Marios Dikaiakos
@dikaiakos.bsky.social
My essay titled «Generative AI as a Disinformation Tool: “The Hidden Sound of Things Approaching”» appeared in the Conversations section of Politikon: the IAPSS Journal of Political Science: doi.org/10.22151/pol...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
My essay titled «Generative AI as a Disinformation Tool: “The Hidden Sound of Things Approaching”» appeared in the Conversations section of Politikon: the IAPSS Journal of Political Science: doi.org/10.22151/pol...
Our paper “FakeInf Selective Deep Neural Network Inference for Latency and Energy Aware Model Serving Pipelines” (linc.ucy.ac.cy/assets/files...) received the Best Paper Award at the 18th IEEE ACM Int Conf on Utility & Cloud Computing #UCC2025.
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Our paper “FakeInf Selective Deep Neural Network Inference for Latency and Energy Aware Model Serving Pipelines” (linc.ucy.ac.cy/assets/files...) received the Best Paper Award at the 18th IEEE ACM Int Conf on Utility & Cloud Computing #UCC2025.
What makes investors trust entrepreneurs they’ve never met? Could something as simple as a founder’s smile meaningfully affect decisions about funding? Check our paper just published in:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Founder smiles increase investor trust and funding - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Founder smiles increase investor trust and funding
www.nature.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What makes investors trust entrepreneurs they’ve never met? Could something as simple as a founder’s smile meaningfully affect decisions about funding? Check our paper just published in:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How Trump’s crackdown on universities is affecting the world www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Trump’s crackdown on Harvard and other universities is affecting the world
Mr. Trump’s ideological war on universities is putting students, professors and scientists under pressure. That could undermine the global dominance that American science has enjoyed for decades.
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
How Trump’s crackdown on universities is affecting the world www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A discussion, in Greek, on LLMs and their implications. Many thanks to Yiannos Stavrinides (Γιάννος Σταυρινίδης), producer of the Bailout podcast series, for the kind invitation and thought-provoking questions!
open.spotify.com/episode/2R4f...
open.spotify.com/episode/2R4f...
Bailout Ep. 043 - Στην εποχή του ChatGPT
Bailout Cyprus Podcast · Episode
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May 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A discussion, in Greek, on LLMs and their implications. Many thanks to Yiannos Stavrinides (Γιάννος Σταυρινίδης), producer of the Bailout podcast series, for the kind invitation and thought-provoking questions!
open.spotify.com/episode/2R4f...
open.spotify.com/episode/2R4f...
Generative AI as a Disinformation Tool: Threats, Challenges, Dilemmas
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April 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Generative AI as a Disinformation Tool: Threats, Challenges, Dilemmas
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LLMs in Higher Education: Some Considerations
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April 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
LLMs in Higher Education: Some Considerations
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Researchers benefit from coordinating on a place to post and discuss their latest research.
It looks like Bluesky is becoming that place.
#econsky
It looks like Bluesky is becoming that place.
#econsky
THREAD
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
March 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Researchers benefit from coordinating on a place to post and discuss their latest research.
It looks like Bluesky is becoming that place.
#econsky
It looks like Bluesky is becoming that place.
#econsky
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Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms
Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms
Experts say mandatory reporting on energy and water use is needed to avoid irreparable damage to environment
Tech companies should be required by law to report the energy and water consumption for their data centres, as the boom in AI risks causing…
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms
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I can think of at least eight federal laws that have been broken by Musk and his goons over the last few days, and at least two provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
They must be stopped.
Some thoughts: robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...
They must be stopped.
Some thoughts: robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...
How the Muskrat is messing with your social security, your religion, and everything else
He and his goons must be stopped
robertreich.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I can think of at least eight federal laws that have been broken by Musk and his goons over the last few days, and at least two provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
They must be stopped.
Some thoughts: robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...
They must be stopped.
Some thoughts: robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...
How does the habit of visiting fitness centers correlates to other daily activities? Are there differences between people who train and those who don’t? A study of human mobility data w 20M individuals published in Scientific Reports @linc-ucy.bsky.social more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
How does the habit of visiting fitness centers correlates to other daily activities? Are there differences between people who train and those who don’t? A study of human mobility data w 20M individuals published in Scientific Reports @linc-ucy.bsky.social more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Can knowledge regarding polarizing issues be extracted automatically from the news & organized to be exploited to boost the automated identification of misinformation? Seems the answer is positive. Check out PARALLAX: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
January 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Can knowledge regarding polarizing issues be extracted automatically from the news & organized to be exploited to boost the automated identification of misinformation? Seems the answer is positive. Check out PARALLAX: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Reposted by Marios Dikaiakos
Reposted by Marios Dikaiakos
As Donald Trump's second presidency begins, America's largest banks and asset managers have abandoned one of the most overt symbols of their commitment to reaching green goals: climate action networks.
