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The Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) is a nexus of expertise in technology, engineering, public policy, & the social sciences. Our researchers work to better understand and improve the relationship between technology & society. Princeton U.

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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
tldr: we made a newsroom guide which outlines our recently published report on information integrity - "Holding the Line: Authentication, Verification, and the Fight for Facts in the AI Age" 🧠 blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/08/07/n...
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Newsroom Guide for Authentication and Verification in the AI Age - CITP Blog
To complement our full report, we have translated the workshop discussions into a short guide on considerations for newsroom workflows.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The New Jersey Office of Public Defenders is using AI to tackle one of law’s most time-consuming tasks: drafting briefs. In partnership with @princeton.edu CITP researchers, NJ agencies are adopting a new platform designed to help public defenders work more efficiently: njbiz.com/nj-public-de...
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NJ public defenders launch AI platform to streamline legal work
New Jersey public defenders are using a secure AI platform to streamline legal research, draft briefs and free time for client advocacy.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The New Jersey Office of Public Defenders is using AI to tackle one of law’s most time-consuming tasks: drafting briefs. In partnership with @princeton.edu CITP researchers, NJ agencies are adopting a new platform designed to help public defenders work more efficiently: njbiz.com/nj-public-de...
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NJ public defenders launch AI platform to streamline legal work
New Jersey public defenders are using a secure AI platform to streamline legal research, draft briefs and free time for client advocacy.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
CITP's @dominsta.bsky.social + @peterhenderson.bsky.social for @techpolicypress.bsky.social: Why Public Defense Should Incorporate AI Carefully 🔻 www.techpolicy.press/why-public-d...
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Why Public Defense Should Incorporate AI Carefully
In interviews with public defenders, Princeton's Dominik Stammbach and Peter Henderson assessed their AI perspectives.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We've published a new report - "Holding the Line: Authentication, Verification, & the Fight for Facts in the AI Age"👇 It aims to serve as a bridge across different actors in the increasingly complex information ecosystem & their work of verifying info: citp.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Say hello to CITP folks at @ic2s2.bsky.social this week if you're there!
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
From CITP postdoctoral researcher Marianne Aubin Le Quéré (@mariannealq.bsky.social) - "Do We Ban Social Media? Maybe Not" 👇 psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... Aubin Le Quéré is an incoming faculty member at @uofillinois.bsky.social Urbana-Champaign.
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Do We Ban Social Media? Maybe Not
We can put online users in the driver's seat instead.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Tomorrow at 12:00 - 2:00pm at CITP: Sayash Kapoor's final public oral (FPO) presenting his dissertation "The Missing Science of AI Evaluation". FPOs are open to the public; zoom link available: citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
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Sayash Kapoor: Final Public Oral (FPO) The Missing Science of AI Evaluation
AI evaluations inform critical decisions, from the valuations of trillion-dollar companies to policies on regulating AI. Yet, evaluation methods have failed to keep pace with deployment, creating an e...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Is AI really the reason why companies are laying off workers? Recently, Sayash Kapoor (@sayash.bsky.social) spoke to @npr.org's @steveinskeep.bsky.social to give his take on why these layoffs might be a "convenient excuse" for many of these companies. Listen for free 👇 www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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Computer scientist on why he believes mass layoffs due to AI is a 'convenient excuse'
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Princeton computer scientist Sayash Kapoor about his assertions that AI won't lead to mass layoffs.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
💡New on the CITP Blog: Is AI-Assisted Oral Argument Preparation Worth the Hype? "We found that the best AI simulators actually perform surprisingly well. But we also found very significant shortcomings." blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/06/24/f...
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Facts & Fictions: Is AI-Assisted Oral Argument Preparation Worth the Hype? - CITP Blog
Given the facts of a recent 2025 case, the legal question, and the oral argument so far, we task an AI-simulator with predicting what a specific justice would say next.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Introducing the new 2026 Siegel Public Interest Technology Summer Fellowship cohort! ✨ Read about them and where they'll be interning this summer: citp.princeton.edu/pit-summer-f...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
❓Can AI reduce burdens on courts by automatically verifying citations? Now on the CITP Blog, researchers Patty Liu, @dominsta.bsky.social, and Prof @peterhenderson.bsky.social investigate LLM-hallucinated legal citations in court documents 🔻 blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/05/27/c...
