Very honored to share that our work receives 🏅SAC Highlight at #ACL2026 ! This work came together as an outcome of resilience, passion, and dedication. Very grateful for my collaborators , reviewers, and ACs in the process!

Katelyn Mei@katelynxmei.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Human evaluation is often treated as the gold standard for long-form generation, but how much can we trust it if papers don’t report how it was done? We study this question in our large-scale survey “Illusions of the Gold Standard” to be presented at @aclmeeting.bsky.social ! 🧵1/n

Human evaluation is often treated as the gold standard for long-form generation, but how much can we trust it if papers don’t report how it was done? We study this question in our large-scale survey “Illusions of the Gold Standard” to be presented at @aclmeeting.bsky.social ! 🧵1/n

🚨🎉Excited to announce that our paper “Grok in the Wild: Characterizing the Roles and Uses of Large Language Models on Social Media” is accepted at @icwsm.bsky.social 2026! In this paper, we investigate how, when, and to what effect Grok is used on X.

🚀 We turned LabintheWild into a book! 📖 Digital Culture Shock = global insights + LabintheWild tests so you can explore your cultural background. How does culture shape tech—cars, apps, websites, ChatGPT? 👉 Can’t wait to hear what you think!

Digital Culture Shock

How culture shapes the design and use of technology—and how we can resist the one-size-fits-all approach to technology design

press.princeton.edu

What happens when a robotaxi from California tries to drive in Cairo? Is that website colorful or chaotic? And when did chatbots get so rude? In a new book, #UW prof @katharinareinecke.bsky.social explores how culture shapes tech use and design. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #HCI #AI #BookSky

Digital Culture Shock

How culture shapes the design and use of technology—and how we can resist the one-size-fits-all approach to technology design

press.princeton.edu

🎙️ NEW WORK! @allisonkoe.bsky.social, Hilke Schellmann, Anna Seo Gyeong Choi, Katelyn Mei and I just released our stakeholder-grounded #AI #audit of speech-to-text transcription systems, examining the how well they work for people with #aphasia. More : arxiv.org/abs/2506.08846

Addressing Pitfalls in Auditing Practices of Automatic Speech Recognition Technologies: A Case Study of People with Aphasia

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has transformed daily tasks from video transcription to workplace hiring. ASR systems' growing use warrants robust and standardized auditing approaches to ensure aut...

arxiv.org

🚀 What is hallucination in AI systems? @annaseogyeongchoi.bsky.social and I recently explored this topic in depth, and our article has just been published in The Conversation! 🎉 theconversation.com/what-are-ai-...

What are AI hallucinations? Why AIs sometimes make things up

When AI systems try to bridge gaps in their training data, the results can be wildly off the mark: fabrications and non sequiturs researchers call hallucinations.

theconversation.com