@VictoriaRubin

Professor at Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University, London, Canada. Director of the Language and Information Technology Lab.

 London, Ontario
victoriarubin.fims.uwo.ca
Joined November 2011
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Looking for an #interdisciplinary book on #misinformation & #disinformation? Psychology of #lying Language of #deceit Philosophies of #truth #Credibility #Trust #AI #detection #Literacy #FactChecking Here is one @SpringerNature doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95… victoriarubin.fims.uwo.ca/bo…
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Trump administration fires librarian of Congress | CNN Politics

The White House on Thursday notified Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden that she was removed from her position, a spokesperson for the Library of Congress told CNN.

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Just wow! Polarization in 10-11 year olds in blue and red US states, who are possibly reacting to their parents points of view cnn.com/2024/09/25/politics/…

Study asked 10 and 11-year-olds about Trump and Harris. These are the themes that came out | CNN...

CNN’s Anderson Cooper and his team contracted a psychologist from Arizona State University, along with a renowned political scientist from Stanford, to design a test to understand how 4th and 5th...

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"Support your libraries!" says John Oliver: youtube.com/watch?v=42xZB80s…
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On strength and resilience. Can trauma be seen as a gift, if it allows post-traumatic growth? Think kintsugi... modelthinkers.com/mental-mod…
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10 new updates on my blog @westernuFIMS @WesternU including an upcoming grad course on #Conversational #AI in #NaturalLangProcessing (#NLP) Fall2024 + a freshly started project on #wellbeing victoriarubin.fims.uwo.ca/ca…
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Solidarity ⁦@PSAC610⁩! ⁦⁦@OCUFA⁩ ⁦⁦@uwofa1⁩ london.ctvnews.ca/unproducti…

'Unproductive day at the table': Negotiations between Western graduate TAs and university stall

Flanked by major union players from the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Ontario Federation of Labour, graduate-level teaching assistants at Western University remain on the picket line.

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We support striking @PSAC610 teaching assistants at @WesternU! Show your support by writing to Western's admin and letting them know you support living wages for teaching assistants!
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@WesternU @SGPSWesternU resorting to strike breaking tactics is not good-faith bargaining! Rain or shine we will be standing in solidarity with our GTAs and colleagues @PSAC610 ✊
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Members from UWOFA at a Rally outside University College supporting PSAC Local 610. It is raining outside.

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Libraries are a tale as old as time. In one week, Emily Drabinski, president of the American Library Association, will join us to discuss the struggles libraries are facing and what they need for support. Register here: uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/for… @WesternU @edrabinski @ALALibrary
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📅Save the date! On April 9 at 7 pm Emily Drabinski, president of the American Library Association, joins us at @MuseumLondon to discuss strategies and tactics to keep libraries strong for our communities📚 Learn more: bit.ly/48POXQh @ALALibrary @edrabinski @WesternU
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'This is garbage': Step aside, influencers — we're now in the era of de-influencing one.npr.org/i/1239897929:123…

🔊 Listen Now: 'This is garbage': Step aside, influencers — we're now in the era of de-influencing

on NPR One | 14:39

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AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education one.npr.org/i/1239693671:123…

AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education

One of the nation's best-known media literacy events for high school students is expanding as demand grows for skills to identify deepfake images and online conspiracy theories.

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27 governments agreed on 4 categories of AI risks npr.org/2024/03/14/123849617…

The world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence legislation is here

European Union lawmakers have approved the bloc's "Artificial Intelligence Act."

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cnn.com/2024/03/12/business/… “examples the authors are concerned about include “massively scaled” disinformation campaigns powered by AI that destabilize society and erode trust in institutions; … psychological manipulation ...”

AI could pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to humans and the US must intervene, report warns | CNN...

A new report commissioned by the US State Department paints an alarming picture of the “catastrophic” national security risks posed by rapidly evolving artificial intelligence and warns time is...

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Kyiv and Kharkiv – a tale of two cities, surviving in their own ways, two years into Russia’s full scale invasion. For some, it’s a cultural fight to preserve Ukraine’s identity, as much as it is a military fight on the frontlines -- as novelist Andrey Kurkov tells me.
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“Tech giants lay out plan to fight AI election deepfakes” it’s a voluntary non-binding agreement but at least it’s on the right path to “police” online deceptive uses of AI npr.org/2024/02/16/123200188…

Tech giants pledge action against deceptive AI in elections

Fears over how AI could be used to mislead voters are escalating in a year that will see hundreds of millions of people around the world cast ballots. As a result, tech giants are pledging action.

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Introducing the new chatbot called Goody-2 — what does it do? one.npr.org/i/1231634299:123…

Introducing the new chatbot called Goody-2 — what does it do?

A self-righteous chatbot called Goody-2 finds an ethical excuse to refuse all requests.

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Non-deceptive non-nefarious use of AI. Full disclosure and family consent: “Victims of gun violence and mass shootings lobby Congress from beyond the grave” npr.org/2024/02/14/123126470…

Gun violence killed them. Now, their voices will lobby Congress to do more using AI

On the 6th anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., gun control advocates experiment with AI-generated audio messages of recreated voices of victims of gun violence pleading for change.

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Non-deceptive non-nefarious use of AI. Full disclosure and family consent: “Victims of gun violence and mass shootings lobby Congress from beyond the grave” npr.org/2024/02/14/123126470…

Gun violence killed them. Now, their voices will lobby Congress to do more using AI

On the 6th anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., gun control advocates experiment with AI-generated audio messages of recreated voices of victims of gun violence pleading for change.

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