CBC News spoke with UCLA’s Chris Mattmann about Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt and how AI has contributed to his campaign. Mattmann, UCLA’s chief data and artificial intelligence officer, says that the effectiveness of the Pratt ads are in part due to the way AI technology has evolved just in the past few years. “It’s very realistic. And that adds to that sort of evocation of emotion and realism,” he said. “You don’t need to be deeply technical to do it.” Read more about UCLA in today’s ANC News, Time and others.
More highlights from UCLA in the News: May 28, 2026
New guidelines could help millions get colon cancer testing | ABC News
“This is a disease that historically, we saw in older individuals, so people 50 and over or maybe even 60 and over. And now we are starting to see an inching up of incidents in people who are less than age 50,” Dr. Fola May, associate professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, told ABC News.
UCLA student’s path to success fueled by passion and perseverance | EdSource
(Commentary by UCLA student Natalia Mochernak) My love for a million different things is what got me here today. I am at UCLA because I didn’t stop at one language — I learned four. I am at UCLA today because I decided that I would not fit my dreams into the perfect box that society created for me, but instead would let them grow in any way they wanted.
The best science-backed way to wash your hair | Time
“The ideal interval between hair washing actually has to do with your scalp more than your hair,” says Dr. Carolyn Goh, a dermatologist at UCLA Health, who specializes in hair loss and scalp disorders. “The reason to go longer between hair washings has to do with the hair and how dry it can get from frequent washings.”
