Information Gyroscope (iGyro) is a comprehensive five-year initiative on Digital Information Resilience: Building Trust and Nudging Behaviours in Digitalisation, funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE) Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 3. With the programme already in progress, our team of multidisciplinary researchers is honored to showcase some of our projects to Mr Hsieh Fu Hua, Chairman of the NUS Board of Trustees, on 2 May 2024.

 

 

During his visit, Mr Hsieh was given a ‘guided tour’ at four interactive stations in CTIC, led by Distinguished Professor Chen Tsuhan and CTIC Director Professor Lee Mong Li. The first station was an introduction to QACheck: A Demonstration System for Question-Guided Multi-Hop Fact-checking. This system has the potential to enhance user trust in the accuracy of online information by providing a transparent, explainable, and user-friendly fact-checking process. View demo.

 

 

The next station was a demonstration on SNIFFER: Multimodal Large Language Model for Explainable Out-of-Context (OOC) Misinformation Detection. Mr Hsieh engaged firsthand in debunking misinformation using this novel model, specifically developed for accurate OOC detection and provides clear, persuasive explanation. Learn more.

 

 

Moving on, Mr Hsieh witnessed how easily AI could be misused to create both partial and full-body deepfakes, including convincing hand gestures and body movements. Our team is actively developing tools for the detection of such deceptive content, approaching the issue from both technological and consumer behavior perspectives.

 

 

Finally, we showcased the Digital Wellbeing Indicator Framework (DWIF), the world’s first holistic framework to measure digital wellbeing across five domains of digital life and three levels of digital citizenship. This framework forms the backbone of the Living Well Digitally website, which features resources and an assessment tool to help individuals understand and manage their digital wellbeing. Mr Hsieh participated in the assessment test, providing a live demonstration and conducting a personal reality check on his digital wellbeing. The insights gained from DWIF will serve as a critical foundation for developing the Digital Resilience Framework in the iGyro programme.