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David Broniatowski

@broniatowski.bsky.social
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Professor at The George Washington University in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering.

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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The NSF TRAILS Institute at GWU is hiring 2-year Postdocs in Washington, DC! Work with faculty on AI sensemaking, metrics for trust in AI, participatory design, & local/state/federal AI governance. Jointly led by GWU, UMD, Morgan State & Cornell. Apply here: www.gwu.jobs/postings/128...
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Postdoctoral Associate
GW has everything you need to succeed in discovery. Outstanding research, state-of-the-art facilities and world-class faculty support discovery and innovative solutions. Researchers and faculty across...
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gwiddp.bsky.social @gwiddp.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A recent paper by IDDP researchers unpacks “trustworthy AI” in a way that helps explain why so many debates in this space feel misaligned. A 🧵 (1/6) @broniatowski.bsky.social and @lorien-abroms.bsky.social
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The epistemologies of trust: conflicting worldviews in the “Trustworthy AI” discourse
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Everyone says they want “trustworthy AI.” But almost no one agrees on what that actually means. This substack post summarizes our new paper (link to paper below): open.substack.com/pub/davidabr...
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Why “Trustworthy AI” Means Different Things to Different People
The four perspectives shaping design, risk, and governance
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gwiddp.bsky.social @gwiddp.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New @techpolicypress.bsky.social article by @broniatowski.bsky.social & Joseph Simons encourage policymakers to think of large scale digital platforms as critical infrastructure. Policy debates surrounding these platforms narrowly focus on access controls or legal liability. Read at bit.ly/4bzYjDr.
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A Building Code for Digital Infrastructures
We should treat large social and AI systems like critical infrastructure and adopt "building codes" for them, write David A. Broniatowski and Joseph Simons.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We should treat large social and AI systems like critical infrastructure and adopt "building codes" for them, write David A. Broniatowski and Joseph Simons. Building codes are not suggestions; they are the baseline that ensures a structure is fit for its intended use, they write.
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A Building Code for Digital Infrastructures
We should treat large social and AI systems like critical infrastructure and adopt "building codes" for them, write David A. Broniatowski and Joseph Simons.
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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Some reflections by @broniatowski.bsky.social on our preprint and some of the discussion around what constitutes a conflict of interest in @kakape.bsky.social's write-up. A few thoughts and reflections below 🧪 broniatowski.substack.com/p/when-is-a-...
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One of the striking things about the reaction to this preprint is how often it treats disclosure standards as if they must be invented from scratch.

They don’t.

In biomedicine, where the stakes are unmistakably high, disclosure norms are not casual, and they are not left to intuition. The ICMJE guidelines—used by most major medical journals—define conflicts of interest broadly: not only employment and direct funding, but advisory roles, collaborations, and other relationships that could reasonably be perceived to influence judgment.

Under those standards, many of the ties identified in this preprint would straightforwardly qualify as conflicts that should be disclosed.

And we don’t find this strange in medicine.

