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Center for an Informed Public @cip.uw.edu · 11/08/2025

Check out "The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale," an open-access article exploring "AIPasta," written by a team of @cip.uw.edu researchers led by @dashsaloni.bsky.social with co-authors @yiweixu.bsky.social, @maddyjalbert.bsky.social and @emmaspiro.bsky.social ⤵️

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Saloni Dash @dashsaloni.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Excited to announce that my paper "The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale" with my wonderful collaborators @yiweixu.bsky.social, @maddyjalbert.bsky.social, and @emmaspiro.bsky.social has been published at PNAS Nexus! Link: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

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The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale

Abstract. In this article, we study how AI-paraphrased messages have the potential to amplify the persuasive impact and scale of information campaigns. Bui

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Ayanna Kim Thomas @ayannakim.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Hi friends, the Spark Society's NSF funding has been terminated. We are dedicated to continuing our work and hope we can rely on you for support.

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Maddy Jalbert @maddyjalbert.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders

The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.

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Eric Boodman @ericboodman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

NSF froze payments to researchers. State AGs said it was unconstitutional for exec branch to pause congressionally mandated funds. Judge issued restraining order. Payments resumed. But some inconsistencies in what the NSF has said (thread): www.statnews.com/2025/02/02/n...

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National Science Foundation restores payments after five-day pause, but worries over science funding persist

The NSF said on Sunday that its payment system was back on line, after it froze out researchers and sparked financial worries.

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Maddy Jalbert @maddyjalbert.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I am one of these NSF postdocs. NSF has frozen everyone’s access to their salaries and research stipends (that were already awarded) with no information about when they might be expected to be unfrozen. It still appears like we are expected to continue doing our work though.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 30/01/2025

Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.

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UW Human Centered Design & Engineering @hcde.uw.edu · 16/01/2025

Join us in congratulating HCDE Professor Kate Starbird on receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This prestigious honor recognizes her groundbreaking research on the dynamics of misinformation and disinformation online.

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HCDE Professor Kate Starbird awarded Presidential Early Career Award

HCDE Professor Kate Starbird is among a distinguished group of scientists and engineers across the country honored with a 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) fro...

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Maddy Jalbert @maddyjalbert.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Excited this piece with @malar0ne.bsky.social and Luke Williams is now out! In this work, we find that the presence of biomedical credentials (e.g. Dr., MD., scientist, nurse) in a user's social media profile increases perceptions that the user has expertise on the topic of COVID-19 vaccination.

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A Just Asking Questions Effect for spreading false information. This thread is an overview of my lab’s research that I presented at Psychonomics this morning. #psynow24 TLDR: Getting people to generate their own false answers leads them to believe that info. 1/

Just Asking Questions: Can an Implication Generate an Illusory Truth Effect?
Ira E. Hyman, Jr., Jasmine Balmelli-Morales, Macallan Enns-Ford, Annika Fiala, Zoe Gadbow, Macy Kneipp, Isabel Nguyen, Gwen Pane
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Just published a Nature comment highlighting a few of the rumors our UW team expects to see going into the Nov 5 election — from rumors that falsely frame election errors as impactful and intentional to rumors about "non citizen voters" and "suspicious behaviors". www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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I’ve been studying misinformation for a decade — here are the rumours to watch out for on US election day

We can anticipate many false claims, including alleged mass voting by non-citizens or ‘suspicious vans’ outside polling booths. We should quickly counter them.

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

TODAY at 3PM ET! Join @lkfazio.bsky.social, Mubashir Sultan, and @maddyjalbert.bsky.social as they discuss the latest research on #misinformation during our Science for Society webinar. Register: member.psychologicalscience.org/events/event...

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

NEW Science for Society on October 16! Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social, Mubashir Sultan, and Maddy Jalbert @maddyjalbert.bsky.social will review the current research on #misinformation, how it is spread, and how to reduce its impact. member.psychologicalscience.org/events/event...

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

If you’re interested in why weird works, but would rather listen than read? Well, @maddyjalbert.bsky.social and I were interviewed for the Sound Politics podcast. www.npr.org/podcasts/125...

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

A special collection of Perspectives on Psychological Science, addressing lessons from the covid pandemic. It was a pleasure to co-edit this with Dolores Albarracin.

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Maddy Jalbert @maddyjalbert.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

I have a new post out with @irahyman.bsky.social discussing the connection between the new political “weird” discourse (which we’re referring to as “weird-checking”, aka fact-checking but for weirdness instead of truth) and social psychology principles of social norms and consensus.

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Behavioral science policy recommendations early in the pandemic were *largely correct*. Our global collaboration of 80+ experts covers 747 studies (average sample size over 16,000!) & supports 16 of 19 claims. Many lessons for science & policy. Out today in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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