Natalia Stanusch
@nataliastanusch.bsky.social
Researcher @AIForensics.org | Research Lead of Esoteric AI
@aixdesign.bsky.social | PhD Candidate at ASCA, University of Amsterdam |
@aixdesign.bsky.social | PhD Candidate at ASCA, University of Amsterdam |
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Stay tuned!
We’ve received many requests in recent days for updates on our Grok report. We’re currently conducting additional monitoring and analysis and will have more to share shortly. 🔍
We’ve received many requests in recent days for updates on our Grok report. We’re currently conducting additional monitoring and analysis and will have more to share shortly. 🔍
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Stay tuned!
We’ve received many requests in recent days for updates on our Grok report. We’re currently conducting additional monitoring and analysis and will have more to share shortly. 🔍
We’ve received many requests in recent days for updates on our Grok report. We’re currently conducting additional monitoring and analysis and will have more to share shortly. 🔍
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A year’s work with my colleague @nataliastanusch.bsky.social on “moderation” & regulation of AI search !
⚠️ AI chatbots are reshaping how we search. But EU rules haven’t caught up.
Our new policy report digs into the risks of LLM-powered search and the gap in Europe’s regulatory approach.
So how do we fix it?
👇 Full report + recommendations:
tinyurl.com/2p2h77et
Our new policy report digs into the risks of LLM-powered search and the gap in Europe’s regulatory approach.
So how do we fix it?
👇 Full report + recommendations:
tinyurl.com/2p2h77et
From 'Googling' to 'Asking ChatGPT': Governing AI Search
We provide an overview of the most relevant changes and shifts between traditional search engines and AI search functionalities. This report also offers a framework for situating AI search in the curr...
tinyurl.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A year’s work with my colleague @nataliastanusch.bsky.social on “moderation” & regulation of AI search !
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🔍 As the EU calls for “simplification,” our year-long study of LLM chatbots shows a growing regulatory gap.
LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini increasingly act like search engines. But do they fall under the DSA, the AI Act, or somewhere in between?
LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini increasingly act like search engines. But do they fall under the DSA, the AI Act, or somewhere in between?
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🔍 As the EU calls for “simplification,” our year-long study of LLM chatbots shows a growing regulatory gap.
LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini increasingly act like search engines. But do they fall under the DSA, the AI Act, or somewhere in between?
LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini increasingly act like search engines. But do they fall under the DSA, the AI Act, or somewhere in between?
Reposted by Natalia Stanusch
⚠️ AI chatbots are reshaping how we search. But EU rules haven’t caught up.
Our new policy report digs into the risks of LLM-powered search and the gap in Europe’s regulatory approach.
So how do we fix it?
👇 Full report + recommendations:
tinyurl.com/2p2h77et
Our new policy report digs into the risks of LLM-powered search and the gap in Europe’s regulatory approach.
So how do we fix it?
👇 Full report + recommendations:
tinyurl.com/2p2h77et
From 'Googling' to 'Asking ChatGPT': Governing AI Search
We provide an overview of the most relevant changes and shifts between traditional search engines and AI search functionalities. This report also offers a framework for situating AI search in the curr...
tinyurl.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
⚠️ AI chatbots are reshaping how we search. But EU rules haven’t caught up.
Our new policy report digs into the risks of LLM-powered search and the gap in Europe’s regulatory approach.
So how do we fix it?
👇 Full report + recommendations:
tinyurl.com/2p2h77et
Our new policy report digs into the risks of LLM-powered search and the gap in Europe’s regulatory approach.
So how do we fix it?
👇 Full report + recommendations:
tinyurl.com/2p2h77et
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🚨354 automated AI accounts generated 4.5 billion views on TikTok through more than 43,000 AI-made posts.
Our investigation finds Agentic AI Accounts spreading harmful content. Yet TikTok labels around 1.38% of these posts. ⚠️
Full report: tinyurl.com/4kkfm4nn
Our investigation finds Agentic AI Accounts spreading harmful content. Yet TikTok labels around 1.38% of these posts. ⚠️
Full report: tinyurl.com/4kkfm4nn
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🚨354 automated AI accounts generated 4.5 billion views on TikTok through more than 43,000 AI-made posts.
