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With the Help of AI, UC Berkeley Researchers Confirm Hollywood Is Getting More Diverse
A new study led by Professor David Bamman used facial recognition technology to track the amount of time actors appear on screen in more than 2,300…
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Don’t Worry. Study Shows You’re Likely a More Creative Writer Than ChatGPT. For Now.
UC Berkeley researcher Nina Beguš instructed both humans and AI tools to write a story based on one of two short prompts. She then compared the…
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White House Issues New Directive on AI and National Security
Professor Deirdre Mulligan explains the Biden-Harris Administration’s new National Security Memorandum (NSM) on artificial intelligence.
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Professor Deirdre Mulligan Returns From White House To Teach Next Generation of Public Interest Technologists 
After two years at the White House’s Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP), where she served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Policy…
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UC Berkeley Alum Uses Data Science To Shape California’s Energy Future
Alan Jian offers one example of how Data Science Undergraduate Studies and School of Information’s Master of Information and Data Science program…
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Computational Folklorist Tim Tangherlini Joins the I School
Tim Tangherlini is a folklorist and ethnographer who is interested in the circulation of stories on and across social networks, and the ways in which…
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Study Shows Election Data Visualization Design Can Be a Powerful Persuasion Tool
From election forecasts and pandemic dashboards to stock market charts and scientific figures, many people trust data visualizations as objective…
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Diag Davenport Brings Tech and Policy Together at the I School
On July 1, 2024, Diag Davenport began his position as an assistant professor at the School of Information and the Goldman School of Public Policy.
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iNaturalist Creator and Celebrated Alum Ken-ichi Ueda Honored with Prestigious Heinz Award for the Environment
Ken-ichi Ueda, the UC Berkeley School of Information Master of Information Management and Systems alum behind the popular nature application…
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Audrey Folaranmi Builds Lasting Networks as an Adobe Data Science Intern
MIMS student Audrey Folaranmi spent the summer as a Data Science Intern at Adobe.

Press coverage

Executive Fellow Merici Vinton Appears in Documentary About America, Democracy, and Power
AI-Generated Videos Are Fueling Falsehoods About Iran-Israel Conflict, Says Hany Farid
Hany Farid Takes a Look at Viral Evin Prison Blast Video, Says It’s Likely an AI Fake
Hany Farid Speaks to NPR About Deepfakes During the Iran-Israel Conflict
Hany Farid Explains How Tech-Fueled Misinformation Is Distorting Iran-Israel Fighting

Alumni News

MIMS Grad’s AgTech Project Earns $20K to Fund Big Idea
At 2025 Commencement, Speakers Call for Collective Action and Embrace Ambiguity
MIMS ’25 Alum Yvette Vargas Speaks on Her Experience with the Cybersecurity Clinic and Human Rights Center
MSCA Fellowship Brings Berkeley Researcher to TU Dublin for Pioneering AI Ethics Project
UC Berkeley Honors Alum Elaine Sedenberg with 2025 Mark Bingham Award