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What We're Reading
This week we're reading an unusually thoughtful op-ed on the question of overarching AI regulation, data privacy concerns related to telehealth platforms and reflecting on how in-house ethics work operates within Big Tech – and what we can realistically expect from it.
What We're Reading
We've been enjoying the New York Times's Hard Fork podcast lately. It's a fun and conversational overview of recent tech news and trends and what they mean for society. This latest episode covered the recent snafu over Zoom's terms of service and a growing backlash against data scrapping.
A Conversation with Yu-Ru Lin, Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information & Pitt Cyber Research and Academic Director
Pitt Cyber has nearly 100 affiliate scholars drawn from across the University. Affiliate scholars are Pitt faculty working on cyber-related transdisciplinary research. Every so often we catch up with one of them on the blog to learn more about what they’re working on.
Applications Now Being Accepted for Fall 2023 Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants (PCAG)
The University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security (Pitt Cyber) announces a funding opportunity for Pitt researchers: the Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants (PCAG) program. PCAG...
What We're Reading
This week, our reading consisted of content around efforts to challenge AI models, how AI language models can be inherently biased, as well as articles reviewing Chinese propaganda and disinformation.
What We're Reading
Following last week's Congressional hearings on AI, we're reflecting on the question: what kind of world do we want to live in, and how can we use emerging technology (AI and otherwise) to help get us there? It bears recalling: technology is only a runaway force if we allow it to be.
What We're Reading
Our reading materials this week focus heavily on movements being made toward AI regulation and what we can expect to see from the White House.
What We're Reading
Common themes from our reading this week: a lot of AI and social media, with a dash of quantum technology.
What We're Reading
In the wake of last week's district court decision limiting government communication with social media platforms, we're looking back through some older content about efforts to reign in the spread of misinformation on social media platforms – and what's at stake.
Pitt Cyber Announces New Policy Director
July 10, 2023
The University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security (Pitt Cyber) announced today that...
Pitt Cyber Announces New Research and Academic Director
June 28, 2023
The University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security (Pitt Cyber) announced today that Professor...