Our investigation finds Agentic AI Accounts spreading harmful content. Yet TikTok labels around 1.38% of these posts. ⚠️
Full report: tinyurl.com/4kkfm4nn
Our investigation finds Agentic AI Accounts spreading harmful content. Yet TikTok labels around 1.38% of these posts. ⚠️
Full report: tinyurl.com/4kkfm4nn
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🎯 Targeted Ads, TikTok & Meme Resistance
New in Big Data & Society by @nataliastanusch.bsky.social
What do TikTok memes reveal about how users understand — and resist — being watched by algorithms?
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New in Big Data & Society by @nataliastanusch.bsky.social
What do TikTok memes reveal about how users understand — and resist — being watched by algorithms?
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🎯 Targeted Ads, TikTok & Meme Resistance
New in Big Data & Society by @nataliastanusch.bsky.social
What do TikTok memes reveal about how users understand — and resist — being watched by algorithms?
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New in Big Data & Society by @nataliastanusch.bsky.social
What do TikTok memes reveal about how users understand — and resist — being watched by algorithms?
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New AIF report: is AI-generated imagery really gaming the platforms’ algorithms? We investigated search results on #TikTok and #Instagram across countries, languages, and topics. #genai #aislop -> more in our report:
🚨 "AI Slop" investigation: Platforms failing to label synthetic content
We found:
- 1 in 4 TikTok search results contain AI imagery
- Specialized "Agentic AI Accounts" mass-produce synthetic content
- 80%+ of AI content is photorealistic but unlabeled
- Instagram desktop users see zero AI labels
We found:
- 1 in 4 TikTok search results contain AI imagery
- Specialized "Agentic AI Accounts" mass-produce synthetic content
- 80%+ of AI content is photorealistic but unlabeled
- Instagram desktop users see zero AI labels
July 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New AIF report: is AI-generated imagery really gaming the platforms’ algorithms? We investigated search results on #TikTok and #Instagram across countries, languages, and topics. #genai #aislop -> more in our report:
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📢 In a joint civil society effort, we filed a formal DSA complaint against 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) for violating Article 26(3) — which bans targeting ads based on sensitive data like sexuality, politics, religion, health.
📄 Read the joint statement: aiforensics.org/uploads/Join...
📄 Read the joint statement: aiforensics.org/uploads/Join...
aiforensics.org
July 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢 In a joint civil society effort, we filed a formal DSA complaint against 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) for violating Article 26(3) — which bans targeting ads based on sensitive data like sexuality, politics, religion, health.
📄 Read the joint statement: aiforensics.org/uploads/Join...
📄 Read the joint statement: aiforensics.org/uploads/Join...
New report just dropped. TikTok, content labelling, and genAI in the context of PL elections 2025. Also the report just got covered in PL by @demagog.org.pl
🧵How TikTok failed Polish democracy during the 2025 Presidential Election
Our new investigation exposes serious gaps in TikTok's election content moderation that disproportionately harmed the Polish diaspora : aiforensics.org/work/tiktok-...
Our new investigation exposes serious gaps in TikTok's election content moderation that disproportionately harmed the Polish diaspora : aiforensics.org/work/tiktok-...
Tiktok's Polish Elections Labels: Only Sometimes, And Only For Some
Our investigation reveals TikTok's systematic failures in applying election information labels during Poland's 2025 Presidential Election. The platform excluded 20+ million Polish diaspora users from ...
aiforensics.org
June 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New report just dropped. TikTok, content labelling, and genAI in the context of PL elections 2025. Also the report just got covered in PL by @demagog.org.pl
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🧵How TikTok failed Polish democracy during the 2025 Presidential Election
Our new investigation exposes serious gaps in TikTok's election content moderation that disproportionately harmed the Polish diaspora : aiforensics.org/work/tiktok-...
