BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University researchers will lead a multi-institutional team of experts in areas such as informatics, psychology, communications and folklore to assess the role that artificial intelligence may play in strengthening the influence of online communications — including misinformation and radicalizing messages — under a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. Image – 1:View print quality image about YY Ahn YY Ahn. Photo by Anna Powell Denton, Indiana University The project is one of 30 recently funded by the department’s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, which supports basic defense-related research projects. “The deluge of misinformation and radicalizing messages poses significant societal threat,” said lead investigator Yong-Yeol Ahn , a professor in the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering in Bloomington. “Now, with AI, […]
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