Harry Yan
@harryyan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @TAMUComm. Postdoc @Stanford Social Media Lab. PhD*2 in Informatics @IULuddy + Media Sciences @IUMediaSchool. @KnightFdn @OsoMe_IU Fellow. @ICR_IU Researcher. #PublicOpinion #Tech #GenAI #Bots #MediaEffects
Check out the paper for all the details: arxiv.org/abs/2511.18749 Thanks to my collaborators @yang3kc.bsky.social @harryyan.bsky.social and @fil.bsky.social .
Large Language Models Require Curated Context for Reliable Political Fact-Checking -- Even with Reasoning and Web Search
Large language models (LLMs) have raised hopes for automated end-to-end fact-checking, but prior studies report mixed results. As mainstream chatbots increasingly ship with reasoning capabilities and ...
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“Detecting Synthetic, Doubting Authentic: AI Attribution Bias for Political Imagery” 📍 Full preprint: osf.io/preprints/os... 🧵 Here’s what we found about how #GenAI is reshaping trust in political visuals during elections: (1/)
IU's Observatory on Social Media defends citizens from online manipulation – the opposite of censorship osome.iu.edu/research/blo...
IU's Observatory on Social Media defends citizens from online manipulation – the opposite of censorship
When thousands of fake accounts controlled by an unknown actor flood social media with some story, and platform algorithms amplify these messages, real...
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One downside of submitting articles to multiple divisions is ending up with a lot more reviews to handle... Looking forward to seeing everyone in Denver next year! #ICA
An interesting paper about AI fact-checking from @matthewdeverna.com @harryyan.bsky.social @yang3kc.bsky.social @fil.bsky.social
Fil Menczer@fil.bsky.social · 2y agoNew paper in PNAS 🧪 Fact-checking information from large language models can decrease headline discernment What are the unintended consequences of AI fact-checking? Even LLMs that accurately identify false headlines can actually cause harm. Read all about our experiment: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