Our new investigation exposes serious gaps in TikTok's election content moderation that disproportionately harmed the Polish diaspora : aiforensics.org/work/tiktok-...
Tiktok's Polish Elections Labels: Only Sometimes, And Only For Some
Our investigation reveals TikTok's systematic failures in applying election information labels during Poland's 2025 Presidential Election. The platform excluded 20+ million Polish diaspora users from ...
aiforensics.org
June 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🧵How TikTok failed Polish democracy during the 2025 Presidential Election
Our new investigation exposes serious gaps in TikTok's election content moderation that disproportionately harmed the Polish diaspora : aiforensics.org/work/tiktok-...
Our new investigation exposes serious gaps in TikTok's election content moderation that disproportionately harmed the Polish diaspora : aiforensics.org/work/tiktok-...
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🫵 Will you help us spread the word about AIxDESIGN Festival? 🫵
🏉 We're throwing our first-ever festival and need your help reaching the people it's made for! > bit.ly/aixd-festiva...
Tag us if you share - we love to see it!
🏉 We're throwing our first-ever festival and need your help reaching the people it's made for! > bit.ly/aixd-festiva...
Tag us if you share - we love to see it!
April 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🫵 Will you help us spread the word about AIxDESIGN Festival? 🫵
🏉 We're throwing our first-ever festival and need your help reaching the people it's made for! > bit.ly/aixd-festiva...
Tag us if you share - we love to see it!
🏉 We're throwing our first-ever festival and need your help reaching the people it's made for! > bit.ly/aixd-festiva...
Tag us if you share - we love to see it!
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🎟️ TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE 🎟️
🎪 AIxD Festival: On Slow AI 🎪 May 1-3 in Amsterdam
Imagine a cosy space to deconstruct mainstream AI stories, dream up new ones, and figure out how we make them real. It will be a fever dream of talks, workshops, an art exhibition, and film screening → 🔗 lu.ma/yiaccf39
🎪 AIxD Festival: On Slow AI 🎪 May 1-3 in Amsterdam
Imagine a cosy space to deconstruct mainstream AI stories, dream up new ones, and figure out how we make them real. It will be a fever dream of talks, workshops, an art exhibition, and film screening → 🔗 lu.ma/yiaccf39
March 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🎟️ TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE 🎟️
🎪 AIxD Festival: On Slow AI 🎪 May 1-3 in Amsterdam
Imagine a cosy space to deconstruct mainstream AI stories, dream up new ones, and figure out how we make them real. It will be a fever dream of talks, workshops, an art exhibition, and film screening → 🔗 lu.ma/yiaccf39
🎪 AIxD Festival: On Slow AI 🎪 May 1-3 in Amsterdam
Imagine a cosy space to deconstruct mainstream AI stories, dream up new ones, and figure out how we make them real. It will be a fever dream of talks, workshops, an art exhibition, and film screening → 🔗 lu.ma/yiaccf39
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It's Monday, time to repeat the week again but before you do... ✨ On a scale of esoteric Sun, how do you feel today after reading our chapter on Esoteric AI? 🌞
And in case the horrors of Capitalism persisted, take a moment to vibe and summon the full chapter → 🔗 lnkd.in/gKE-HRfq 🔮
And in case the horrors of Capitalism persisted, take a moment to vibe and summon the full chapter → 🔗 lnkd.in/gKE-HRfq 🔮
March 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's Monday, time to repeat the week again but before you do... ✨ On a scale of esoteric Sun, how do you feel today after reading our chapter on Esoteric AI? 🌞
And in case the horrors of Capitalism persisted, take a moment to vibe and summon the full chapter → 🔗 lnkd.in/gKE-HRfq 🔮
And in case the horrors of Capitalism persisted, take a moment to vibe and summon the full chapter → 🔗 lnkd.in/gKE-HRfq 🔮
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This chapter is the manifestation of Natalia and the team’s past 12 months of research into Esoteric AI ⏳ A labour of love, we’d love to hear your thoughts!
