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Online spaces are rife with toxicity. Well-designed AI tools can help clean them up

By Lucy Sparrow, Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction, The University of Melbourne
Eduardo Oliveira, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne
Mahli-Ann Butt, Lecturer, Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne

Our research found high rates of tech-based abuse – so our team is designing a new AI tool to detect and document toxic comments.

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