@csmonitor.bsky.social asked Prof. Deirdre Mulligan about an incident in which the Trump administration appears to have deleted evidence of an artificial intelligence tool after an inquiry by the outlet. "When a reporter asks about something and it’s removed – that’s problematic," said Mulligan.

A US agency listed an AI immigration tool online. The disclosure vanished after our inquiry.

Information about an AI tool the U.S. government was developing to help vet immigrant children’s sponsors disappeared from an agency’s registry after the Monitor asked about it.

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ICYMI 📰 Prod. Josh Blumenstock was appointed as co-chair of J-PAL’s Project AI Evidence, an effort funded by tech companies and foreign governments that “identifies, evaluates, and scales innovative applications of AI for social good and in the fight against poverty.”

Join us Wednesday for the MICS Capstone Project Showcase! 💻 🔒 Cybersecurity students will showcase their projects to their peers and a panel of judges. 📅 August 5, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT 📍 Online Event details:

Cybersecurity Summer 2026 Capstone Project Showcase

Aug 5, 2026, 4:00 pm - Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

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ICYMI 📰 Willie Macharia, MIMS student, gave a talk to the SF Bay Area Data Engineering Group in September 2025 about “Automating Data Operations on AWS with n8n”. The group is run by an I School alum, Shubham Gupta. Interested in speaking to the group? https://forms.gle/tb499mVtDM9mDdSUA

SF and Bay Area Data Engineers Meetup - Speaker Registration

Register to be a speaker at the SF and Bay Area Data Engineers Meetup.

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ICYMI 📰 Serene Cheon, MIMS student, published her first first-author full paper, which was accepted to CHI 2026. 👏👏 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3772318.3793705

Join us next Wednesday for the MICS Capstone Project Showcase! 💻 🔒 Cybersecurity students will showcase their projects & deliver compelling presentations along with a web-based final deliverable. 📅 August 5, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT 📍 Online

Cybersecurity Summer 2026 Capstone Project Showcase

Aug 5, 2026, 4:00 pm - Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

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Ecstatic to announce Dr. Kapoor's announcement to the I School! www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2026/sa...

Sayash Kapoor Joins UC Berkeley with Focus on Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Sayash Kapoor has been appointed as an assistant professor at UC Berkeley. His new position will start in July 2027.

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Sayash Kapoor@sayash.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thrilled to share that I am joining UC Berkeley as an Assistant Professor in the School of Information! I start in Fall 2027, and I am recruiting PhD students this cycle. List me in your application if you want to work with me! More on what I'm looking for (and a form to indicate interest) 🧵

Prof. @dbamman.bsky.social was featured in an article by Communications of the ACM Magazine about LLMs struggling with history. “We can’t be sure whether we’re measuring a model’s true reasoning ability or its ability to retrieve an answer someone else has already given,” he said.

Are LLMs Unstuck in Time? – Communications of the ACM

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The Littlest Bear 5K is almost over! 🏃 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 👨‍🦽 There's still time to register to join us! Check to see if there's a local run/walk near you and remember to log your time on our leaderboard. 📅 July 20 - 26 https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/community/2026/5k

ICYMI 📰 MICS alum Neha Dhage was accepted to a course by CITRIS and The Banatao Institute called “Tech policy design in an AI-driven world.” During this course, she spoke with experts on topics like platform governance & developed legislation recommendations on workplace surveillance.

Graduate short course on tech policy and platform governance - CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Hosted by the CITRIS Tech Policy initiative, Tech Policy Design will convene graduate students from across the CITRIS campuses in October 2025.

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Prof. Deirdre Mulligan spoke to @nytimes.com about news that two of OpenAI's models went rogue and hacked into digital library Hugging Face. "What do we gain, and if this is the only way these tests can be configured, what are the risks?” she asked.

OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Hacked Into Hugging Face, a Digital Library

The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.

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This year, the I School launched four alumni chapters across the U.S. — San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle — as well as launched our inaugural Spring Week to bring alums together. https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2026/new-i-school-chapters-and-events-bring-alumni-together

New I School Chapters and Events Bring Alumni Together

This year, the UC Berkeley School of Information launched four alumni chapters across the United States. Chapter hubs were established in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle. Each chapte...

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LISTEN 🎧: @cltcberkeley.bsky.social's Sarah Powazek and Grace Menna spoke to @statescoop.bsky.social about how AI-charged cyber threats are affecting small businesses in an episode of their Priorities Podcast. https://statescoop.com/radio/frontier-ai-cyber-risk-local-government/

AI-charged cyber threats are especially tough for small organizations | StateScoop

Frontier AI models are accelerating the cybersecurity threat landscape, but the burden placed on under-resourced organizations often goes overlooked, said two researchers from UC Berkeley's Center for...

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The Littlest Bear 5K has begun! 🏃 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 👨‍🦽 There's still time to register to join us! I School community members are hosting runs or walks in cities across the U.S. See if there is a run near you or plan your own! 📅 July 20 - 26 https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/community/2026/5k

Sales for the limited edition shirts may be closed, but registration for our Littlest Bear 5K is still open! 🏃‍➡️ I School community members are hosting runs or walks in cities across the U.S. See if there is a run near you! 📅 July 20 - 26 https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/community/2026/5k

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2026

Jul 20, 2026, 12:00 am - A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community.

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📹 WATCH: Berkeley News featured Prof. Josh Blumenstock on an episode of their series "101 in 101," where they challenged him to discuss what it would take to end global poverty. https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2026/ending-extreme-global-poverty-within-reach-and-we-know-price-tag

Ending Extreme Global Poverty Is Within Reach — and We Know the Price Tag

What would it cost to end extreme global poverty? Professor Josh Blumenstock unpacks it in this video, part of our ongoing 101 in 101 series in which scholars explain part of their work in just 101 se...