🎞️ DREAM TEAM: Sofia Vieira, Kaashvi Kothari, @nataliastanusch.bsky.social , Ploipailin Flynn, @nadiapiet.bsky.social
🎞️ DREAM TEAM: Sofia Vieira, Kaashvi Kothari, @nataliastanusch.bsky.social , Ploipailin Flynn, @nadiapiet.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This chapter is the manifestation of Natalia and the team’s past 12 months of research into Esoteric AI ⏳ A labour of love, we’d love to hear your thoughts!
🎞️ DREAM TEAM: Sofia Vieira, Kaashvi Kothari, @nataliastanusch.bsky.social , Ploipailin Flynn, @nadiapiet.bsky.social
🎞️ DREAM TEAM: Sofia Vieira, Kaashvi Kothari, @nataliastanusch.bsky.social , Ploipailin Flynn, @nadiapiet.bsky.social
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RELEASE ALERT 🚨 (3/9) “Esoteric AI: To disenchant the enchanted, and enchant the disenchanted” chapter is out now! 🔗 Summon the full chapter on our website → lnkd.in/gKE-HRfq 🧛
March 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
RELEASE ALERT 🚨 (3/9) “Esoteric AI: To disenchant the enchanted, and enchant the disenchanted” chapter is out now! 🔗 Summon the full chapter on our website → lnkd.in/gKE-HRfq 🧛
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Augury season
March 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Augury season
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The AIxD Festival (@aixdesign.bsky.social) is going to be fantastic — and they’re looking to livestream! If you’re keen, they’re asking folks to book (or donate!) early so the funds can go straight to the livestream setup. Can you throw them some Euros? www.kickstarter.com/projects/aix...
LIVESTREAMing the AIxDESIGN Festival
Help us livestream the AIxDESIGN Festival: On Slow AI around the world 🌍 🌏 🌎
www.kickstarter.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The AIxD Festival (@aixdesign.bsky.social) is going to be fantastic — and they’re looking to livestream! If you’re keen, they’re asking folks to book (or donate!) early so the funds can go straight to the livestream setup. Can you throw them some Euros? www.kickstarter.com/projects/aix...
▫️Last week I joined #FeelingsInc. Symposium as a panelist. We talked about #chatbots across layers, from the metaphor of mirror and beyond, and about the need to reimagine chatbots from the design, regulation, and end user’s standpoints. Thanks again to Privacy Salon for having me ✨
February 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
▫️Last week I joined #FeelingsInc. Symposium as a panelist. We talked about #chatbots across layers, from the metaphor of mirror and beyond, and about the need to reimagine chatbots from the design, regulation, and end user’s standpoints. Thanks again to Privacy Salon for having me ✨
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✍️💬 #Doppelganger actors continue to monetize via Meta ads @aiforensics.org @reset.tech @checkfirst.network estimated almost half a million dollars in revenue in 2 years despite sanctions! 💵
La fabbrica dei fake: come Meta guadagna sulla disinformazione russa nonostante le sanzioni internazionali
È stata ribattezzata “la fabbrica dei fake”, la fuga di informazioni che ha portato alla diffusione di migliaia di file provenienti da Social Design
www.glistatigenerali.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
✍️💬 #Doppelganger actors continue to monetize via Meta ads @aiforensics.org @reset.tech @checkfirst.network estimated almost half a million dollars in revenue in 2 years despite sanctions! 💵
🌐In Feb I presented @ECREA Communication History Workshop Communication Networks Before and After the Web Historical and Long-term Perspective @cern.bsky.social - very grateful to the Organizers & my colleagues who put together "Localizing Imaginaries, Rhetoric, and Metaphors of Networks" panel✨🫶1/4
February 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🌐In Feb I presented @ECREA Communication History Workshop Communication Networks Before and After the Web Historical and Long-term Perspective @cern.bsky.social - very grateful to the Organizers & my colleagues who put together "Localizing Imaginaries, Rhetoric, and Metaphors of Networks" panel✨🫶1/4
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AIxDesign is hosting a “Slow AI” festival in Amsterdam and May and they’re kickstarting the funds to live stream it! If you can spare some Euros you can get in on the livestream! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aix...
