Colloquium Details
The Evolving Landscape of Misinformation & Strategies for Mitigation
Speaker: Chris Bregler, Google DeepMind
Location: 60 Fifth Avenue C15
Date: November 14, 2024, 2 p.m.
Host: Davi Geiger
Synopsis:
In this talk, I will provide an overview of trends we've observed in online misinformation by analyzing years of online fact-checking data from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN). The focus will be on recent trends in visual misinformation, covering new generative AI-based methods, "cheap fakes," and misleading context attacks. I'll also share some surprising statistics that challenge common beliefs about the most prevalent types of misinformation. Beyond identifying trends, I'll discuss mitigation strategies, including how we can improve information literacy to help people identify misinformation, the role AI can play in detecting manipulated content, and how provenance-based frameworks can help verify information and build trust online.
Colloquium is in person only
Speaker Bio:
Chris Bregler is a Director and Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind, where he is leading media integrity efforts and other initiatives to combat disinformation. He received an Academy Award in the Science and Technology category for his visual effects work, an IEEE Longuet-Higgins Prize for "Fundamental Contributions in Computer Vision that Have Withstood the Test of Time," an Olympus Prize, and as Professor at Stanford and NYU he was named a Stanford Joyce Faculty Fellow, Terman Fellow, and Sloan Research Fellow. He also worked for Interval, Disney, LucasFilm's ILM, and the New York Times. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley.
Notes:
In-person attendance only available to those with active NYU ID cards.