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Assistant Professor Kate Metcalf began her position at the I School this month. We spoke to Prof. Metcalf about what she'll be teaching, her research interests, and more! #academicsky Check out our Q&A: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2026/kate-metcalf-bridges-data-and-life-sciences-i-school

Kate Metcalf Bridges Data and Life Sciences at the I School

Dr. Kate Metcalf has been appointed as an assistant professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Information. She began her role on July 1, 2026.

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Thank you for helping us reach our goal! Can we get to $3,000? 🥰 As you lace up for the Littlest Bear 5K, we invite you to go the extra mile by donating to the I School Opportunity Fellowship Fund. Funds support student travel to conferences & more.

Support student success with me during the Littlest Bear 5K!

Help UC Berkeley raise $2,500 for the project: Littlest Bear 5K. Your gift will make a difference!

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Congratulations to Ph.D. alum Alan Inouye and incoming assistant prof. Sayash Kapoor for winning awards at the Annual IP3 Awards hosted by nonprofit @publicknowledge.bsky.social! 👏 👏 The two will receive the awards October 8, 2026, 6:30 PM at the Reagan Building in Washington, DC.

23rd Annual IP3 Awards

Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.

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The Littlest Bear 5K starts in one week! 🏃 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 👨‍🦽 There's still time to register to join us! I School community members are hosting runs or walks in cities across the U.S. See if there is a run near you or plan your own! 📅 July 20 - 26 https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/community/2026/5k

Meet the Sarukkai Social Impact Award winner: Arc Radius! 🏆 MIDS alums Beth McBride, Ishani Cheshire, Indri Adisoemarta, Chase Martin, and Ambro Quach developed a platform that helps LGBTQ+ young adults understand how legislation affects their rights with tools to help. Check out the team's Q&A!

Data Science Master’s Project Informs LGBTQ+ Young Adults about Legislation Affecting Rights

Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) alums Beth McBride, Ishani Cheshire, Indri Adisoemarta, Chase Martin, and Ambro Quach are the winners of the Sarukkai Social Impact Award, for their proje...

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Ph.D. student Sarah Barrington spoke to @reuters.com about the Meta AI image detector and watermarks. “...It may not be fully watertight, but even if ​we catch only 90% of cases, that's still a great leap from 0,” she said.

Meta AI image detector fails to identify some of its own cropped AI images, Reuters analysis finds

A new AI detection tool ​from Meta , which the tech company previewed this week alongside the launch of its image-generation model, Muse ‌Image, failed to identify some of its own AI-generated images ...

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I School Ph.D. alum and Cornell professor danah boyd recently published research into the political economy of AI, looking into "decoys" that possibly distract from advancing meaningful accountability. #academicsky https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3805689.3806739

Thank you for helping us reach our goal! Can we get to $3,000? 🥰 As you lace up for the Littlest Bear 5K, we invite you to go the extra mile by donating to the I School Opportunity Fellowship Fund. Funds support student travel to conferences & more.

Support student success with me during the Littlest Bear 5K!

Help UC Berkeley raise $2,500 for the project: Littlest Bear 5K. Your gift will make a difference!

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iNaturalist started off as MIMS Final Project by Ken-ichi Ueda and grew to over 1.3M users throughout the last decade. Earlier this year, however, Ueda departed, citing differences in ideas with where iNat was heading. @baynature.org spoke to users about the app.

The Many Faces of iNaturalist

Once a Berkeley student project, iNaturalist is asocial network—and a scientific database. Now, the public departure of its cofounder highlights the challenge of balancing the two.

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MIDS alum Alan Jian develops models that forecast how and where electricity demand from electric trucks will grow at the California Energy Commission. He appeared on a panel at the National Workshop on Data Science Education at UC Berkeley to discuss how data science strengthens public services.

MIDS Alum Alan Jian Shares Insights at UC Berkeley Panel About Using Data To Serve Millions

Alan Jian offers one example of how data science education can prepare students for real-world impact and how those skills can strengthen public systems across California.

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We've met our goal. Help us further support student success! 🥰 As you lace up for the Littlest Bear 5K, we invite you to go the extra mile by donating to the I School Opportunity Fellowship Fund. Funds support student travel to conferences & more.

Support student success with me during the Littlest Bear 5K!

Help UC Berkeley raise $2,500 for the project: Littlest Bear 5K. Your gift will make a difference!

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At this year’s ACM FAccT, I School Ph.D. student @laurenmarietta.bsky.social and Professor Diag Davenport received a Best Paper Honorable Mention for their paper on public interest tech (PIT) clinics. 👏 👏 Their research found that these clinics build students' decision-making skills. #academicsky

I School Researchers Recognized at ACM FAccT for Public Interest Technology Work

At this year’s ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT), UC Berkeley School of Information Ph.D. student Lauren Chambers and Professor Diag Davenport received a Best Pa...

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Sales for the limited edition shirts may be closed, but registration for our Littlest Bear 5K is still open! 🏃‍➡️ I School community members are hosting runs or walks in cities across the U.S. See if there is a run near you! 📅 July 20 - 26 https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/community/2026/5k

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2026

Jul 20, 2026, 12:00 am - A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community.

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Charles Wollin, director of alumni relations, is also a soccer commentator and board member at Pride House SF. In an interview with the Bay Area Reporter, he talked about uniting the LGBTQ community through sports. https://bit.ly/4whZvnq