Mis- and disinformation are growing challenges, particularly with the rise of generative AI, which amplifies false information online. Good Systems' Josephine Lukito and Matthew Lease highlight how emotionally charged content spreads faster and emphasize the need for media literacy and AI tools to combat misinformation. In this election season especially, students must critically evaluate content and advocate for fact-checking systems to counteract these issues.

Throughout this tumultuous election season, dis- and misinformation have spread rapidly, blurring the line between fact and fiction. Viral posts, often misleading or false, impact public political understanding, challenging platforms' abilities to curb disinformation. Good Systems' Josephine Lukito is just one of many UT Austin researchers emphasizing the need for critical media literacy to navigate this evolving digital landscape.

From generating research questions to analyzing data to running simulations, AI could affect every aspect of the scientific process, but experts like Good Systems' Matt Lease say accuracy and sustainability should be part of the conversation.

We asked some of our researchers and partners to share their insights on what we should know about AI today, innovative applications of AI for social good, how we can all influence technology design and deployment and take agency over the ways AI shows up in our lives, and what they are most looking forward to from Good Systems this year.

UT Austin's Good Systems grand challenge expands research on cross-cutting themes in ethical AI, welcoming two postdoctoral fellows to join existing work on AI alignment. The new fellows will focus on human-AI interaction and AI's impact on knowledge and power structures.

Read letters from outgoing Executive Team chair Sherri Greenberg and incoming chair Luis Sentis as they reflect on the last year and look ahead.

Planet Texas 2050 Waves Goodbye to Outgoing Chair Paola Passalacqua and Says Hello to Incoming Co-chairs Katherine Lieberknecht and Patrick Bixler

Several Texans, including a popular country music artist, urged state lawmakers to put more guardrails on artificial intelligence during a hearing Tuesday at the State Capitol.

Students heading back to school this semester are entering the classroom with a new tool that experts say could soon be as common as a calculator.

The HEAD Residency 2024 forms an element of the TAS Hub and Good Systems Strategic Partnership (an RAi UK International Partnership project), focussed on multidisciplinary research impacting the USA and UK, addressing crucial challenges of AI, robotics, sensors, and other socio-technical applications in healthcare.R