In The News: Tracking Political Deepfakes: New Database Aims to Inform, Inspire Policy Solutions
The creators of the Political Deepfakes Incidents Database ‒ Christina Walker, Purdue University PhD candidate in political science; Daniel Schiff, Purdue assistant professor of technology policy; and Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Purdue assistant professor of political science ‒ won the inaugural Northwestern Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI) AI Incidents and Best Practices Paper Award and will present their findings at the Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-24) on Feb. 23 in Vancouver, Canada. The work is detailed in their forthcoming paper entitled, “Merging AI Incidents Research with Political Misinformation Research: Introducing the Political Deepfakes Incidents Database.”
Read the full release at the Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence.