What We’re Thinking

Integrity Institute members and staff are leading voices in the integrity field and bring years of technical expertise to tackling these problems. These posts represent their individual thoughts, analysis, and ideas about contemporary issues in the integrity space.

Reflection from 2023 DEF CON
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Reflection from 2023 DEF CON

Integrity Institute visiting fellows Rebecca Thein, Theodora Skeadas, and Sarah Amos share their reflections from attending 2023 DEF CON alongside Institute members.

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How Much Has Social Media Affected Polarization?
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How Much Has Social Media Affected Polarization?

Following the first published research from the 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study (FIES), Institute fellow Tom Cunningham shows that social media has probably not made a huge contribution to US polarization and how we can extrapolate estimates from the FIES to other effects of interest, specifically the aggregate impact of social media on the US over the last 20 years.

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Comment to PCAST on Generative AI
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Comment to PCAST on Generative AI

In May 2023, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) launched a working group on generative artificial intelligence (AI) and invited public input. Integrity Institute visiting fellows Theodora Skeadas, David Evan Harris, and Arushi Saxena organized and – together with Institute members Diane Chang and Sabhanaz Rashid Diya – submitted comments to the PCAST.

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Comment on EU AI Act
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Comment on EU AI Act

In April 2023, select Institute members addressed three main topics in their comments on the draft EU AI Act: examples of real life harms that have resulted from the use of AI systems; the categories of AI systems classified as “high risk”; and a draft methodology for auditing AI systems.

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