Lucas Fagan (Computer Science/Public Policy), Caroline Wang (Computer Science/Math), and Ethan Holland (Statistics/Computer Science) spent ten weeks understanding how data science can contribute to fact-checking methodology. Training on audio data from major news stations, they adapted OpenAI methods to develop a pipeline that moves from audio data to an interface that enables users to search for claims related to other claims that had been previously investigated by fact-checking websites.
This project will continue into the academic year via Bass Connections.
Click here to read the Executive Summary.
Disciplines Involved: Political Science, Journalism, Public Policy, Anthropology, all quantitative STEM
Project Lead: Jun Yang
Project Manager: Yuhao Wen, Brett Walenz
