UC Berkeley professor calls for a halt to AI weapons
09/09/26 — An urgent warning on autonomous weapons from Stuart Russell — the man who literally wrote the textbook on AI
Security & privacy
UC Berkeley computer scientist on the promise and perils of agentic AI
08/19/26 — Professor Dawn Song discusses how autonomous AI agents are reshaping technology — and why safety, reliability and democratization must guide their development
EECS professor Hany Farid and I School Ph.D. students featured on PBS Nova
04/17/24 — School of Information: The episode, “A.I. Revolution,” covers the dangers of deepfakes — and how easily they can be created
How to keep AI from killing us all
04/09/24 — UC Berkeley researchers: Companies should not be allowed to create advanced AI systems until they can prove they are safe
UC Berkeley summit tackles AI governance, trust, ethical tech
03/21/24 — School of Information: Computer scientists Stuart Russell and Deborah Raji discuss European Union AI Act
Disinformation nation: What can we do to crack the code?
11/20/23 — Berkeley researchers “probe the corrosive effects of algorithms, machine learning and other exotic technologies” and offer possible solutions
Inioluwa Deborah Raji and Stuart Russell among TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI
09/13/23 — TIME Magazine: Berkeley engineers grapple with the ethical and safety issues related to AI
In training
05/17/23 — Computer scientists have created an innovative approach to machine learning that preserves privacy.
For your eyes only
08/10/22 — A faster, more secure approach to machine learning helps safeguard private information
Researchers win $5M to launch center that advances decentralization technology
08/04/22 — CDSS: Algorand Foundation funding to help democratize access to data and ensure that data remains secure
Raluca Ada Popa receives ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award
05/11/22 — EECS associate professor wins $35,000 prize as outstanding young computer professional for her design of secure distributed systems, protecting confidentiality against attackers while maintaining full functionality
Berkeley-led consortium awarded $25M to advance nuclear security
02/16/21 — This is the consortium's third five-year, $25 million grant, allowing it to continue its mission of educating nuclear scientists and advancing nuclear technologies.
Farid: Online disinfo now targeting COVID-19, Black Lives Matter
06/26/20 Futurism — Digital forensics expert and EECS professor Hany Farid lays out the greatest digital threats facing the country, and how to combat them
Reinventing cybersecurity
04/14/20 — Researchers are advancing blockchain and encryption methods to protect personal data and make sharing it more secure.
Two engineering faculty named Sloan Research Fellows
02/12/20 — Sanjam Garg, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS), and Aditya Parameswaran, who has a joint appointment in EECS and the School of Information, were among nine Berkeley faculty members to win the prestigious research honor.
French ambassador says global institutions needed to confront technology challenges
01/16/20 — Philippe Étienne said the quickening pace of technological change requires nations to immediately build “shared governance” of the internet through both existing and perhaps new global institutions.
UC Berkeley professor influences Facebook’s efforts to combat deepfakes
01/14/20 — The social media giant hired Hany Farid to help it detect fake videos, but Farid says company's new policy is problematic.
Building a world where data privacy exists
11/18/19 New York Times — Electrical engineering and computer sciences professor Dawn Song, a leading expert in computer security and trustworthy artificial intelligence, is building a platform in which people control their own data online and are compensated for its use by corporations.
Silicon Valley combating deepfake videos that could upend an election
11/05/19 Los Angeles Times — Leaders in artificial intelligence are unveiling a tool to push back against deepfake videos, built in part on scanning software that UC Berkeley has been developing in partnership with the U.S. military.
Moments of untruth
10/25/19 — Computer science researchers are using groundbreaking machine learning technologies to expose deepfake videos, manipulated images and other types of digital deception.