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Lisa Bear and her son watch her video testimony for Survivor Stories on a vertical television screen at the Museum of Jewish Heritage launch event on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Museum Launches New AI Installation and Web Resource on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Fri, 02/28/2025
Developed in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation and USC Libraries, Survivor Stories: An Interactive Dialog leverages AI technology to enable conversation with real Holocaust survivors.
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Philonise Floyd, left, marvels at the life-like quality of his Interactive Interview as he shares a laugh with Atty. S. Lee Merritt. Both men are featured in the Second Draft Project‘s police brutality oral history collection, and visited USC Annenberg School to debut their respective holograms this month.

Second Draft Project exhibit debuts in Wallis Annenberg Hall, showcasing Black media activism and innovation

Thu, 02/13/2025
The installation brings to life Dr. Allissa Richardson’s award-winning book, Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones and the New Protest Journalism.
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Philonise Floyd and Attorney Lee Merrit

George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, and Atty. Lee Merritt take the stage on Charlotta Bass Day

Fri, 01/31/2025
The USC Charlotta Bass Journalism & Justice Lab will debut two new AI-powered Interactive Interviews with these leading advocates of policing reform.
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Atty. Lee Merritt is the Bass Lab’s third Interactive Interview participant. (Photo by Steve Cohn © 2024).

Bass Lab welcomes Atty. S. Lee Merritt to the Second Draft Project

Tue, 11/05/2024
Natural language processing technology will transform clips from his two-day interview into interactive responses to questions from students and faculty.
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Holocaust survivor Celia Kenner sits for her Interactive Interview at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in front of a white backdrop with a light, microphone, camera, and table of staff at laptops in front of her.

Long After Surviving the Nazis, They Use A.I. to Remind the World

Fri, 08/02/2024
The Museum of Jewish Heritage is using artificial intelligence to create an installation where visitors can interact with people who directly experienced the Holocaust.
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Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, speaks to audience of approximately 150 people inside The Sheindlin Forum. (USC Photo/Greg Hernandez)

Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz rewrites the script on her family’s legacy

Wed, 02/21/2024
A conversation at USC Annenberg with the author and activist highlights the celebration of Charlotta Bass Day.
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