Excited to be back at Microsoft Research India for a couple of weeks. This place shaped so much of my early journey as a researcher and continues to feel like home. Even more special this time is to return alongside Deepak Varuvel Dennison, who will be interning here this summer.

Had a great day at IISc Bangalore building strategic partnership between Cornell University and IISc, and also giving a talk on my lab’s work on globally equitable AI. Thanks to Danish Pruthi for being a wonderful host—loved learning about the fantastic work he and his students are doing at

Traveling on a train in India after quite some time and realizing how much I miss when I fly from one city to another. The pulse of everyday India, the culture, the landmarks, the shifting landscapes and vegetation. A train window is a window into on-ground realities, local

Thank you Sunayana and kalikabali for inviting me to the NLP lunch! Good food and even better conversations with the NLP crew at Microsoft Research India!

Had the chance to visit Google Ananta — the stunning new Google DeepMind office in Bangalore, and perhaps the largest Google office building in the world! Gave a talk on my lab’s work and got thoughtful questions at the end — especially around how we can build multicultural,

Heartbreaking! 💔

For the last six years, I’ve had the pleasure to run a 2-hour session with pre-doctoral researchers and interns at Microsoft Research India on the ins and outs of a PhD program. Glad to do it again this year—and even better to do it in person. Always energizing to see the depth of

Well done Mahika!!! And thanks Farhana Shahid for the picture!

Thank you IndiaAI for hosting me and for thoughtful conversations!

A beautiful mural and summer day in New York City!

Excellent write-up by Kyle Chayka which includes some quotes from me and Mor Naaman (informor.bsky.social) on how AI is making our writing less original and homogenized.

Just ordered my copy of Digital Culture Shock by Katharina Reinecke! Can’t wait for this summer blockbuster read - a deep dive into how culture shapes the design and use of technology in different parts of the world. Knowing Katharina, this is a must-read for anyone building tech for

📢New #CSCW2025 paper w Max, Mor Naaman (informor.bsky.social), Aditya Vashistha: ⚔️we explore how HAI misalignment arises when ppl use LLMs to express "constructive" disagreement on issues like homophobia & Islamophobia. We did controlled expt w 600 participants across US & India 🇺🇸🇮🇳 [1/n]

Content moderation error in non-English languages is seen as "data problem." Will things improve if these languages had more data❓ Our new #AIES2025 paper w Dr. Mona Elswah منى السواح, Aditya Vashistha shows that data scarcity is just tip of iceberg🗻 hiding deeper systemic inequities [1/n]

Congrats to Dhruv Agarwal on a successful dissertation proposal! Dhruv’s thesis work will identify strategies to steer LLMs toward cultural alignment. Excited for the work that we will be doing together. #ProudAdvisor

We’re hiring for an Open-Rank Teaching Professor in our Cornell’s Information Science Department! Come be my colleague and join our vibrant and interdisciplinary community. Apply by Nov 1, 2025. More information here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763 Cornell Information Science

Had a fantastic time visiting Carnegie Mellon University Human-Computer Interaction Institute last week! Great questions during the seminar and lots of generative conversations. Still brewing on some ideas. A beautiful rainbow, I believe right on top of School of Computer Science buidings

Our Responsible AI team at Apple is looking for spring/summer 2026 PhD research interns! Please apply at jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/… and email [email protected]. Do not send extra info (e.g., CV), just drop us a line so we can find your application in the central pool!

Our cross-cultural study on disability bias in AI models, led by the formidable Mahika, will be presented at AIES this week! Read the Cornell Chronicle article below that captures the heart of this work: lnkd.in/eJbaGZ45.