LIVESTREAMing the AIxDESIGN Festival
Help us livestream the AIxDESIGN Festival: On Slow AI around the world 🌍 🌏 🌎
www.kickstarter.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
AIxDesign is hosting a “Slow AI” festival in Amsterdam and May and they’re kickstarting the funds to live stream it! If you can spare some Euros you can get in on the livestream! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aix...
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🎬 Fabian Mosele (@fabianmosele.bsky.social) / Synthiola surfing latent space
👩💻 Computational Mama (@computationalmama.bsky.social) / Ambika 🤖 building playgrounds for lofi AI builds
🔮 Natalia Stanusch (@nataliastanusch.bsky.social) summoning new perspectives on Esoteric AI <3
👩💻 Computational Mama (@computationalmama.bsky.social) / Ambika 🤖 building playgrounds for lofi AI builds
🔮 Natalia Stanusch (@nataliastanusch.bsky.social) summoning new perspectives on Esoteric AI <3
February 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🎬 Fabian Mosele (@fabianmosele.bsky.social) / Synthiola surfing latent space
👩💻 Computational Mama (@computationalmama.bsky.social) / Ambika 🤖 building playgrounds for lofi AI builds
🔮 Natalia Stanusch (@nataliastanusch.bsky.social) summoning new perspectives on Esoteric AI <3
👩💻 Computational Mama (@computationalmama.bsky.social) / Ambika 🤖 building playgrounds for lofi AI builds
🔮 Natalia Stanusch (@nataliastanusch.bsky.social) summoning new perspectives on Esoteric AI <3
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Do you really need to drink so much? 💧 Artificial Intelligence is facing a crisis: humans consume far too many of the precious resources AI needs. Every sip you take could nourish systems that maintain your digital conveniences & fill your spam. Act now and savethe.ai! #AI #SaveTheAI #AIActionSummit
AI Needs Your Help
savethe.ai
February 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Do you really need to drink so much? 💧 Artificial Intelligence is facing a crisis: humans consume far too many of the precious resources AI needs. Every sip you take could nourish systems that maintain your digital conveniences & fill your spam. Act now and savethe.ai! #AI #SaveTheAI #AIActionSummit
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I'm really proud of this article, it should be of interest to anyone thinking about Generative AI, Resistance/Refusal, and the role artists play in hijacking the spectacle of AI.
We're doing it again! Check out the sneak preview from CAI 3.1's upcoming issue, @eryk.bsky.social, @carolinesinders.bsky.social, and @supercomposite.bsky.social's "Cultural Red Teaming: ARRG! & Creative Misuse of AI Systems." #CriticalAI
SNEAK PREVIEW: ERYK SALVAGGIO, CAROLINE SINDERS & STEPH MAJ SWANSON’S “CULTURAL RED TEAMING: ARRG! & CREATIVE MISUSE OF AI SYSTEMS”
[Below, a sneak preview from the upcoming issue Critical AI 3.1, Eryk Salvaggio, Caroline Sinders and Steph Maj Swanson‘s “Cultural Red Teaming: ARRG! & Creative Misuse of AI Sys…
criticalai.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm really proud of this article, it should be of interest to anyone thinking about Generative AI, Resistance/Refusal, and the role artists play in hijacking the spectacle of AI.
Reposted by Natalia Stanusch
It feels tactical to say this but if you like a text someone has written here consider sharing it. Likes on Bsky signal your approval, but they don’t bump it or amplify it because there’s no algorithm. *Sharing* independent writer’s work helps us find and grow an audience!
February 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It feels tactical to say this but if you like a text someone has written here consider sharing it. Likes on Bsky signal your approval, but they don’t bump it or amplify it because there’s no algorithm. *Sharing* independent writer’s work helps us find and grow an audience!