The Princeton CITP Newsletter

CITP HIGHLIGHTS

Machine Learning Expert Peter Henderson to Join CITP in the New Year

Peter Henderson, an expert in law and machine learning, will have joint appointments with Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and Department of Computer Science. Read about his work in Machine Learning and Law expert Peter Henderson to join CITP in 2024

Assistant Professor Olga Russakovsky Talks Diversity in AI

CITP associated faculty member Olga Russakovsky discusses gender and racial diversity in the field of artificial intelligence with the publication Charter. Read her full interview in How to Make AI More Diverse.

Data Journalist and Artist Surya Mattu Uses Creativity to Interrogate Tech

Surya Mattu, who leads CITP’s Digital Witness Lab, has used art to expose some of the pitfalls in digital technology. The data journalist and engineer discusses his latest WhatsApp-focused project in Princeton International’s magazine piece Princeton's Digital Witness Lab Will Investigate How WhatsApp Misinformation Affects Elections Abroad

RESEARCH & POLICY NOTES

• Having your Privacy Cake and Eating it Too: Platform-supported Auditing of Social Media Algorithms for Public Interest, a paper coauthored by CITP Fellow Basileal Imana and Assistant Professor of Computer Science Aleksandra Korolova, was presented at the 26th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing.
• CITP Director Arvind Narayanan has been named to the five-member advisory board for the Foundation Model Transparency Index (FMTI) at The Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM).

BOOKS & BYLINES

• CITP graduate student Mona Wang coauthored Meta Announces End-to-End Encryption by Default in Messenger, an article published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that applauds the improved protections for users of the Facebook app, but warns of other existing privacy risks.
• Considerations for Governing Open Foundation Models, a policy brief coauthored by CITP Director Arvind Narayanan and graduate student Sayash Kapoor, was published by Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Kapoor and Narayanan discuss the brief in Are open foundation models actually more risky than closed ones?, a post from their AI Snake Oil blog.

TECH TALKS

• CITP graduate student Sayash Kapoor participated in a December 13 discussion about the risks, benefits, and policy implications of an open ecosystem for AI foundation models at an event held by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Center for Democracy & Technology.
• Kapoor was also the keynote speaker at the December 1 AI Governance Forum 2023. The title of his talk was Evaluating LLMs is a minefield
• CITP Director Arvind Narayanan was a panelist at the December 14 Workshop on Race in the Public Sphere with Columbia University’s Associate Professor of Social Work Rob Eschmann. The event was hosted by Princeton's University Center for Human Values.

MEDIA MENTIONS🎙️

• CITP Fellow Dan Calacci was interviewed for the investigative story Do Video Doorbells Really Help to Deter Crime? published in Undark.
• CITP graduate student Sayash Kapoor was interviewed for the NPR story Artificial intelligence is not a silver bullet.
• CITP associated faculty member Steven Kelts was interviewed in the podcast:  What is OpenAI's Q* project?”
• Creating the conditions for justice, an article in The Lancet, features the work of CITP associated faculty member Ruha Benjamin.

🚨🚨  JOBS ALERT 🚨🚨

We have several great opportunities available. Find details and application info in the links.

• The School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and CITP have an opening for a new assistant, associate or full professor whose work aligns with CITP’s priorities areas. Find application details here.
• Emerging Scholars Program (2024-26 cohort). This post-baccalaureate program offers two-year staff positions at CITP. Scholars gain work experience, take courses and receive mentoring. Find details and the application here.
• The Siegel Public Interest Technology Summer Fellowship (Siegel PIT-SF), a hands-on training program that helps rising college juniors and seniors learn about tech policy and build problem-solving skills, welcomes applications from students at any college or university who have an interest in technology policy. Find the 2024 applicaiton here.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Visit the CITP event webpage to check out our upcoming talks.