Purdue researchers showcase AI projects focused on public trust, security Work presented at the AI research showcase Tuesday ranged from open research data infrastructure to AI policy tracking, civil discourse tools, and rail cybersecurity modeling.

My presentation on Tuesday of ConvoLab hannasistek.github.io/projects.html, my newest research project, ended up in the Purdue Exponent!
www.purdueexponent.org/campus/event...

Indiana friends!
On April 30, we're hosting the Inaugural Annual Summit on Information, Technology, and American Democracy (www.cla.purdue.edu/.../center.....) at The Heirloom at N.K. Hurst in Indianapolis.
The deadline to register is on April 26th. Please DM me if you want a comp code!

@bishopofwestsaxons.bsky.social

EP 05 The Quasi-Religion of Right-Wing Media with Marcus Mann - CAPTivated In this episode, Sage, Julius, and Hanna sit down with Purdue sociology professor Marcus Mann to discuss why polarization is the wrong framework for understanding our news media. Marcus explains that ...

Really enjoyed making this latest CAPTivated podcast episode, where we talked to Purdue sociology prof Marcus Mann about asymmetric #polarization and the qualitative differences of the centre-left and far right #media spheres.@drmann.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2569769/epis...

EP 05 The Quasi-Religion of Right-Wing Media with Marcus Mann - CAPTivated In this episode, Sage, Julius, and Hanna sit down with Purdue sociology professor Marcus Mann to discuss why polarization is the wrong framework for understanding our news media. Marcus explains that ...

Really enjoyed making this latest CAPTivated podcast episode, where we talked to Purdue sociology prof Marcus Mann about asymmetric #polarization and the qualitative differences of the centre-left and far right media spheres.

www.buzzsprout.com/2569769/epis...

📄 Transcript now available!
Prefer to read? Want to reference specific quotes?

The full transcript for our conversation with Dr. @alicetiara.bsky.social is now live.

Access the transcript here: captivated.buzzsprout.com/2569769/epis...

#CAPTIvatedPodcast #PodcastRecommendations #AI #Podcast #AGI

Boston here I come!

Listening to interesting talk by @joshpasek.com on motivated reasoning

Aw, so jealous! Say hi to everyone for me

X says it will suspend creators from revenue-sharing program for unlabeled AI posts of 'armed conflict' | TechCrunch Creators who break the rules will get a three-month suspension, and if they continue to violate the policy, they'll be permanently banned.

“During times of war, it is critical that people have access to authentic information on the ground”

Why just during wartime, one wonders?techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/x-says-it-wil...

What happens to democracy when no one covers the school board meeting? Our newest podcast episode about the death of local journalism, with epic local reporter @davebangert.bsky.social.

Loved this conversation with Nicole Hemmer, historian of conservative media. Hope you’ll enjoy it too!

Yay!

Releasing first podcast episodes today! So excited to be sharing the amazing guests that are coming through the Center for Am Political History, Media, and Tech
at Purdue and this intro by our director, Kathryn Cramer Brownell! Hope you'll enjoy these conversations as much as we did!

Our podcast baby that we’ve worked on since the fall is ready to be born! Very excited.!!

We’ve been working on this podcast since the fall and are finally getting ready to release our first episones!

Ah, makes sense!

Enjoyed the first day at SPSA2026!

#SPSA2026 SPSA Women are holding some great events on Friday, starting with #AI in the profession at 9.30 am.

The bus was $1.25

Love that tote!

Good morning New Orleans! #SPSA2026

#SPSA2026 here I come!

Discovering this amazing podcast series www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8zp... put on by @monasloane.bsky.social - this one on the impact of AI on libraries, with @ericklinenberg.bsky.social among others. Interesting insights into how much we've invested into digital spaces rather than physical ones.

New research by @steverathje.bsky.social et al
Epistemic Fragility in Large Language Models: Prompt Framing Systematically Modulates Misinformation Correction

WGemini 2.5 Pro had 74% lower odds of strong correction than Claude Sonnet 4.5, highlighting epistemic fragility

arxiv.org/pdf/2511.22746

Am right in that same boat…

America vs. China Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 10/31/2025 · 57m

Really enjoying this podcast right now. Reflections from a Canadian who’s lived in both #America and #China, on the differences between the two.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Sounds fascinating!

Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before President Nixon tried and failed to cancel ‘The Dick Cavett Show.’ Since then, deregulation and consolidation have made media conglomerates more willing to accommodate those in power.

My talented postdoc colleague Sage Goodwin and her co-author’s take on the Kimmel debacle. theconversation.com/even-as-jimm...

Oh boy…