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Ashique KhudaBukhsh
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December 2, 2025
Neo-Nazis are weaponizing AI
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette references RIT research and findings on the toxicity rabbit hole of large language models. The RIT research team included Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering. (This content will require a subscription to view.)
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September 26, 2025
University leaders gathering for inauguration tackle important questions facing academia
University presidents and leaders from across academia gathered in Rochester to discuss the rapidly shifting landscape of higher education. The distinguished experts noted how universities at the center of this change—including RIT—can use headwinds as opportunities to propel forward.
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July 16, 2025
AI’s antisemitism problem is bigger than Grok
Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, was interviewed by CNN about his research on antisemitism in artificial intelligence models. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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May 7, 2025
From Stereotype to Slur in Three Clicks: Inside AI’s Mental-Health Hate Machine
Mad in America references a study coauthored by Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, and second-year computing and information sciences Ph.D. student Arka Dutta about how AI language models can swiftly escalate from mild stereotypes to promoting harmful narratives about mental health.
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April 17, 2025
What Is Copilot? Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft's AI Tools
CNET speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about the AI tools now available from Microsoft.
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March 28, 2025
RIT researchers use AI to uncover surprising trends in media coverage of police
A new study from RIT and Carnegie Mellon University experts is challenging a widely held belief about the media—that local news outlets have become more critical of the police in recent years.
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March 7, 2025
Experts don’t think AI is ready to be a ‘co-scientist’
Tech Crunch speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about the risks associated with using AI to create hypotheses and research plans.
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March 6, 2025
Top 9 Latest AI News Updates Investors Shouldn’t Miss
Insider Monkey features Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, in a discussion about selecting AI stocks.
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February 14, 2025
DeepSeek launches AI revolution: Impact on Korea's IT industry
Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, appeared on Arirang News, a Korean broadcasting station, for a discussion about DeepSeek’s R1 generative AI model.
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November 1, 2024
Elon Musk’s Criticism of ‘Woke AI’ Suggests ChatGPT Could Be a Trump Administration Target
Wired speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about the danger of large language model data being contaminated by AI-generated content.
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October 14, 2024
Ph.D. student gains YouTube following for machine learning explainer videos
Over the past five years, Dutta’s channel has amassed more than 100,000 subscribers. His most popular video—about Markov Chains Clearly Explained—has 1.2 million views.
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October 31, 2023
AI Research Team at RIT Publish Findings on Generative Harmful Content
In a recent preprint paper, faculty and Ph.D. students in RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, identified issues surrounding generative hate speech in Google’s PaLM2 Large Language Model (LLM), which powers Bard, Google’s answer to ChatGPT. Google was informed about the toxic content generated by PaLM2, and thanks to their responsible approach, have since rectified issues identified by the team in their initial study.