Big Banks Quit Climate Change Groups Ahead of Trump’s Term
Several large U.S. financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, have withdrawn from the networks after years of growing political and legal pressure.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
As Donald Trump's second presidency begins, America's largest banks and asset managers have abandoned one of the most overt symbols of their commitment to reaching green goals: climate action networks.
Our paper studying polarization titled “A Framework for the Unsupervised Modeling and Extraction of Polarization Knowledge from News Media” with Demetris Paschalides and George Pallis appeared in the ACM Transactions on Social Computing: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
A Framework for the Unsupervised Modeling and Extraction of Polarization Knowledge from News Media | ACM Transactions on Social Computing
Polarization poses global concerns for social cohesion and stability, making its understanding
crucial for effective mitigation measures. In this paper, we introduce an unsupervised,
domain-agnostic f...
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December 18, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Our paper studying polarization titled “A Framework for the Unsupervised Modeling and Extraction of Polarization Knowledge from News Media” with Demetris Paschalides and George Pallis appeared in the ACM Transactions on Social Computing: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Amnesty International described the Sednaya Prison in Syria as a “human slaughterhouse,” where, other rights groups say, tens of thousands of people were detained, tortured and killed during the 13-year civil war. Here’s what to know.
Sednaya Prison in Syria: What to Know
Amnesty International described it as a “human slaughterhouse,” where, other rights groups say, tens of thousands of people were detained, tortured and killed during the 13-year civil war.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Amnesty International described the Sednaya Prison in Syria as a “human slaughterhouse,” where, other rights groups say, tens of thousands of people were detained, tortured and killed during the 13-year civil war. Here’s what to know.
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I took a deep dive inside Assad's prison system. Not for the faint-hearted.
"Nothing more completely embodied the barbarous sadism of Assad’s regime than his prisons.
They were both a symbol & a means of the regime’s brutality & its oppressive tactics."
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
"Nothing more completely embodied the barbarous sadism of Assad’s regime than his prisons.
They were both a symbol & a means of the regime’s brutality & its oppressive tactics."
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 10, 2024 at 9:25 AM
I took a deep dive inside Assad's prison system. Not for the faint-hearted.
"Nothing more completely embodied the barbarous sadism of Assad’s regime than his prisons.
They were both a symbol & a means of the regime’s brutality & its oppressive tactics."
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
"Nothing more completely embodied the barbarous sadism of Assad’s regime than his prisons.
They were both a symbol & a means of the regime’s brutality & its oppressive tactics."
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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What happens to the Alawite community now, Hussein Ibish writes, will say a great deal about whether post-Assad Syria will cohere into a stable, pluralistic nation—or descend into further sectarian chaos.
How Russia Could Maintain a Foothold in Syria
Moscow can seek to preserve its most important assets in Syria through cooperation with an Alawite autonomous zone—if that community moves quickly to establish one.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:13 PM
What happens to the Alawite community now, Hussein Ibish writes, will say a great deal about whether post-Assad Syria will cohere into a stable, pluralistic nation—or descend into further sectarian chaos.
Presenting AI-supported Participatory Analysis Framework for disinformation at the "Artificial Intelligence, Security, and Cooperation in the EU" conference of European Security and Defense College, the Diplomatic Academy of the Univ of Nicosia and the Cyprus Ministry of Defense.
December 4, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Presenting AI-supported Participatory Analysis Framework for disinformation at the "Artificial Intelligence, Security, and Cooperation in the EU" conference of European Security and Defense College, the Diplomatic Academy of the Univ of Nicosia and the Cyprus Ministry of Defense.
Research exhibition at the 9th Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum @ucy1.bsky.social
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www.c4e.org.cy/ief2024/rese...
IEF2024 - Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence
9th Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
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November 28, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Research exhibition at the 9th Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum @ucy1.bsky.social
www.c4e.org.cy/ief2024/rese...
www.c4e.org.cy/ief2024/rese...
9th Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum @ucy1.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
9th Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum @ucy1.bsky.social
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01.ai trained the #6 model in the world for $3M pre-train cost. And the inference price is $0.14/million tokens! www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Chinese company trained GPT-4 rival with just 2,000 GPUs — 01.ai spent $3M compared to OpenAI's $80M to $100M
With fewer resources, you have to maximize their efficiency.
www.tomshardware.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:53 AM
01.ai trained the #6 model in the world for $3M pre-train cost. And the inference price is $0.14/million tokens! www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
