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📣 Prof Arvind Narayanan (@randomwalker@mastodon.social) is hiring a Princeton University undergrad for a Video Editor & Production Assistant this semester to help with his brand new YouTube channel @ArvindOnAI (@ArvindOnAI@www.youtube.com)

We're looking to get started right away so feel free to comment and share with students! Link to apply 👇

https://princeton.studentemployment.ngwebsolutions.com/JobXJobDetail.aspx?JobId=11616

CITP is looking for 3 Princeton graduate students to join our team for the upcoming academic year for fellowship positions in research & communications. Grad students can login to the portal to explore professional development opportunities on campus ⬇️

Deadline to apply: August 8, 2025

https://gradfutures.princeton.edu/gain-experience

Today, July 30th, is National Whistleblower Day. CITP's Emerging Scholar, Sophie Luskin, is in the US Senate today to moderate a panel on the importance of protecting tech #whistleblowers

CITP is hiring an Associate Professional Specialist that will work directly with profs @randomwalker@mastodon.social + Zeynep Tufekci on a number of AI & society projects; includes conducting research addressing questions on AI, policy + society and more.

Application & full details below 👇🔽

https://citp.princeton.edu/news/2025/citp-recruiting-apply-now-associate-professional-specialist-position

New on the CITP #Blog: Mihir Kshirsagar makes the case for why the National Science Foundation (#NSF) National AI Research & Development Strategic Plan should prioritize diffusion over innovation 🔗 ↘️

https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/05/30/why-should-the-national-rd-strategy-prioritize-diffusion-over-innovation/

Congratulations to the Princeton University Class of 2025. We can't wait to see what adventures await you :citp: :princeton:

New commentary in @nature@sciencemastodon.com from @PrincetonCS@micro.blogs.princeton.edu professor Arvind Narayanan (@randomwalker@mastodon.social) & PhD candidate Sayash Kapoor (@sayashk@mastodon.social) about the risks of rapid adoption of AI in science - read: "Why an overreliance on AI-driven modelling is bad for science" 🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01067-2

#CITP #AI #science

Illustration: Denis Freitas

From applied #scientist at Amazon to #student and #researcher at Princeton! 👋 Meet @PrincetonCS@micro.blogs.princeton.edu Ph.D. student Varun Rao, who recently sat down with undergraduate student Tsion Kergo '26 to discuss his transition from industry to academia, his research interests, and how curious students can get involved.

"I realized that not a lot of pressing challenges in computer science have a purely technical solution anymore, and they deserved interdisciplinary approaches." 🔗 🔽

https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/04/07/meet-the-researcher-varun-rao/

Tomorrow at #CITP: Tuesday Seminar at 12:30pm w/ @skairam@hci.social presenting his talk: "The Threads That Bind: Crafting Successful Online Communities" in Sherrerd Hall 306. Sanjay previously launched #Reddit for #Researchers & is now at #OpenAI.

4/8/25 - Livestream available for all.

FYI: The AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Rapid Response AI Cohort application is now open. Applications will be accepted until May 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Candidates may come from a range of career stages, degree levels, and experience (PhD, MS/ME/M.Eng+3 years, BS+5 years).👇

https://go.stpf-aaas.org/index.php/email/emailWebview?email=NjQ5LUlPUS04MzAAAAGZnAf714r-gjq_bY9RKY1HiK-8KpO2Sro5Zx42n0gMPG2GeD9269deuUKc7Yc4WoYPKEtNXV3BYXJQhYJe35R_RnSstqH8nSTbTA

Tuesday Seminar is back tomorrow at 12:30pm! Join us for CITP post-doc James Mellody's talk titled "Consensus Building in Remote Collaborations" to discuss his research with Prof Janet Vertesi of Princeton Sociology + NASA scientists 🚀 Sherrerd Hall, Room 306.

Join us tomorrow 3/4 at 12:30 - 1:30pm for Tuesday Seminar w/ Sohyeon Hwang presenting her talk entitled "Governance Frictions In Decentralized Social Media" in Sherrerd Hall Room 306 @sohw@hci.social

Livestream will be available for the public online: https://citp.princeton.edu/events/2025/sohyeon-hwang-%E2%80%93-governance-frictions-decentralized-social-media

Today at CITP: Tuesday Seminar with Inyoung Cheong presenting "#AI Manipulation & Freedom of Thought" in Sherrerd Hall at 12:30 - 1:30pm.

Cheong will examine how AI-driven manipulation challenges traditional understandings of freedom of thought in constitutional law.

Livestream available on our website: https://citp.princeton.edu/events/2025/inyoung-cheong-ai-manipulation-and-freedom-thought

Join us tomorrow for Tuesday Seminar at 12:30pm with @PrincetonCS@micro.blogs.princeton.edu professor Lydia Liu's talk entitled "The Reach of Fairness: From Algorithmic Justice to Experimental Design" in Sherrerd Hall, Rm 306.

📖https://citp.princeton.edu/events/2025/lydia-liu-reach-fairness-algorithmic-justice-experimental-design

Livestream will also be available.

#AI #justice #fairness #design

The first in a mini series of lectures called "AI + Labor Seminar" will be today at 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. in Sherrerd Hall, Room 306 with prof Mark Graham from the @oiioxford@mas.to presenting:

"The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI: Introducing the Fairwork Action Research Project"

This series is led by @PrincetonCS@micro.blogs.princeton.edu professor @andresmh@hci.social

Today at CITP: 2/11 Tuesday Seminar w/ Princeton Politics professor Jacob Shapiro with his talk entitled "Research Infrastructure for the Information Environment" at 12:30 - 1:30 pm in Sherrerd Hall, Room 306.

Open to all Princeton University community members. See you there!

Learn more about his topic ➡️ https://citp.princeton.edu/event/citp-seminar-shapiro/

The first 30 pages of #AI Snake Oil authored by @citp@micro.blogs.princeton.edu Director Arvind Narayanan & PhD candidate Sayash Kapoor are now available to read online:

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691249131/ai-snake-oil#preview

Join us for our first seminar talk of the semester on Tuesday, September 10 at 12:30 p.m. in 306 Sherrerd Hall. CITP Director Arvind Narayanan will give a talk entitled: Science for Policy and Policy for Science. https://citp.princeton.edu/event/citp-seminar-narayanan-2/

Join us on Friday, April 26 at 12:30 p.m. in Bendheim House, 26 Prospect Avenue or by Zoom. Keyon Vafa will give a talk entitled: Decomposing Wage Gaps with a Foundation Model of Labor History. https://citp.princeton.edu/event/citp-seminar-vafa/

Join us on Thursday, March 28 at 12:30 p.m. in CS 105 or by Zoom. Serena Booth will give a talk entitled: Building Human-AI Alignment: Specifying, Inspecting, and Modeling AI Behaviors. https://citp.princeton.edu/event/booth/

Join us for our weekly seminar series on Tuesday, March 19 at 12:30 p.m. Ryan Calo will give a talk entitled: Law and Technology in Theory and Practice. https://citp.princeton.edu/event/citp-seminar-calo/