At the 2026 Archival Education and Research Initiative — happening now in Vancouver — UMSI researchers are presenting new work on archival education, practice and emerging issues across the field. Explore their presentations:
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- AI chatbots: politically neutral? @washingtonpost put ChatGPT, Gemini & Claude to the test — uncovering clear leanings. UMSI's Ceren Budak: "The decisions companies make while building these tools shape the values embedded in them." More: myumi.ch/Pbr6z
- We're so proud of the work that our students conducted at the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center through UMSI's Alternative Spring Break program — and so grateful to the experts who welcomed them into this extraordinary archive.This spring, Yellowstone's archives team hosted a group of seven graduate students and one faculty member from the University of Michigan School of Information (@umsi) for an “archives blitz” processing workshop. Yellowstone's Interim Archivist, Erin Smerage, describes what it
- Apple’s upgraded Siri can run your digital life. UMSI’s Florian Schaub talks to @sciam about the privacy tradeoffs — and why outside scrutiny of Apple’s systems is a good thing. myumi.ch/QMr1X
- University of Michigan School of Information researchers are innovating and advancing the field of artificial intelligence. Here are some of their recent publications, in @SciRobotics, @aclmeeting, @FAccTConference, @LearningAtScale and beyond: myumi.ch/4x8zM
