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Disinformation Is Breaking Democracy. Berkeley Is Exploring Solutions.
In fields from computer science and journalism to public policy and national security, scholars are working to advance online information integrity.
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AI Agents That Do What We Want
UC Berkeley professor highlights how lessons learned in robotics concerning the importance of training and positive and negative reinforcement can apply to other virtual agents like large language models.
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Innovative Design Achieves Tenfold Better Resolution for Functional MRI Brain Imaging
The effort also results in an ultra-high resolution that is over 50 times more detail than current 3T scanners typically used in hospitals.
UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid stands at the front of a classroom, gesturing at equations projected onto a large screen
Hany Farid: To Limit Disinformation, We Must Regulate Internet Platforms
UC Berkeley professor, one of the world’s leading experts on digital forensics and human perception, talks about the storm of digital disinformation so powerful that it’s putting lives, and democracy, at risk.
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Campus Conversations: Excitement Grows for Berkeley Space Center
Three leaders of the NASA-partnered project to establish a research park at Moffett Field met in a virtual event to discuss the transformational promise of the Berkeley Space Center.
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Berkeley Haas Launches O’Donnell Center for Behavioral Economics To Lead the Next Generation of Research
Established with a philanthropic investment of almost $17 million, the Haas School of Business is launching the Robert G. and Sue Douthit O’Donnell Center for Behavioral Economics to advance the field toward its next stage of evolution.
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California Voters Are Deeply Worried About Political Disinformation, IGS Poll Finds
A new UC Berkeley IGS Poll finds broad, bi-partisan worry that disinformation spread via social media will warp the 2024 election campaign.
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University of California Researchers Win Grant to Study Misinformation Surrounding Reproductive Health on Social Media
UC Berkeley researchers investigate and address the prevalence of misinformation and disinformation present on social media platforms like TikTok regarding sexual and reproductive health information.
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Disinformation Nation: What Can We Do To Crack the Code?
Scholars at Berkeley across a range of disciplines are probing the corrosive effects of algorithms, machine learning and other exotic technologies operating below the surface of the information landscape.
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UC Berkeley and Harvard Jointly Launch Study of Psychedelics’ Influence on Art, History and Human Existence
UC Berkeley and Harvard researchers launch a study into psychedelics’ multifaceted influence on our society today.
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Capturing Wellhead Gases for Profit and a Cleaner Environment
UC Berkeley chemists have come up with a simple and green way to convert methane and ethane into economically valuable liquids such as methanol and ethanol.
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How To Use AI for Discovery — Without Leading Science Astray
UC Berkeley researchers present a new statistical technique for safely using the predictions obtained from machine learning models to test scientific hypotheses.
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Hummingbirds’ Unique Sideways Flutter Gets Them Through Small Apertures
New research shows that hummingbirds have evolved their own unique flight strategies to navigate the gaps between leaves and tangled branches.
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Berkeley Scientists Discover Retinal Cells that Help Stabilize Our World View
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science researchers have discovered rare neurons in the eye that are crucial for our visual system to maintain a sharp, steady image of the world.
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Fall Research Exchange Series Tackled AI Framing, Learning Models and Safety
Three Distinguished Lectures on the Status and Future of AI.
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Nuclear Power Renaissance
UC Berkeley researchers are working to revisit and reinvent molten salt technologies, paving the way for advanced nuclear energy systems and a carbon-free future.