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Can AI reduce burdens on courts by automatically verifying citations? - CITP Blog
Fabricated case citations generated by AI are appearing in court filings at an accelerating rate. Combined with other tracking efforts, we have identified over 1,000 filings containing hallucinated ci...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For those coming back to @princeton.edu for alumni Reunions this week, don't miss this talk on Friday at 11:15am - 12:30pm! Details and map online: citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
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The Societal Impact of AI: A Conversation with Brad Smith ’81 and Arvind Narayanan
Join us for an engaging and timely conversation on The Societal Impacts of AI, featuring Brad Smith ’81, vice chair and president of Microsoft, and Arvind Narayanan, professor of computer science and ...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
From CITP postdoc @aedcv.bsky.social Alejandro Cuevas on @techpolicypress.bsky.social: "It’s Too Soon To Tell If the TAKE IT DOWN ACT Is Working" 🔻 Cuevas researches dark parts of the internet: deepfakes, disinformation, propaganda mills & darkweb marketplaces: www.techpolicy.press/its-too-soon...
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It’s Too Soon To Tell If the TAKE IT DOWN ACT Is Working
The deepfake pornography ecosystem as a whole has only seemed to expand, writes Alejandro Cuevas.
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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The US Department of Labor has put out a new, free AI literacy course. Princeton CITP analyzed it blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/05/05/m...
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Make America AI Ready: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Recommendations - CITP Blog
A free text-message course from the Department of Labor (DOL) and private partner Arist called, “Make America AI-Ready”, is a useful start on the journey to AI literacy for all Americans.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Join us for the last Tuesday Seminar of the semester on 4/28 with PU sociology professor Janet Vertesi presenting her talk titled "Where Fairness Fails: How to Confront the Material Political Economy of AI" at 12:15pm. 📍Sherrerd Hall 306 Livestream: citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Try the researcher-created social media feed curator app, Bonsai, right now on Bluesky 📲 getbonsai.org Read about the CITP team 👇
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Bonsai
Bonsai is a research system that replaces black-box engagement models with intentional, natural language-based curation.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Undergrads 📣 Friday 12pm to 2:15pm, CITP & the Pace Center for Civic Engagement are hosting a cross-disciplinary jam lunch session to build educational materials that can help inform citizens of their rights under the recently effective New Jersey Data Privacy Law. RSVP: forms.gle/LnT7FncSHbeH...
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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 16/04/2026
📲 Researchers at @princetoncitp.bsky.social have created a social media tool that allows users to build their own social media feeds from scratch. Meet Bonsai. 🌳
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Princeton Engineering - What happens when social media users take back control?
Social media feeds are populated by algorithms designed to keep users engaged. Now, researchers at Princeton are studying what happens when users can
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
If you're at #CHI26 like most of CITP this week, be sure to check out postdoctoral researcher Sohyeon Hwang's (@s0hw.bsky.social) presentation "Community Governance and Moderation" on Friday morning 🔻
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What if you could have more agency over your social media feed? CITP researchers have built Bonsai to explore what happens when users can have that control. Try the app now on @bsky.app! getbonsai.org Team: @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social @andresmh.com @mariannealq.bsky.social Omar El Malki
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
There will not be a Tues Seminar 4/14 (most of CITP is at ACM CHI in Barcelona!) however, join us instead today for: ✅Undergraduate info session for the new CITP Minor @ 12pm ✅Center for Digital Humanities @princetoncdh.bsky.social + CITP lecture📍PUAM @ 4:30pm w/ Prof @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
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Center for Digital Humanities @princetoncdh.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
4/14: Art historian @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social (UMass Amherst) talks on non-generative AI—particularly computer vision—as a driving force behind the AI industry's most profitable ventures, & the role art historians in museums & universities have played, wittingly and unwittingly, in its development.
