#LLMs are superhuman at persuasion. In a new AIDA Research Group - UGent-preprint, we survey recent research on this topic, identifying the factors affecting persuasiveness. We also discuss the profound ethical and societal challenges this poses. arxiv.org/pdf/2411.06837 European Research Council (ERC) UGent

❓Are #LLMs ideological? The release of DeepSeek R1 has revived this important question. ➡️ We substantially extended our earlier study that confirms they are, now spanning 19 LLMs from across 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇷🇺🇫🇷🇮🇱🇸🇦🇦🇪🇩🇪 & prompted in the 6 United Nations-languages, and including new analyses.

New Anthropic research: Do reasoning models accurately verbalize their reasoning? Our new paper shows they don't. This casts doubt on whether monitoring chains-of-thought (CoT) will be enough to reliably catch safety issues.

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We just announced Geospatial Reasoning, a new research effort that will use generative AI (#Gemini) to help unlock novel insights about our world. 🌍 Imagine asking complex Qs about our planet & getting detailed answers w/ plans & visuals! goo.gle/3XOO5sF

🧠 Can we still trust science? Peer review, self-correction, disinterested truth-seeking—once solid foundations, now under pressure. Join us for a critical look at science’s gatekeeping mechanisms—and why generative AI might worsen the cracks. 🎙 How to trust science? Prof.

Disinformation & Artificial Intelligence - a toxic mix? Next week Thursday evening, April 24, Tijl De Bie will participate in a debate on this burning topical topic in Ghent. About the thin line between #information and #manipulation, between #regulation and #censorship. About

How to find #humanity in an #AI-flooded world? That's the question we'll discuss in the #EcceMachina symposium, on Wed 14 May 14:00-18:00 at UGent AIDA Research Group - UGent (Auditorium Vandenhove). Open & free to all, but registration is mandatory. (Registration links in next message:)

The list of workshops organised at ECML PKDD is online 🥳 Our research group AIDA Research Group - UGent is co-organising three of them: - The first workshop on Human-Centered Data Mining (HuMine) - The international workshop on AI for Human Resources and Public Employment Services (AI4WORK)

The AIDA Research Group - UGent research group at UGent in Belgium has multiple fully-funded PhD-scholarships available, on the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant VIGILIA (“VIrtual GuardIan angeLs for the post-truth Information Age”). If you are interested in how generative AI, knowledge graphs, and

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🌍 The 21st-century job market is changing faster than ever. AI and automation are reshaping entire industries, making reskilling, fair hiring, and data-driven workforce planningurgent priorities. 📢 Join us at the AI4WORK Workshop (ECML PKDD 2025) to explore how AI, LLMs, and