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Mor Naaman
@informor.bsky.social

Cornell Tech professor (information science, AI-mediated Communication, trustworthiness of our information ecosystem). New York City. Taller in person. Opinions my own.

Mor Naaman is a professor of information science at Cornell Tech. He is the founder of the Connective Media Hub and director of the Connective Media degree program. Naaman is known for foundational work on tagging behavior on social networking sites, the use of sites such as Twitter as social awareness streams, and real-world identification from social network activity. His research in these areas has been cited over 12,000 times on Google Scholar. .. more

Computer science 43%
Physics 15%

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They spent $32,537.28 and made $404,222.33. Most of the buys were made within the past 24 hours.

Not bad for an honest day’s work.
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

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Who should get paid when AI learns from creative work? Cornell Tech Professor Frank Pasquale and co-authors have proposed a “learnright” as a new IP right to protect creatives. Learn more: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/12/who-should-get-paid-when-ai-learns-creative-work-0

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Mandy Patinkin and the PS22 Children's Chorus of Staten Island perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at Zohran Mamdani's Mayoral inauguration

Could not resist

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"There should be a reception area. AND DO CALL ME SHIRLEY."

(Sorry I could not resist. I know this is serious stuff. You deserve better)
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”

SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”

CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”

SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔

He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.

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"There should be a reception area. AND DO CALL ME SHIRLEY."

(Sorry I could not resist. I know this is serious stuff. You deserve better)
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”

SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”

CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”

SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔

He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”

SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”

CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”

SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔

He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.

The Open Web (1993-2026)

Detailed and informative as usual from my colleague @jtlg.bsky.social
I have a short essay in Communications of the ACM about the new scraping wars between AI companies and websites, and how the fault lines are less clear than they were last time around.

cacm.acm.org/opinion/ai-s...

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I have a short essay in Communications of the ACM about the new scraping wars between AI companies and websites, and how the fault lines are less clear than they were last time around.

cacm.acm.org/opinion/ai-s...

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cacm.acm.org

Reminds me of when I climbed (well, walked up) Bridger Peak, the tallest peak in Rich County, Utah

Which is the shortest tallest peak of Utah counties

Which is the tallest shortest tallest county peak of all US States

Now worried about the veracity of these facts

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/s...
Twins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map
www.nytimes.com

What happened in digital deception this year (gift link): survey of experts (+me) by the people of @indicator.media. Already highlighting a dire state, even if missing the (recent) most troubling development of U.S. going after Trust & Safety people abroad

indicator.media/p/elon-musk-...
Elon Musk is this year’s King of Digital Deception
And some more serious findings – including a great reading list – from our survey of 53 experts
indicator.media

Not speaking for the authors, but two answers:
1. Does create conflict but at least allows for meaningful research so cost/benefit calc is different
2. See my second post on the thread: the ideal setup is for these grants to be administered with independence

In a normal world, regulation would have forced these companies to sponsor truly independent research AND share critical data AND provide researchers with some form of access to users.

For some reason I don't expect the companies to volunteer budget as the @techpolicypress.bsky.social suggests 🤷‍♂️

Catching up late on this from @natematias.bsky.social and Avriel Epps. As federally funded grants to study these issues disappear, another case of a company offering "measly" grants that at best will offer limited insights while hurting researcher credibility.

www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms | TechPolicy.Press
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
www.techpolicy.press

One way in which our society is showing signs of post-hype AI is that the corporations are finally depicting socially acceptable use-cases* for AI in their campaigns.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9qP...

*Mere Santa-level deception and environmental costs notwithstanding
Google Gemini: Mr. Fuzzy’s Big Adventure
YouTube video by Google
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I don't know, but I highly recommend "Music by John Williams" on Disney+ if you haven't watched it yet!
"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu

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How well did X's Community Notes handle misinformation about the identity of Ahmed al-Ahmed, the man who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach terrorists?

It's complicated...

new on @indicator.media:
How the Crabtree conspiracy played out on X’s Community Notes
A case study on crowdsourced fact-checking during breaking news events
indicator.media

It did. Happy Hanukkah and Solstice!

She had been a spreader of misinformation since before it was cool

Ok the practice of "grab the first reference you find that seems to support your point" is now not just lazy but actually dangerous to your own reputation, as slop citations are infesting both Scholar and otherwise-legit papers. Thanks, AI, I guess?
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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I haven’t looked at all of mine, but of the couple I did, one seemed fine and one had a small error that was fairly inconsequential. I’d be interested in what kinds of mistakes folks who have mentioned them are seeing!

Although... maybe not bad? Just inappropriate.

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It is wild that the ACM shows these AI summaries as the *default* article view, overriding the authors' own summary aka the abstract.

Having said that, I scanned the summaries for my own papers since the beginning of 2024. They are accurate AND well-written, and I would likely have approved them.
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.

I agree that ACM should not have broken the status quo of only showing content provided/approved by authors in the streamlined article page. There are ways to avoid this (showing as secondary content; asking for author approval) that would have made these changes more sensible.

It is wild that the ACM shows these AI summaries as the *default* article view, overriding the authors' own summary aka the abstract.

Having said that, I scanned the summaries for my own papers since the beginning of 2024. They are accurate AND well-written, and I would likely have approved them.
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.

Second night update: all still doing Hanukkah but JP Morgan upped their game! Curious if the resolution will allow them to go to eight.

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I took a deep dive into Meta’s “Hyperion” data center in Richland Parish, LA. The story of a tech behemoth coming bearing billions to a poor community like Richland Parish is complex and worthy of scrutiny. 🧵 1/7

sherwood.news/tech/hyperion/
The power play behind Hyperion, Mark Zuckerberg’s colossal data center being built in rural Louisiana
$10 billion of investment. Code names to disguise projects and companies. Mixed opinions. Skyrocketing property values. And enough tax breaks...
sherwood.news

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