Kyra Wilson
@kyrawilson.bsky.social
PhD student at UW iSchool | ai fairness, evaluation, and decision-making | she/her 🥝
kyrawilson.github.io/me
kyrawilson.github.io/me
Thanks to @uwnews.uw.edu for covering my + @aylincaliskan.bsky.social's recent work published at AIES 2025! www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
People mirror AI systems’ hiring biases, study finds
In a new UW study, 528 participants worked with simulated AI systems to select job candidates. The researchers simulated different levels of racial biases for resumes from white, Black, Hispanic and.....
www.washington.edu
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks to @uwnews.uw.edu for covering my + @aylincaliskan.bsky.social's recent work published at AIES 2025! www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
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🚨New paper: Reward Models (RMs) are used to align LLMs, but can they be steered toward user-specific value/style preferences?
With EVALUESTEER, we find even the best RMs we tested exhibit their own value/style biases, and are unable to align with a user >25% of the time. 🧵
With EVALUESTEER, we find even the best RMs we tested exhibit their own value/style biases, and are unable to align with a user >25% of the time. 🧵
October 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚨New paper: Reward Models (RMs) are used to align LLMs, but can they be steered toward user-specific value/style preferences?
With EVALUESTEER, we find even the best RMs we tested exhibit their own value/style biases, and are unable to align with a user >25% of the time. 🧵
With EVALUESTEER, we find even the best RMs we tested exhibit their own value/style biases, and are unable to align with a user >25% of the time. 🧵
Happy to share that I’m presenting 3 research projects at AIES 2025 🎉
1️⃣Gender bias over-representation in AI bias research 👫
2️⃣Stable Diffusion's skin tone bias 🧑🏻🧑🏽🧑🏿
3️⃣Limitations of human oversight in AI hiring 👤🤖
Let's chat if you’re at AIES or read below/reach out for details!
#AIES25 #AcademicSky
1️⃣Gender bias over-representation in AI bias research 👫
2️⃣Stable Diffusion's skin tone bias 🧑🏻🧑🏽🧑🏿
3️⃣Limitations of human oversight in AI hiring 👤🤖
Let's chat if you’re at AIES or read below/reach out for details!
#AIES25 #AcademicSky
October 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Happy to share that I’m presenting 3 research projects at AIES 2025 🎉
1️⃣Gender bias over-representation in AI bias research 👫
2️⃣Stable Diffusion's skin tone bias 🧑🏻🧑🏽🧑🏿
3️⃣Limitations of human oversight in AI hiring 👤🤖
Let's chat if you’re at AIES or read below/reach out for details!
#AIES25 #AcademicSky
1️⃣Gender bias over-representation in AI bias research 👫
2️⃣Stable Diffusion's skin tone bias 🧑🏻🧑🏽🧑🏿
3️⃣Limitations of human oversight in AI hiring 👤🤖
Let's chat if you’re at AIES or read below/reach out for details!
#AIES25 #AcademicSky
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Applying for a #PhD @ischool.uw.edu? Read 👇
Our student-run application feedback program will be open from October 20th through 1st November 2025.
Everyone applying, especially those from historically underrepresented groups or who have faced barriers in higher ed are highly encouraged to apply.
Our student-run application feedback program will be open from October 20th through 1st November 2025.
Everyone applying, especially those from historically underrepresented groups or who have faced barriers in higher ed are highly encouraged to apply.
September 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Applying for a #PhD @ischool.uw.edu? Read 👇
Our student-run application feedback program will be open from October 20th through 1st November 2025.
Everyone applying, especially those from historically underrepresented groups or who have faced barriers in higher ed are highly encouraged to apply.
Our student-run application feedback program will be open from October 20th through 1st November 2025.
Everyone applying, especially those from historically underrepresented groups or who have faced barriers in higher ed are highly encouraged to apply.
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Tesla is being hit with $329m in damages for a crash in which the human driver says he knew Autopilot wasn't self-driving. This is super important, because it shows that Autopilot's design and marketing can induce inattention even when drivers consciously know they are supposed to pay attention.
August 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Tesla is being hit with $329m in damages for a crash in which the human driver says he knew Autopilot wasn't self-driving. This is super important, because it shows that Autopilot's design and marketing can induce inattention even when drivers consciously know they are supposed to pay attention.
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📣 Exceptional resource alert from
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social: a database of U.S. union bargaining provisions related to workplace tech. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Workers need a voice in how tech is utilized in the workplace— and here are 175 blueprints for what that looks like
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social: a database of U.S. union bargaining provisions related to workplace tech. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Workers need a voice in how tech is utilized in the workplace— and here are 175 blueprints for what that looks like
UC Berkeley Labor Center (@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social)
The Labor Center conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment. Our trainings serve to educate a diverse new generation of labor leaders. We also engage UC Berkeley student...
ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
📣 Exceptional resource alert from
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social: a database of U.S. union bargaining provisions related to workplace tech. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Workers need a voice in how tech is utilized in the workplace— and here are 175 blueprints for what that looks like
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social: a database of U.S. union bargaining provisions related to workplace tech. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Workers need a voice in how tech is utilized in the workplace— and here are 175 blueprints for what that looks like
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There’s a lot of evil stuff. But these few sentences are a result of wild corruption, and would remove any guardrails against AI systems being used for massive civil and humans rights abuses on an unimaginable scale. Call your congresspeople, and scream about it in the streets.
This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.
from @404media.co
www.404media.co/republicans-...
from @404media.co
www.404media.co/republicans-...
May 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
There’s a lot of evil stuff. But these few sentences are a result of wild corruption, and would remove any guardrails against AI systems being used for massive civil and humans rights abuses on an unimaginable scale. Call your congresspeople, and scream about it in the streets.
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I’m in this article along with other @uaw4121.bsky.social members to explain what’s happening to grad student researchers in the US right now.
It’s not looking great for us, and it’s looking even worse for America.
It’s not looking great for us, and it’s looking even worse for America.
The Trump administration’s slowdown in science funding has left U.S.-based scientists and researchers scrambling to find homes for promising work that could lead to medical treatments and cures.
Now, many are looking abroad.
Now, many are looking abroad.
The best and brightest young scientists are looking beyond the U.S. as cuts hit home
Top scientists are cutting staff at their labs. Postdocs are leaving the country. Here's how the Trump cuts are playing out at the University of Washington.
nbcnews.to
May 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I’m in this article along with other @uaw4121.bsky.social members to explain what’s happening to grad student researchers in the US right now.
It’s not looking great for us, and it’s looking even worse for America.
It’s not looking great for us, and it’s looking even worse for America.
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So: In 2017, Congress made this happen:
NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase
NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase
NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase
Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still:
💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets.
📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase
NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase
NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase
Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still:
💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets.
📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
April 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So: In 2017, Congress made this happen:
NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase
NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase
NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase
Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still:
💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets.
📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase
NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase
NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase
Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still:
💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets.
📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
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I wrote a post on how to connect with people (i.e., make friends) at CS conferences. These events can be intimidating so here's some suggestions on how to navigate them
I'm late for #ICLR2025 #NAACL2025, but in time for #AISTATS2025 #ICML2025! 1/3
kamathematics.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/t...
I'm late for #ICLR2025 #NAACL2025, but in time for #AISTATS2025 #ICML2025! 1/3
kamathematics.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/t...
Tips on How to Connect at Academic Conferences
I was a kinda awkward teenager. If you are a CS researcher reading this post, then chances are, you were too. How to navigate social situations and make friends is not always intuitive, and has to …
kamathematics.wordpress.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I wrote a post on how to connect with people (i.e., make friends) at CS conferences. These events can be intimidating so here's some suggestions on how to navigate them
I'm late for #ICLR2025 #NAACL2025, but in time for #AISTATS2025 #ICML2025! 1/3
kamathematics.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/t...
I'm late for #ICLR2025 #NAACL2025, but in time for #AISTATS2025 #ICML2025! 1/3
kamathematics.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/t...
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Excited to announce our #NAACL2025 Oral paper! 🎉✨
We carried out the largest systematic study so far to map the links between upstream choices, intrinsic bias, and downstream zero-shot performance across 131 CLIP Vision-language encoders, 26 datasets, and 55 architectures!
We carried out the largest systematic study so far to map the links between upstream choices, intrinsic bias, and downstream zero-shot performance across 131 CLIP Vision-language encoders, 26 datasets, and 55 architectures!
April 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Excited to announce our #NAACL2025 Oral paper! 🎉✨
We carried out the largest systematic study so far to map the links between upstream choices, intrinsic bias, and downstream zero-shot performance across 131 CLIP Vision-language encoders, 26 datasets, and 55 architectures!
We carried out the largest systematic study so far to map the links between upstream choices, intrinsic bias, and downstream zero-shot performance across 131 CLIP Vision-language encoders, 26 datasets, and 55 architectures!
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Faculty at the University of Washington, please sign, and please help us spread the word!
Link the letter is below.
Link the letter is below.
Hundreds of UW faculty members sign open letter opposing staff layoffs in College of Arts & Sciences
Approximately 270 UW faculty members have signed an open letter condemning a proposed plan to lay off staff in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS), calling the decision “deeply
www.dailyuw.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Faculty at the University of Washington, please sign, and please help us spread the word!
Link the letter is below.
Link the letter is below.
🗞️ Hot off the press! 🗞️
@aylincaliskan.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about how to make resume screening with AI more equitable based findings from our work presented at AIES in 2024. Major takeaways ⬇️ (1/6)
www.brookings.edu/articles/gen...
@aylincaliskan.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about how to make resume screening with AI more equitable based findings from our work presented at AIES in 2024. Major takeaways ⬇️ (1/6)
www.brookings.edu/articles/gen...
Gender, race, and intersectional bias in AI resume screening via language model retrieval
Kyra Wilson and Aylin Caliskan examine gender, race, and intersectional bias in AI resume screening and suggest protective policies.
www.brookings.edu
April 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🗞️ Hot off the press! 🗞️
@aylincaliskan.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about how to make resume screening with AI more equitable based findings from our work presented at AIES in 2024. Major takeaways ⬇️ (1/6)
www.brookings.edu/articles/gen...
