As an affiliate with @StanfordCyber, I will also be on the 🌟organizing team 🌟 for Trust and Safety this year! Come and say hi, and let me know how I can help!

Report for duty and travel safe!

I guess it is really time to move to @harryyan.bsky.social now.

New paper in PNAS: Fact-checking information from large language models can decrease headline discernment What are the unintended consequences of AI fact-checking? Even LLMs that accurately identify false headlines can actually cause harm. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

AI #fact-checking may increase belief in false headlines, according to Indiana University research. The study suggests careful deployment of AI tools to avoid unintended consequences. PNASNews doi.org/g8tr5w phys.org/news/2024-12-a…

New research note published on @MisinfoReview: To what extent and why were people concerned about AI interfering the 2024 US presidential election? Here are some clues 👇👇

I'm joining School of Computing, Binghamton University as an assistant professor this Sep. I'm recruiting two PhD students to work on topics related to AI and information ecosystem. If you are interested in joining me, send your CV and a short statement of purpose to my email [email protected]

Check out the paper for all the details: arxiv.org/abs/2511.18749 Thanks to my collaborators Kevin Yang, Harry Yaojun Yan, and Fil Menczer (Observatory on Social Media).