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Electroshocking the Past: Art History and the Political Project of Non-Generative AI
Electroshocking the Past: Art History and the Political Project of Non-Generative AI
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
4/7 Tuesday Seminar: @mariannealq.bsky.social presenting "Balancing Epistemic Truth with Wellbeing in the Age of Generative AI". Aubin Le Quéré is an incoming assistant professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Sherrerd, 306. Livestream: citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
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Marianne Aubin Le Quéré - Balancing Epistemic Truth with Wellbeing in the Age of Generative AI
In a democratic society, people need to be normatively informed about current events to take civic action like voting, protesting, and organizing. In today’s AI-mediated information ecosystem, civic i...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
For @princeton.edu undergrads: RSVP online: citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
CITP is not hosting a seminar on Tuesday, March 31 & instead is encouraging participation at the Department of Computer Science's Distinguished Colloquium Series with professor and former dean of Princeton Engineering Maria Klawe at 12:10pm. 📍Friend Center citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Calling all federal employees! 📢 Today is the last day to apply to the upcoming AI Precepts in Washington, DC this spring. Full details and application🔻 mailchi.mp/princeton.ed...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
SPIA @princeton.edu will host Amandeep Gill, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Digital & Emerging Technologies, in conversation with Professor Arvind Narayanan next Wed, March 25 at 12:15pm. Register: spia.princeton.edu/events/deans... 📍Robertson Hall
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Dean's Leadership Series: Amandeep Singh Gill, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Join us for a moderated conversation with Amandeep Singh Gill, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies and former Ambassador of India to the Conference on Disarm...
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Center for Digital Humanities @princetoncdh.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In a panel on 3/26 from the Humanities Council & @princetoncitp.bsky.social, experts will share how AI is already impacting all aspects of the field of journalism – from national to small local newsrooms to data analysis, gathering and checking facts, ensuring source security, and what’s to come.
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AI x Journalism: Transforming the News — Journalism
Join the Humanities Council’s Program in Journalism and the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) for this special event on how artificial intelligence is changing journalism and n...
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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 13/03/2026
Hilke Schellmann, visiting research scholar at @princetoncitp.bsky.social joins Trevor Noah on the "What Now?" podcast "to examine how artificial intelligence has quietly infiltrated the workplace." 🎧: bit.ly/47wxezB
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
📣 Calling all federal gov't employees: CITP + SPIA DC are hosting two AI Precepts. The Precepts offer presentations by @princeton.edu experts, followed by interactive case studies of real-world AI implementation scenarios. Apply by Friday, 3/20: mailchi.mp/princeton.ed...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
📣 Introducing the New CITP Non-Resident Technology Fellows 2026 Cohort: Varun Gadh, AmandaLenhart, Adam Pickersgill, Cory Scott, Faiz Surani, and Christine Tsang. Read their bios and more about the program on the CITP Blog: blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/03/04/i...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Thursday 3/5 at 2:00 - 3:00pm Claudia Lo of @wikimediafoundation.org will be a special guest at Professor Andrés Monroy-Hernández's (@andresmh.com) class 🔻 Open to Princeton U faculty, staff, and students. 📍Sherrerd Hall, 306
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
3/3 Tuesday Seminar w/ Prof Nikhil Garg (@nkgarg.bsky.social) of Cornell Tech presenting his talk "Recommendations in the NYC High School Match (and other high-stakes settings)" in Sherrerd 306. Livestream available. Get here a few mins early for lunch. 12:15pm. citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
While the winter may feel never-ending this year, at least the CITP grad students are having some fun on campus at @princeton.edu ❄️ 📸: Patty Liu, Kara Schechtman, @nimranadeem.bsky.social, @inhwa.bsky.social
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Tuesday Seminar 2/24 at 12:15pm with CITP postdoc @mirandawei.bsky.social presenting her talk "Harm is Not an Anomaly nor a Reason to Despair: Combating Image-based Sexual Abuse (+ More)" Livestream not available; come early for lunch & a chat. 📍Sherrerd Hall 306 citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
What happens when you introduce AI into the emergency room? "When alerts misfire or can’t explain themselves, nurses still carry the risk." - written by CITP Visiting Fellow Hilke Schellmann in @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-i...
