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Berkeley Master’s Alums Build App to Guide Visually Impaired Users Through Grocery Stores

Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) alums Abhishek Shetty, Ana Melody Masis, Vijaykumar Krithivasan, Landon (Austin ...
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Summer 2025 MICS and MIDS Capstone Award Winners

Capstone projects are the culmination of the MICS and MIDS students’ work in their respective I School programs. Over the ...
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Behavioral Innovations to Access Abortion Post-Dobbs: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Reddit’s r/abortion Community in 2022

Dolgins, E., Parham, L., Weidert, K., Anderson, E., Cheshire, C., Prata, N., & Pleasants, E. (2025). Behavioral Innovations to Access Abortion Post-Dobbs: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Reddit's r ...
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“Is This Normal?”: A Qualitative Exploration of Narratives of Social Support in a Reddit-Based Community for Abortion Following the Dobbs Leak in 2022

Pleasants, E., Parham, L., Weidert, K., Anderson, E., Dolgins, E., Prata, N., … Upadhyay, U. (2024). “Is This Normal?”: A Qualitative Exploration of Narratives of Social Support in a Reddit-Based ...
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Is AI Becoming the New ‘Fake News’? Prof. Hany Farid Says There’s a Larger Issue at Hand

President Donald Trump endorsed the practice of blaming AI. Asked about viral footage showing someone tossing something out ...
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Trump Calls Video of Bag Thrown out of White House Fake. Prof. Hany Farid Weighs In

ABC News has not independently verified the video's authenticity. But one expert said it appeared unlikely the video is an AI ...
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Using Natural Language Processing to Describe the Use of an Online Community for Abortion During 2022: Dynamic Topic Modeling Analysis of Reddit Posts

Pleasants E, Prata N, Upadhyay U, Marshall C, Cheshire C. Using Natural Language Processing to Describe the Use of an Online Community for Abortion During 2022: Dynamic Topic Modeling Analysis of ...