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Ziv Epstein

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The creative future of generative AI

Media Lab alumni Ziv Epstein and Alexander Reben joined a panel discussion on the creative future of generative AI.
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MIT group releases white papers on governance of AI

The papers are intended as a resource for US policymakers.
Article Research

How should AI-generated content be labeled?

In a new working paper, researchers consider the most effective ways to label online content as AI-generated, misleading, or both.
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Generative AI is a minefield for copyright law

Postdoc Ziv Epstein, PhD student Robert Mahari, & Harvard Law lecturer Jessica Fjeld consider the issues of generative AI and copyright law.
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The "godfather of AI" says he's worried about "the end of people"

Ziv Epstein, a researcher in the Human Dynamics group, discusses the relationship between humans and AI and where it could be headed.
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Is the panic over AI art overblown? We speak with artists and experts.

Lawsuits over the development and use of AI tools can have huge implications on the creative process and intellectual property ownership.
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MIT SEI Svalbard Expedition 2023

Researchers from the Media Lab and collaborators begin their second trip to Svalbard, a remote land of wind, ice, and beauty.
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Beams from Svalbard

Talented and fearless explorers from a far off land have brought bright orange gadgets to this isolated and wild world to better understand
Article Research

If art is how we express our humanity, where does AI fit in?

MIT Media Lab postdoc Ziv Epstein discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.
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Congratulations to everyone graduating in 2023!

We're so proud of everything you've accomplished here, and can't wait to see what you do next.
Article Research

On Social Media, Sharing Mindset Makes People Worse at Judging Accuracy

Newly published research shows that a focus on sharing can make it harder for social media users to tell whether content is accurate.
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On social media platforms, more sharing means less caring about accuracy

An MIT-led study reveals a core tension between the impulse to share news and to think about whether it is true.
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Trash to Treasure: Using text-to-image models to inform the design of physical artefacts

Does using text-to-image models like Stable Diffusion in the creative process affect what people make in the physical world?
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How AI-generated art is changing the concept of art itself

Critics, practitioners, and researchers like Human Dynamics PhD student Ziv Epstein talk about AI-generated art..
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Dust, costumes, weirdness — and science: Burning Man is back

Ziv Epstein talks about his latest research project, which will attempt to "map the networks of cooperation and serendipity at Burning Man."
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Are You Better Than a Machine at Spotting a Deepfake?

New research shows that detecting digital fakes generated by machine learning might be a job best done with humans still in the loop.
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Study: Digital literacy doesn’t stop the spread of misinformation

Digital literacy helps people identify misinformation — but it doesn’t necessarily stop them from spreading it.
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Human Detection of Machine-Manipulated Media

(AI)-powered media manipulations have widespread societal implications for journalism and democracy, national security, and art.
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Why do Americans share so much fake news? One big reason is they aren’t paying attention, new research suggests

Americans who share fake news on social media might not lack media literacy skills. Chances are they don’t stop to check accuracy.
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Most people don’t actively seek to share fake news

New research shows that subtly nudging people to think about accuracy increases the quality of the news they share
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A remedy for the spread of false news?

Study: On social media, most people do care about accurate news but need reminders not to spread misinformation.
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Deepfakes, explained

MIT Sloan School of Management looks at the technology, risks, and possible use cases for artificial intelligence-generated synthetic media
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Meet me at the Ganimal Crossing

Artificial intelligence can create millions of artificial species no one has ever seen.
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Six Degrees of Separation at Burning Man

What our experiment in the desert taught us about social networks and human cooperation.
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Congratulations to the Class of 2019!

Congratulations to all who graduated during the 2018-2019 academic year!
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Visualizing Scissors Congruence wins a Vizzy

Visualizing Scissors Congruence was selected as one of the Experts' Choice Winners in the 2018 Visualization Challenge (the Vizzies).