaponized for the purposes of nonconsensual intimate imagery, financial fraud, and disinformation campaigns.

Evictions, Moratoriums and Rent Relief

Immigrants and refugees: Untapped data science potential

This article is cross-posted with  Immigrants and refugees: Untapped data science potential February 8, 2022  |   Accenture Strategy & Consulting Wendy Chan, Fernando Constantino, Kristina Shahoian, Alexandre de Siqueira, Marsha Fenner, Ciera Martinez, Jennie Murray, Fahad Alnimah ___________________________

“I don’t believe you. So what if it is true? You are not one of us.” — The disinformation challenge and what it really is about

Before this academic year I have been working in the European Commission, the European Union institution with a prerogative for policy initiatives. In 2017, when a new Bulgarian Commissioner, Maryah Gabriel, was nominated, my unit’s world changed overnight from a tranquil unit funding European media and social media research into a policy unit in charge of the European Commission’s disinformation policy. 

Meet Ashish Sahni, the new executive director for BIDS

BIDS Affiliates Chasins, Pollard, and Waller receive 2022 Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Awards

Sociology Students Try Research in Data Science Collaborations

Robert Fales isn't a data scientist. He only signed up for the data science-focused sociology class because he wanted to work with Professor David Harding, a leader in the social science field. But once Fales started using data science tools to analyze education inequality data, he knew he'd be using them to transition sociology from his major to his career. 

Verification Dilemmas in Law and the Promise of Zero-Knowledge Proofs

A paper written by BIDS Faculty Affiliate Rebecca Wexler and colleagues recently received an Honorable Mention from the Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award as one of the top eight privacy papers in 2022. The award is for "leading privacy scholarship that is relevant to policymakers in the U.S. Congress, at U.S. federal agencies, and among international data protection authorities."