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Building Trust in AI, One Block at a Time
A unique partnership is closing the digital divide by creating community-led AI literacy programs for underserved youth and families

Assistant Professor Stephanie Valencia² (center) shows the Spoken app, a commercial AAC tool to help users of speech-generating devices. Photo by Craig Taylor.
The AI That Tells a Joke With You
New research explores how AI can help speech-generating device users reclaim timely, humorous comments —without losing their own voic …

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SIGNAL Magazine News: A Crucial First Look at the Nation’s Cyber Attack Surfaces (ft. Ido Sivan-Sevilla)
INFO Assistant Professor Ido Sivan-Sevilla leads groundbreaking UMD research mapping county-level cyber vulnerabilities nationwide

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WTOP News: Smarter Classrooms, Real Results: How AI is Rewriting the Rules of Education (ft. Charles Harry)
INFO's Charles Harry explores how AI transforms education, enhancing learning, student support, and ethical classroom practices
Press Release: MONET Paints the Way to New Opportunities: University of Maryland Extension and College of Information Launch Digital Navigator Curriculum & Training
University of Maryland Extension and INFO launch digital navigator curriculum and training

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(Video) AIP Foundation News: Guarding the History of Science: Jamila Hinds at the Niels Bohr Library & Archives
MLIS student Jamila Hinds protects rare AIP archives and enhances public access in an effort to preserve scientific history

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(Video) Full Measure News: Psyops (ft. Jennifer Golbeck)
INFO’s Jen Golbeck sheds light on how algorithms and bot networks fuel online radicalization and deepen social divisions

