Yiwei Xu
@yiweixu.bsky.social
25fall 🔜 Assistant Professor @ UMD iSchool | Postdoc @ UW iSchool & CIP | PhD from Cornell Comm | Social data science, health informatics, human-centered AI
www.yiweixu.net
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Repeating duplicated messages—known as CopyPasta—over and over online is a common misinformation strategy. Using AI to paraphrase the message, what the authors call “AIPasta,” could be even more effective at creating a false consensus. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
August 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Repeating duplicated messages—known as CopyPasta—over and over online is a common misinformation strategy. Using AI to paraphrase the message, what the authors call “AIPasta,” could be even more effective at creating a false consensus. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Reposted by Yiwei Xu
Check out "The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale," an open-access article exploring "AIPasta," written by a team of @cip.uw.edu researchers led by @dashsaloni.bsky.social with co-authors @yiweixu.bsky.social, @maddyjalbert.bsky.social and @emmaspiro.bsky.social ⤵️
Repeating duplicated messages—known as CopyPasta—over and over online is a common misinformation strategy. Using AI to paraphrase the message, what the authors call “AIPasta,” could be even more effective at creating a false consensus. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
August 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Check out "The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale," an open-access article exploring "AIPasta," written by a team of @cip.uw.edu researchers led by @dashsaloni.bsky.social with co-authors @yiweixu.bsky.social, @maddyjalbert.bsky.social and @emmaspiro.bsky.social ⤵️
Reposted by Yiwei Xu
Excited to announce that my paper "The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale" with my wonderful collaborators @yiweixu.bsky.social, @maddyjalbert.bsky.social, and @emmaspiro.bsky.social has been published at PNAS Nexus!
Link: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Link: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale
Abstract. In this article, we study how AI-paraphrased messages have the potential to amplify the persuasive impact and scale of information campaigns. Bui
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July 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Excited to announce that my paper "The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale" with my wonderful collaborators @yiweixu.bsky.social, @maddyjalbert.bsky.social, and @emmaspiro.bsky.social has been published at PNAS Nexus!
Link: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Link: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Reposted by Yiwei Xu
We're currently seeking applications for up to two @cip.uw.edu postdoctoral fellows who will be hired as postdoctoral scholars.
Learn more: www.cip.uw.edu/2024/12/03/c...
Learn more: www.cip.uw.edu/2024/12/03/c...
CIP seeks applications for up to 2 postdoctoral fellows
The University of Washington Center for an Informed Public (CIP) invites applications for up to two CIP Postdoctoral Fellows who will be hired as Postdoctoral Scholars.
www.cip.uw.edu
December 3, 2024 at 10:56 PM
We're currently seeking applications for up to two @cip.uw.edu postdoctoral fellows who will be hired as postdoctoral scholars.
Learn more: www.cip.uw.edu/2024/12/03/c...
Learn more: www.cip.uw.edu/2024/12/03/c...
Reposted by Yiwei Xu
Great news! CIP now has a starter pack that showcases our current and past team members! Give them a follow!
November 26, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Great news! CIP now has a starter pack that showcases our current and past team members! Give them a follow!