‘Moonshot’ Project Aims to Restore Trust in the Digital Public Sphere
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Security Trust and Safety, Connective Media, Cornell University, Research
By Patricia Waldron
Cornell researchers have received a seed grant for $250,000 and a chance at a $10 million award from the Laude Institute to support a five-year “moonshot” project aimed at using artificial intelligence to establish a new foundation for trustworthy AI-mediated communication across online platforms.
As AI agents increasingly influence our online conversations – shaping how information is presented, interpreted and debated – a cross-college team seeks to ensure this influence remains transparent, independently verifiable and aligned with the public interest. The team will develop tools and protocols that allow platforms and users to see and verify how AI systems shape conversations. The long-term vision is a new communication ecosystem in which AI can assist and mediate discussions at scale.
The team includes Mor Naaman, the Don and Mibs Follett Professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech, the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute and Cornell Bowers.
