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Summaries are not the original full articles. ## Bailey Flanigan uses computational and mathematical tools to study democratic participation DevFeed: [Bailey Flanigan uses computational and mathematical tools to study democratic participation]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Michaela Jarvis | MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems Published: 2026-07-17T17:25:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [MIT AI News]() Topics: [Computer science](), [Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)](), [math](), [MIT Schwarzman College of Computing]() Tags: [ai-and-democracy](), [ai-in-politics](), [algorithms](), [artificial-intelligence](), [bailey-flanigan](), [computer-science](), [computer-science-and-technology](), [defending-democracy](), [democracy](), [democratic-decision-making](), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](), [faculty](), [government](), [labor-and-jobs](), [laboratory-for-information-and-decision-systems-lids](), [math](), [mit-eecs-faculty](), [mit-faculty-profile](), [mit-lids](), [mit-political-science](), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](), [political-legitimacy](), [political-science](), [politics](), [profile](), [public-health](), [research](), [school-of-engineering](), [school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences](), [science](), [technology-and-society](), [wisconsin-innocence-project]() ### AI overview An MIT faculty member, Bailey Flanigan studies how computational and mathematical tools can create new avenues for meaningful democratic participation. The article describes her interdisciplinary path across computer science, political science, medicine, public health, economics, and related fields. ### Source excerpt Assistant Professor Bailey Flanigan has arrived at complex computational methods for helping democracy thrive. ## New method aims to keep kids safe from illegal AI-generated content DevFeed: [New method aims to keep kids safe from illegal AI-generated content]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Adam Zewe | MIT News Published: 2026-07-13T04:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [MIT AI News]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [ai safety](), [AI Research](), [Open Source]() Tags: [ai](), [ai-deepfakes](), [ai-safety](), [algorithms](), [artificial-intelligence](), [ashia-wilson](), [computer-science-and-technology](), [csam](), [ethics](), [generative](), [generative-ai](), [human-computer-interaction](), [institute-for-medical-engineering-and-science-imes](), [laboratory-for-information-and-decision-systems-lids](), [machine-learning](), [marzyeh-ghassemi](), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](), [models](), [online-child-safety](), [open-source](), [privacy](), [public-health](), [research](), [safety](), [school-of-engineering](), [vinith-suriyakumar]() ### AI overview MIT researchers and Thorn developed an auditing technique that assesses whether a generative AI model has been specialized to produce child sexual abuse material without generating illegal outputs. In testing, the procedure identified specialized model variants with 100 percent accuracy. ### Source excerpt Researchers developed an auditing technique to test generative AI models for malicious capabilities, without prompting them for illegal outputs. ## A Science of Cybersecurity Public Health DevFeed: [A Science of Cybersecurity Public Health]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Adam Published: 2022-06-02T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog]() Topics: [Cybersecurity](), [Security & Privacy]() Tags: [blog-post](), [cybersecurity](), [public-health](), [science]() ### AI overview The article discusses developing public health as a way of thinking about cybersecurity, in collaboration with the CyberGreen Institute. ### Source excerpt I've been working with the CyberGreen Institute to develop public health as a way of thinking about cybersecurity. ## Vitamin D Research and Potential Implications for COVID-19 DevFeed: [Vitamin D Research and Potential Implications for COVID-19]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-05-30T15:52:44Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [data](), [Internet]() Tags: [biology](), [covid](), [covid-19](), [health](), [opinion](), [public-health](), [research]() ### AI overview This commentary reviews polarized research and expert views on vitamin D, sunlight, and COVID-19. It presents the author's view that avoiding vitamin D deficiency may be important during the pandemic while acknowledging that evidence remains incomplete and contested. ### Source excerpt Welcome to this post, in which we'll be taking a trip through the wild and bumpy ride that has been Vitamin D & sunlight research over the past few decades, and what it might mean for COVID-19. As with my previous post, before any non-specialist attempts to write something on COVID-19, we should wonder: are any actual experts already writing on this, and if not, why not. Enough badly informed stuff has already been published by amateurs that before posting we should be certain we are actually being helpful. ## Phone-Based Contact Tracing, Privacy, and Proximity Detection: Thoughts and Links DevFeed: [Phone-Based Contact Tracing, Privacy, and Proximity Detection: Thoughts and Links]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-04-11T11:46:27Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [App](), [Protocol (disambiguation)](), [Localization (l10n)](), [Internet]() Tags: [app](), [decentralized](), [privacy](), [protocol](), [public-health](), [tracing]() ### AI overview The article considers whether phone apps and internet-connected devices could support automated COVID-19 contact tracing while preserving privacy. It discusses the limits of GPS, GNSS, Wi-Fi, and phone-location data for measuring close proximity, then reviews decentralized proposals such as DP-3T, CEN/TCN, and the Apple/Google protocol. ### Source excerpt As many countries are now managing to drive down their COVID-19 epidemic, thoughts are turning to how to manage the outbreak beyond the "lockdown". The restrictions we live under now do appear to work, but for multiple reasons, they'll be hard to maintain. When the epidemic was small, it was possible to trace every new infection and isolate potential new cases. This did buy time, but for most countries, "the cat was out the bag already". ## Public disclosure of C. auris outbreaks supports public health and security DevFeed: [Public disclosure of C. auris outbreaks supports public health and security]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Adam Published: 2019-04-08T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog]() Topics: [Security & Privacy](), [Cybersecurity]() Tags: [cybersecurity](), [medicine](), [public-health]() ### AI overview The article argues that hospitals and governments should publicly disclose outbreaks of resistant infections such as C. auris. It connects transparency in public health with cybersecurity, warning that hiding harmful outcomes prevents society from making informed choices and addressing risks. ### Source excerpt Secrecy isn't the best policy when it comes to public health.