@aylincaliskan.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about how to make resume screening with AI more equitable based findings from our work presented at AIES in 2024. Major takeaways ⬇️ (1/6)
www.brookings.edu/articles/gen...
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Urgently reposting! University leadership need to actively check the SEVIS database every day (studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-help-hub). Ask your chair to commit to it.
Yesterday, UW discovered 9 visa cancellations & only found out b/c they ran a status check. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Yesterday, UW discovered 9 visa cancellations & only found out b/c they ran a status check. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
April 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Urgently reposting! University leadership need to actively check the SEVIS database every day (studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-help-hub). Ask your chair to commit to it.
Yesterday, UW discovered 9 visa cancellations & only found out b/c they ran a status check. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Yesterday, UW discovered 9 visa cancellations & only found out b/c they ran a status check. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Co-Director @aylincaliskan.bsky.social and Faculty Associate @emilymbender.bsky.social were recognized by @brookings.edu for being an important (un)Hidden Figures in AI.
www.brookings.edu/articles/rec...
www.brookings.edu/articles/rec...
Recognizing the (un)Hidden Figures in AI
The AI Equity Lab highlights leading voices and figures in artificial intelligence in recognition of Women's History Month.
www.brookings.edu
April 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Co-Director @aylincaliskan.bsky.social and Faculty Associate @emilymbender.bsky.social were recognized by @brookings.edu for being an important (un)Hidden Figures in AI.
www.brookings.edu/articles/rec...
www.brookings.edu/articles/rec...
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“Many of these men fancied themselves to be a cut above the [women] programmers who came before, and they often perceived COBOL as inferior and unattractive, in part because it did not require abstruse knowledge of underlying computer hardware or a computer science qualification.”
Built to Last
Don’t blame COBOL. Blame austerity.
logicmag.io
March 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Many of these men fancied themselves to be a cut above the [women] programmers who came before, and they often perceived COBOL as inferior and unattractive, in part because it did not require abstruse knowledge of underlying computer hardware or a computer science qualification.”
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This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
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UW’s @techpolicylab.bsky.social and I invite applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher position in "AI Alignment with Ethical Principles" focusing on language technologies, societal impact, and tech policy.
Kindly share!
apply.interfolio.com/162834
Priority review deadline: 3/28/2025
Kindly share!
apply.interfolio.com/162834
Priority review deadline: 3/28/2025
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February 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
UW’s @techpolicylab.bsky.social and I invite applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher position in "AI Alignment with Ethical Principles" focusing on language technologies, societal impact, and tech policy.
Kindly share!
apply.interfolio.com/162834
Priority review deadline: 3/28/2025
Kindly share!
apply.interfolio.com/162834
Priority review deadline: 3/28/2025
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Show up to tell the Trump administration: our research and our jobs need funding, not freezes!
RSVP here: www.labor4highered.org
RSVP here: www.labor4highered.org
February 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Show up to tell the Trump administration: our research and our jobs need funding, not freezes!
RSVP here: www.labor4highered.org
RSVP here: www.labor4highered.org
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One concrete thing everybody can do to support federal workers is participate in (and spread the word about) the February 19 Save Our Services day of action
bit.ly/SOSaction
bit.ly/SOSaction
February 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One concrete thing everybody can do to support federal workers is participate in (and spread the word about) the February 19 Save Our Services day of action
bit.ly/SOSaction
bit.ly/SOSaction
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The Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences at UW is excited to host a Winter research exhibition on Feb 29 in Seattle. Info about our keynote speaker, accepted posters and a link to RSVP are on the event page now! www.raise.uw.edu/winterexposi...
January 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences at UW is excited to host a Winter research exhibition on Feb 29 in Seattle. Info about our keynote speaker, accepted posters and a link to RSVP are on the event page now! www.raise.uw.edu/winterexposi...
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Nice article explaining unwanted bias in hiring stemming from the use of artificial intelligence with extensive quotations from @kyrawilson.bsky.social and Moninder Singh. www.ibm.com/think/news/a...
How AI can help the recruitment process—without hurting it | IBM
AI agents for recruiters are time-savers—but experts caution that developers need to make sure they're unbiased. Find out what data scientists and engineers are doing to mitigate bias in AI-driven rec...
www.ibm.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Nice article explaining unwanted bias in hiring stemming from the use of artificial intelligence with extensive quotations from @kyrawilson.bsky.social and Moninder Singh. www.ibm.com/think/news/a...
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#geekwire - #AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
#Blackmen fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time.
www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...
#Blackmen fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time.
www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...
AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
Kyra Wilson, left, University of Washington doctoral student in the Information School and Aylin Caliskan, a UW assistant professor in the iSchool. (UW
www.geekwire.com
November 3, 2024 at 7:29 AM
#geekwire - #AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
#Blackmen fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time.
www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...
#Blackmen fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time.
www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...