Research Assistant Prof. @CSatUSC & @USC_ISI 💻 CEO & Founder at https://xitter.cf/t.co/9dXl4FMt8Q 🤖 I investigate bad stuff on the Internet 🕵🏼 (Kite-)surf amateur 🏄🏼

Venice, CA
Joined June 2011
In collaboration with the Financial Times, our recent analysis uncovers a network of coordinated inauthentic actors engaged in amplifying misleading news content that promotes Poilievre while attacking Carney.
Canadians bombarded with rightwing online content ahead of voting on.ft.com/3S8BFbG
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AGTP Insights #156 at @Techweek_ LA with @USC_ISI - The Science Behind the Next Generation of Technology On today's show: 1. David Barnhart, Director and Research Professor at University of Southern California Space Engineering Research Center 2. @jonathanmay, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Division & Principal Scientist at @USC_ISI 3. John Heidemann, Principal Scientist at @USC_ISI, leads the Analysis of Network Traffic (ANT) Lab 4. Erik Kline, Principal Scientist in the Networking and Cybersecurity Division at @USC_ISI 5. Jonathan Habif, Principal Scientist at @USC_ISI, leads the Laboratory for Quantum-Limited Information 6. Steve Crago, Interim Executive Director of @USC_ISI and Director of California DREAMS (@CA_dreams_hub) 7. Jose Louis Ambite, co-director of @USC_ISI's Center on AI Research for Health (AI4Health) & Director of Data Science at the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute 8. @karl, Strategic Advisor at @USC_ISI 9. @LucaLuceri, Research Assistant Professor at USC & Lead Scientist at @USC_ISI
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Great teaser of our @TheWebConf paper 🎥 Full segment linked in the comments👇 The full paper will be presented by the brilliant @JinyiYe6 this Thursday in the Social Web Track at The Web Conference, 5pm (GMT+4)
A USC study finds that AI agents can autonomously coordinate propaganda campaigns without human direction, raising concerns about the potential impact on elections, public health and the information people encounter on social media. Read here: uscne.ws/853
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A USC study finds that AI agents can autonomously coordinate propaganda campaigns without human direction, raising concerns about the potential impact on elections, public health and the information people encounter on social media. Read here: uscne.ws/853
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One of the most exciting things happening at @USC is that researchers aren't just asking what AI can do. They're asking what AI should do. Researchers like @rainozhang are advancing AI's potential to accelerate scientific discovery and innovation, while @LucaLuceri is developing AI systems to detect misinformation and better understand the societal risks of increasingly intelligent systems. This is exactly why initiatives like @USC_VEDA matter. The VanEck Digital Assets Initiative (VEDA) at @USCMarshall is creating a home where AI, blockchain, digital assets, and decentralized systems converge through research, education, industry partnerships, builder grants, and hands on innovation. Rather than treating these technologies separately, VEDA is helping students and researchers explore how AI and blockchain can complement one another, pairing intelligence with transparency, provenance, and trust. As AI continues to amplify information at unprecedented scale, blockchain offers the infrastructure to verify, attribute, and preserve that information. Together, they're shaping a future where innovation is not only faster, but more trustworthy. USC is helping lead that conversation. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Blockchain #Web3 #DigitalAssets #Research #Innovation #USC #TrustTech #Decentralization
A new study co-authored by USC Marshall’s Miao “Ben” Zhang is among the first to show that generative AI is delivering significant productivity gains outside the workplace — and that a growing digital divide threatens to leave older and lower-income Americans behind. Read here: uscne.ws/5se
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An AI "army" flooded TikTok during the Iran War. Not one of the soldiers was real. We traced the operation: 110 fake accounts, 3.9M views, one AI pipeline — engineered to shape how Americans feel about a war. Read the full report at reports.dotnex.ai/
How an AI slop shop is flooding TikTok with pro-war disinformation: New research claims a surge in AI-generated videos featuring U.S. soldiers is part of a foreign influence campaign. NEW for @StraightArrow__
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Good Morning LA ☀️ Ready for an inspiring first day of #icwsm 2026! Opening remarks with @LucaLuceri, @fredmorstatter, and @KristinaLerman
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Get ready for an inspiring day of workshops and tutorials 💡 #ICWSM workshop proceedings are now out: workshop-proceedings.icwsm.o…
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📣 Submit your work to the SocialLLM: Large Language Models for Social Reasoning and Simulation workshop (social-llm-workshop.github.i…) 📅 Submission deadline: April 1, 2026, 11:59 PM AoE 📅 Paper notifications: April 15, 2026, 11:59 PM AoE Submit here: openreview.net/group?id=ICWS…
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Only two days left to apply!
The #ICWSM 2026 Adamic-Glance Distinguished Young Researcher Award is now accepting nominations and self-nominations! 📅 Deadline for this year's award: March 15th, 2026. Don't miss out on this great opportunity! More info: icwsm.org/2026/submit.html#i…
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🔔 The list of accepted workshops is LIVE on the website! Check out the program and call for contributions icwsm.org/2026/program.html#…
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📢 Reminder: The deadline for #ICWSM 2026 workshop proposals is Jan 30th, don’t miss your chance! Find all the details here 👉 icwsm.org/2026/submit.html#w… @gvrkiran @lespin @msaveski
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This semester I am teaching a PhD course on Understanding & Designing Social media, particularly in the age of AI I am trying to push students to think abt what social networks will look like with AI Course content and syllabus here: kiran-research2.comminfo.rut… (comments welcome)
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📢 Updated deadline: Jan 23rd! Submit a project idea, get matched with a mentor, present virtually at ICWSM’26, and prepare a Sept 2026 submission. 💥 Apply with a max 2-page proposal More details: icwsm.org/2026/submit.html#i… #icwsm @journalqd
🌍 Are you new to #icwsm or @journalqd and based in a low- or middle-income country? 🚨 There are only 10 days left to apply to ICWSM/JQD Global Initiative! 🚀 Apply by Jan 15: icwsm.org/2026/submit.html#i…
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📨1 week left to apply! Hurry up!!
📢 Updated deadline: Jan 23rd! Submit a project idea, get matched with a mentor, present virtually at ICWSM’26, and prepare a Sept 2026 submission. 💥 Apply with a max 2-page proposal More details: icwsm.org/2026/submit.html#i… #icwsm @journalqd
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🚨 Only a month left to apply for the Global Initiative! New to #ICWSM or @journalqd and based in a low- or middle-income country? This is your chance! 📢 Details and call: icwsm.org/2026/submit.html#i…
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Neurips 2025 was such a blast! We snuck a grand piano into the CreativeAI Track to demo Aria, our pretrained chat-style music model:
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🌍Are you new to @icwsm or @journalqd and based in a low- or middle-income country? 💡Submit a project idea, get matched with a mentor, present virtually at ICWSM'26, and prepare a submission for Sept 2026! 📢Call icwsm.org/2026/submit.html#i… 🚀Apply by Jan 15 forms.gle/A9GkJboP7qi3dgSz7
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Interested in detecting influence operations on TikTok? Check this out👇 just accepted at @icwsm 2026 🚀🚀🚀
What does coordinated inauthentic behavior look like on TikTok? We introduce a new framework for detecting coordination in video-first platforms, uncovering influence campaigns using synthetic voices, split-screen tactics, and cross-account duplication. 📄arxiv.org/abs/2505.10867
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