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Expert panel discusses how to make AI work for the benefit of humans and society

“Will AI save or destroy us?” was the central question for a public panel on July 21, hosted by the Department of Psychology and the Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation…

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Ohio State to host innovative summit on AI and human values

By Lauren Pond

Scientists and AI industry leaders will convene at Ohio State this month to explore effective ways of aligning artificial intelligence with human values and well-being.

Running July 19 to 21…

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Seed grants fund new research on polarization, misinformation

By Lauren Pond

One of Dr. Christi Trask’s patients sent money to someone claiming to be Elon Musk. Another believed she was texting with Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and sent him funds, too.

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Leading political scientist offers new perspective on a divided America

By Lauren Pond

Anti-establishment feeling may be shaping a new dimension of politics, Joseph Uscinski suggested during a C-SPAM colloquium.

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Psychology graduate students, research staff receive NSF fellowships

By Lauren Pond

Two doctoral students and two research lab managers in the Ohio State Department of Psychology have received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, one of the most…

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Gray's "Outraged" named a favorite book of 2025

Faculty director Kurt Gray's "Outraged: Why We Fight about Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground" has been named one of Greater Good Magazine's favorite books of 2025.

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Kurt Gray receives SESP Career Trajectory Award

By Lauren Pond

Ohio State social psychology professor Kurt Gray has received the SESP Career Trajectory Award for his pioneering research in the field. Announced by the Society of Experimental and Social…

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We're hiring!

C-SPAM and the Department of Psychology seek up to four postdoctoral scholars interested in examining the psychology of extremism, polarization, misinformation and/or morality.

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Kurt Gray appointed as inaugural C-SPAM faculty director

By Lauren Pond

Leading moral psychology expert Kurt Gray has been appointed to head The Ohio State University’s new Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation (C-SPAM) starting in autumn…