How will chatbots and AI-generated content influence the 2026 elections?
David Nemer, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, contributed to a new report by the newspaper O Globo about the influence of Chatbots and AI-generated content in the 2026 elections.
TikTok brings together profiles that glorify Hitler and Nazism with explicit codes and posts
Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, weighs in on the circulation of content and the use of codes to hinder legal accountability of Neo-Nazi content on TikTok.
Jess Reia recognized for outstanding research and scholarship
Jess Reia, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, was among the faculty this year recognized by their deans and schools at the annual UVA Research Achievement Awards. Awards were presented during a ceremony recognizing faculty for research that shapes scholarship and impacts communities across disciplines.
X Tried to Sidestep Brazil’s Inquiry on AI Deepfakes. The Government Just Pushed Back
Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, discusses the Grok case in Brazil and X's attempt to evade responsibility by claiming legal separation between its entities.
Q&A: How is AI shaping children’s experience?
As kids grow up in increasingly digital worlds, DTD Lab faculty co-lead Mona Sloane says it’s important to curate a healthy digital infrastructure. She sat down with UVA Today to preview this month's Co-Opting AI conversation with a focus on kids.
Data center details shrouded as 4 Michigan communities sign non-disclosure pacts
Lauren Bridges, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, was interviewed by The Detroit News for an article about nondisclosure pacts signed by four Michigan communities related to data center developments.
The Converted Golf Club That Helps Data Centers Get on a Greener Course
Lauren Bridges, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal about the environmental concerns sparked by the proliferation of data centers in Northern Virginia.
Q&A: Is a new AI social media platform the start of a robotic uprising?
Mona Sloane, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, sat down with UVA Today to discuss a new AI social media platform and what we might be missing in the conversation over AI agents.
Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life
The age of AI is not what you think. Rather than ushering in a fourth Industrial Revolution, AI has become a crucial social infrastructure of everyday life. It’s embedded in the tools, platforms, and systems that organize our most intimate lives and our interactions with the most fundamental institutions of society, from government agencies to banks and schools. In these linkages are embedded assumptions about who we are, what we can do, and where we belong.
Artificial intelligence and the collapse of what seems real
David Nemer, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, participated in an interview on the podcast O Assunto do Paortal g1, where he discussed the proliferation of hyper-realistic videos that are being produced with state-of-the-art tools.