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AI enters the exam room, and nurses are left to manage the fallout
When alerts misfire or can’t explain themselves, nurses still carry the risk
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Congratulations to Sayash Kapoor on being awarded the Jacobus Fellowship, the highest honor bestowed on a graduate student at @princeton.edu. Kapoor will be honored in a ceremony this weekend. engineering.princeton.edu/news/2026/02... @sayash.bsky.social
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Did you know that computer-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery (i.e., deepfake porn) is now a federal crime, with jail time? Research @princetoncitp.bsky.social is investigating the efficacy of regulatory measures like the Take It Down Act (S. 146) against AI-enabled sexual violence.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
2/17 Tuesday Seminar will be presented by CITP postdoctoral researcher Alejandro Cuevas with his talk "Deepfakes are Dead, Long Live the Deepfakes" to discuss legislative implications on non-consensual intimate images (NCII). 📍lunch + Sherrerd Hall, 306 @ 12:15pm citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
2/3 Tuesday Seminar with @princeton.edu professor of anthropology Jamie Wong presenting her talk on the political economy of venture capital as context for “technological innovation". Join us a few minutes early for lunch; seminar at 12:15pm. Note: No recording/livestream will be available.
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Jamie Wong: Scaling Startups with Growth Rituals: Venture Capitalism, Temporal Capital, and Protracted Liminality
This talk focuses on the political economy of venture capital as context for "technological innovation." Successful startups grow from concepts into companies reaching billions in valuation within a f...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Tuesday Seminars begin again for the semester tomorrow 1/27 with Max Springer's (@maxspringer.bsky.social) talk entitled "A Geometric Perspective on LLM Behavior". citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/... Get here early for a sandwich & a chat. Begins promptly at 12:15. Sherrerd 306. Livestreamed.
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Max Springer - A Geometric Perspective on LLM Behavior
As large language models (LLMs) proliferate, understanding their emergent behaviors remains a central challenge. This talk proposes a framework for interpreting LLM behavior through the lens of geomet...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Free @simonsinstitute.bsky.social workshop livestream available 📣 >> Join the "Bridging Prediction & Intervention Problems in Social Systems" happening all week long (Jan 12 - 15): simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/br... Register to join 🔻
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Bridging Prediction and Intervention Problems in Social Systems
Machine learning models are often assessed by the quality of their predictions, yet their real-world impact extends far beyond these metrics. Models function as interventions within complex social sys...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
There's still time to apply! The application deadline for CITP's Emerging Scholars Program is this Friday, 1/9/26. Full details about this 2-year post-bacc position at @princeton.edu is available on our website: citp.princeton.edu/programs/eme...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Apply by tonight for full consideration to the CITP Fellows Program.
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
A brand new Meet the Researcher with Jane Castleman is now up on the CITP Blog 💡 Castleman is a 2025 Siebel Scholars Program awardee for her exceptional academic work in computer science. Read the full interview on the Blog: blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/12/03/m... @princeton.edu
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Meet the Researcher: Jane Castleman - CITP Blog
Jane Castleman is a Master’s student in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. Castleman’s research centers around the fairness, transparency, and privacy of algorithmic systems, ...
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Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy @princetoncitp.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
CITP postdoc Inyoung Cheong (@inyoungcheong.bsky.social) recently discussed emerging chatbot emotional intimacy that humans are feeling & expressing on an episode of @npr.org's @whyy.org @thepulse.whyy.org. Listen online for free to learn why: whyy.org/episodes/how...
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How Chatbots Make Us Feel
An exploration of how AI is changing the way we feel — about ourselves and everything else.
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I had the privilege of delivering my first talk at @princetoncitp.bsky.social today.
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