We would not blink at the claim that co-authoring with a tobacco company scientist is a disclosable relationship when writing about tobacco control. Even if the specific paper was not funded by Philip Morris. Even if the collaborator is methodologically impeccable. Even if the conclusions are sound.
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
This is a thread for people who care deeply about science and democracy — especially those who feel the pull toward “standing up for science” in a moment of real institutional failure (longer version at this substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...).
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When Authority Slips
What Moses Can Teach Science About Legitimacy
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Looking forward to reading this piece! She's on to something...
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
TikTok’s “rabbit hole” isn’t just algorithmic. It’s cognitive. When people talk about falling into mental-health TikTok, they usually blame the algorithm: watch one anxiety video, and suddenly your feed is full of panic attacks, trauma confessions, and self-diagnoses.
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TikTok’s mental health ‘rabbit hole’? It’s not in your head.
It’s not just you: Data shows the app’s algorithm makes some topics ‘stickier’ than others
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
There’s been a lot of talk about banning social media for young teens. As parents, we all want our kids to be safe. Research from the vaccine-information space can offer some practical lessons. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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This country banned social media for young teens. Most don’t plan to comply.
Pulling the plug on the biggest social media apps has broad support in parliament and the public at large. Most kids say they plan by whatever means to skirt it.
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This NYT story about A.I. travel avatars is being treated as a novelty. “Synthetic influencers are here!” But the underlying platform architecture is the same. What’s changing is how efficiently actors can exploit it. A.I. influencers simply remove the human bottlenecks.
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These Travel Influencers Don’t Want Freebies. They’re A.I.
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Did Twitter's big crackdown on COVID-19 misinformation—like banning "superspreaders"—actually work? We ran an ecosystem-level analysis to find out. Spoiler: It not only failed, it was often counterproductive. 😬
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homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in front of a shelf with stuffed animals and says d ' oh .
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JHU Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare @jhumceh.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Congratulations again to John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science @mdredze.bsky.social on this accomplishment!
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Mark Dredze named director of Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute
Dredze, a member of JHU’s faculty since 2009, has been selected to lead the university institute dedicated to harnessing the power of AI to translate data-driven discovery into real-world impact.
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Just published: our new paper in Scientific Reports 📄 “Coordinated Link Sharing on Facebook” doi.org/10.1038/s415... We introduce a statistically grounded, human-interpretable method to detect coordination on social media.
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Coordinated link sharing on Facebook - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Coordinated link sharing on Facebook
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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The primary donor to #openscience seems very supportive of massive cuts to scientific funding that jeopardize research. I don’t think it’s edgy at this point to say that reform is being weaponized and the community needs to stand up against it.
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Mark Dredze @mdredze.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Please read and share this excellent FAQ on University indirect costs by my friend @broniatowski.bsky.social He explains why these funds are essential and a critical investment for research in the United States. www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
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David Broniatowski on LinkedIn: NIH has just announced that it will save $4 billion by capping university… | 61 comments
NIH has just announced that it will save $4 billion by capping university indirect costs on federal grants. Will this actually save money? Bottom line: No. It… | 61 comments on LinkedIn
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lorien-abroms.bsky.social @lorien-abroms.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Our new publication asking whether ChatGPT chatbots can reliably give advice to help people quit smoking? We examined chatbots including WHO's Sarah in providing assistance on quitting smoking. @who.int @broniatowski.bsky.social
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Ever wondered if AI chatbots actually follow public health guidelines when giving smoking cessation advice? 🤖🚭 Our latest study in J Med Internet Res evaluates ChatGPT-based chatbots on this! 🧵👇 📜 Paper: www.jmir.org/2025/1/e66896
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Assessing the Adherence of ChatGPT Chatbots to Public Health Guidelines for Smoking Cessation: Content Analysis
Background: Large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence chatbots using generative language can offer smoking cessation information and advice. However, little is known about the reliability of ...
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
🧵 New preprint alert with @mdredze.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.... "Explaining Twitter's Inability to Reduce Vaccine Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic" finds that Twitter’s moderation efforts failed and explains why. Spoiler:
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a man in a suit says " because it 's my nature " in front of blue lights
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Our article, "The Role of Mental Representation in Sharing Misinformation Online", is Editor’s Choice in @apajournals.bsky.social #JEPApplied! Read our research here: doi.org/10.1037/xap0...
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APA PsycNet
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The Information Environment Project @ieproject.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
In a new publication, @samlai.bsky.social, @benimmo.bsky.social, Derek Ruths and @lageneralista.ca lay out four key questions that underpin successful measurement of changes caused by GenAI:
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Measuring Changes Caused by Generative Artificial Intelligence: Setting the Foundations
Informed policy that leads to beneficial change is extremely challenging to develop without being able to measure the material impacts of GenAI.
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The Information Environment Project @ieproject.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
These foundational questions are designed to inspire future research and were developed through an in-person workshop with both investigators and researchers. We are grateful for the contributions of @aa.disinfo.eu, @sbradshaw.bsky.social, @broniatowski.bsky.social, @graphika.com (cont.)
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪 It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/ www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
Cover of the report - it's in a blue/purple color scheme and shows an abstract illustration of a molecule and the title of the report "Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science Consensus Study Report"
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
A new report from the National Academies offers a thorough examination of what we know and don’t know about misinformation about science. Read more here: nap.nationalacademies.org/27894
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Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.
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Tech Transparency Project @ttp-updates.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
A new study in Science Advances found that efforts to counter vaccine misinformation on Facebook were undermined by the structure of the platform itself. Unfortunately, Meta is shutting down the tool that makes important insights like this possible. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The efficacy of Facebook’s vaccine misinformation policies and architecture during the COVID-19 pa...
Facebook’s architecture may have undermined its vaccine misinformation removal efforts.
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
Empathic social media posts are those that foreground how they make the reader feel, regardless of how they make the person posting feel. We need more empathic social media posts.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Americans are generally horrible at understanding the size of marginalized communities. Most Americans think almost 1 in 3 people are Jewish. Which is like… insane. We are only 2% of Americans. And only .2% of the world. 1000 of us being murdered, thousands injured… that reverberates.
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David Lazer @davidlazer.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
JOB ALERT: open rank search at Northeastern University in technology and democracy. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook took the unprecedented step of removing anti-vaccine misinformation and accounts promoting this misinformation. This policy was controversial. But did it work? www.science.org/doi/full/10.... Here's what we found:
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Science | AAAS
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David Broniatowski @broniatowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
Hello world!
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