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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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‘Silly’ to expect AI mimicking human-written text could be easily detected

February 1, 2023

Mor Naaman, professor of information science at Cornell University and associate dean at Cornell Tech, researches the trustworthiness of our information ecosystem. He says the technology is – as usual – racing ahead with no guardrails.

Cornell Tech
Computing & Information Sciences

Limiting Section 230 won’t fix recommendation algorithms

February 16, 2023

Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a case that could have major implications on how tech platforms host and promote content. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss the case.

Cornell Tech
Computing & Information Sciences

It’s not just about Trump, it’s about content moderation standards

January 26, 2023

Meta will be reinstating former president Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks with what the company calls “new guardrails” to deter repeat offenses. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss the news.

Cornell Tech
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Computing & Information Sciences

Meta’s lack of ad transparency contributes to political polarization

October 27, 2022

Meta was hit with a $24.7 million fine after a Washington judge found the tech giant had intentionally violated the state's campaign finance disclosure laws.

Computing & Information Sciences
science

Cornell expert available to discuss Twitter’s edit button

September 1, 2022

Some Twitter users will start being able to click a button on the social media service to edit a tweet after they have posted it.

Computing & Information Sciences

Better failsafes could prevent future Facebook outages

October 5, 2021

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp experienced an extended outage yesterday. Nate Foster is a professor of computer science who works to develop languages and tools that make it easy for programmers to build secure and reliable systems. 

Computing & Information Sciences
Engineering

Facebook’s renaming comes at critical moment

October 20, 2021

Facebook plans to change its name to focus on the metaverse, reports suggest.

Social & Behavioral Sciences
Computing & Information Sciences

With Census data release, algorithms can offer fairer alternatives

April 26, 2021

David Shmoys, professor in computer science, says advances in data science can make the algorithms used to parse U.S. Census Bureau data more equitable. 

Law and Policy
Computing & Information Sciences

Experts list: Technology, ethics and a fast changing world

August 23, 2021

Cornell University computing and information science experts are available to weigh in on technology obstacles and opportunities, offering perspectives on ethics, machine learning, computational sustainability, cybersecurity and more.

Computing & Information Sciences

Iowa delay underscores need for voting tech oversight

February 4, 2020

Ken Birman, an expert in cloud computing who researches trustworthy, secure and scalable mobile applications, comments on a delay in Iowa caucus results that party officials have blamed on a "coding issue."

Computing & Information Sciences