Penn engineers have developed a system that lets robots see around corners by using radio signals processed with AI, a capability that could improve driverless cars as well as robots operating in cluttered indoor settings like warehouses and factories. https://bit.ly/40XmiqW
Sandra González-Bailón (@sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social) (Faculty Advisor) is the Carolyn Marvin Professor at Annenberg and Co-Director of CIND. Her research examines how online networks and algorithmic curation shape exposure to information, political engagement, and news consumption.
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Synthetic text extrusion. Virtual teaching assistants. Illusions of mastery. Silicon Socrates.
Robert Ghrist, Bhuvnesh Jain, and Chris Callison-Burch comment on how higher education is starting to look different four years after the debut of ChatGPT. thepenngazette.com/h...
The authenticity of AI. Tracking narratives in politics. A more democratic media system. Read these stories and more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
AI is bringing a sea change in scientific research methodology, training, and peer review. Amazon Scholars and Penn professors @mkearnsphilly.bsky.social and @aaroth.bsky.social on what agentic AI tools mean for the next generation of researchers.
Michael @mkearnsphilly.bsky.social ) and I wrote a blog post about our experiences using AI for research, and our thoughts on what these developments will mean for research, publication, and education: www.amazon.science/blog/how-ai-...
The Dark Energy Survey collaborative, including Penn researchers, recently released an analysis that gives the clearest picture yet of how dark energy is driving the universe’s expansion and how matter has been organized over cosmic time.
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Christopher Yoo (Co-Director) is the Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology at Penn Carey Law. Founding Director of the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, his research spans internet connectivity, AI governance, and First Amendment issues in social media regulation.
Duncan Watts (Co-Director) is the Stevens University Professor with appointments in Annenberg, CIS, and Wharton. He directs the Computational Social Science Lab and PennMAP, dedicated to enhancing media transparency and accountability across the entire information ecosystem.
We're proud to introduce the 24 affiliated faculty of the Penn Center on Media, Technology and Democracy — distinguished by their rigorous empirical research advancing our understanding of the information ecosystem and its impact on democracy. 🧵
Research by Warren Center faculty affiliate Hamsa Bastani shows that giving learners on-demand AI assistance can erode practice, “productive struggle,” and long-term skill growth—even when they know it harms their learning. knowledge.wharton.up...
Penn Today spoke with David Meaney, vice provost for research, about the research initiatives at Penn, the institution's priorities, future growth plans, and how these efforts are improving lives.
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“Even when AI is used with good intentions, the systems themselves can cause harm because of what’s baked into them from the very start,” said Warren Center affiliate Chris Callison-Burch. “AI is learning from internet data, which reflects us, our society and our history.” www.seas.upenn.edu/s...
PODCAST: The EPA has rescinded the endangerment finding, the legal foundation of federal climate regulation. @penncareylaw.bsky.social professors @cary-coglianese.bsky.social & @shelley-w.bsky.social examine the legal strategy behind EPA's rescission and the court challenges ahead.
You heard me talk about the app that helps scientists plan research (planyourscience.com) that I have been building. Join our webinar to talk with us about it. Signup here forms.monday.com/forms/5f4755...
In the latest episode of Penn Engineering's Innovation & Impact podcast, Warren Center affiliate Vijay Kumar sat down with Tsu-Jae Liu, President of the National Academy of Engineering and a pioneering force in semiconductor technology. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
Beyond delighted to see this awesome paper from superstar Audrey Luo now out. See her wonderful thread below re: two highly-replicable axes of white matter development in youth.
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Congratulations to Neil Fasching, Annenberg's doctoral student, who successfully defended his dissertation today!
Fasching's dissertation is titled "Partisan Airwaves: Quantifying Misinformation and Toxicity in Political Podcasting."
Join us in congratulating Dr. Fasching!
Two Warren Center affiliates were part of an advisory committee that created a roadmap for regulating AI in Pennsylvania. Cary Coglianese and Richard Berk spent over a year studying how other states are responding, assessing AI's role across major sectors. penntoday.upenn.edu/...
“You need to be able to understand other people's ideas and perspectives to bring out the best, most ingenious solutions,” says Tsu-Jae King Liu, President of the National Academy of Engineering. Episode 9 of "Innovation & Impact" is live. https://bit.ly/3OyMgOJ
Dolores Albarracín, the Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has long studied how to curb disease and improve health.
Sometimes you gotta split the difference. From Aaron Roth's (@aaroth.bsky.social) plenary talk at #ALT2026
Shout out to Heather Cox Richardson (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) for quoting from The Regulatory Review (@theregreview.bsky.social) in a recent Substack piece of hers. Hat tip to my valued colleague Eric Orts (@ericorts.bsky.social) for pointing me to this. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Wrote a blog post on where the training signals for the brain come from. open.substack.com/pub/kording/...
A five-year effort led by Warren Center affiliate Dolores Albarracín has worked to combat the spread of HIV and hepatitis C on the frontlines of the substance use and methamphetamine crisis, primarily in Appalachia and the rural Midwest. Find out more: penntoday.upenn.edu/...
