
Partisanship & Polarization
We all know the American political realm is divided — Republicans vs. Democrats, conservatives vs. progressives, right vs. left. But what does that mean for everyday citizens? How does the division impact our society? What can we do to heal the divides? Annenberg researchers aim to understand just how divided we are, along what lines, and how it’s impacting our country.
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OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Google Vary Widely in Identifying Hate Speech
Doctoral candidate Neil Fasching and Associate Professor Yphtach Lelkes have found dramatic differences in how large language models classify hate speech, with especially large variations for language about certain demographic groups, raising concerns about bias and disproportionate harm.