YY Ahn
@yyahn.bsky.social
Prof @ School of Data Science, University of Virginia. Formerly at IU. Networks, data science, and machine learning. https://yyahn.com
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Summary: a (rather simple) AI bot can not only successfully evade survey-level protections, it can also mimic personas accurately across questions, parse photos/videos, and infer the researcher’s hypotheses to produce data that confirms them.
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Summary: a (rather simple) AI bot can not only successfully evade survey-level protections, it can also mimic personas accurately across questions, parse photos/videos, and infer the researcher’s hypotheses to produce data that confirms them.
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Claude scientific skills 🧬🖥️🧪
github.com/K-Dense-AI/c...
🧬 Bioinformatics & Genomics
🧪 Cheminformatics & Drug Discovery
🔬 Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
🤖 Machine Learning & AI
🔮 Materials Science & Chemistry
📊 Data Analysis & Visualization
github.com/K-Dense-AI/c...
🧬 Bioinformatics & Genomics
🧪 Cheminformatics & Drug Discovery
🔬 Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
🤖 Machine Learning & AI
🔮 Materials Science & Chemistry
📊 Data Analysis & Visualization
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Claude scientific skills 🧬🖥️🧪
github.com/K-Dense-AI/c...
🧬 Bioinformatics & Genomics
🧪 Cheminformatics & Drug Discovery
🔬 Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
🤖 Machine Learning & AI
🔮 Materials Science & Chemistry
📊 Data Analysis & Visualization
github.com/K-Dense-AI/c...
🧬 Bioinformatics & Genomics
🧪 Cheminformatics & Drug Discovery
🔬 Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
🤖 Machine Learning & AI
🔮 Materials Science & Chemistry
📊 Data Analysis & Visualization
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I’m really excited about our release of Gemini 3 today, the result of hard work by many, many people in the Gemini team and all across Google! 🎊
blog.google/products/gem...
Gemini 3 performs quite well on a wide range of benchmarks.
blog.google/products/gem...
Gemini 3 performs quite well on a wide range of benchmarks.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I’m really excited about our release of Gemini 3 today, the result of hard work by many, many people in the Gemini team and all across Google! 🎊
blog.google/products/gem...
Gemini 3 performs quite well on a wide range of benchmarks.
blog.google/products/gem...
Gemini 3 performs quite well on a wide range of benchmarks.
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NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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please remember that an “asset” that produces no value can rise in price **only if** someone else is willing to pay more for it.
The dominant cryptocurrency fell below $93,714 on Sunday, pushing the price beneath the closing level reached at the end of last year.
Bitcoin Erases Year’s Gain as Crypto Bear Market Deepens
Just a little more than a month after reaching an all-time high, Bitcoin has erased the more than 30% gain registered since the start of the year as the exuberance over the pro-crypto stance of the Trump administration fades.
bloom.bg
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
please remember that an “asset” that produces no value can rise in price **only if** someone else is willing to pay more for it.
"Using a regression discontinuity in time design, we find that mass shootings mobilize local voters (especially in heavily Democratic areas) but do not shift presidential vote choices."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The effect of mass shootings on voter turnout in the United States
Following mass shootings, localized voter turnout increases, as does support for a gun reform ballot initiative.
www.science.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Using a regression discontinuity in time design, we find that mass shootings mobilize local voters (especially in heavily Democratic areas) but do not shift presidential vote choices."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
I see the point of the commentary but am not so sure about these examples... Isn't the PCA doing what it's supposed to do in these examples? (I often use "finding the most informative perspective to look at a fish" as an intuitive way to understand PCA.)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I see the point of the commentary but am not so sure about these examples... Isn't the PCA doing what it's supposed to do in these examples? (I often use "finding the most informative perspective to look at a fish" as an intuitive way to understand PCA.)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
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We're excited to announce that the website and registration for IC2S2 2026 (July 28-31) will launch in early December! The Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social at the University of Vermont will be hosting IC2S2 in 2026: youtube.com/watch?v=p412S4GnPkc&feature=youtu.be
IC2S2 2026 | Burlington, Vermont
YouTube video by UVM Office of Research
youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We're excited to announce that the website and registration for IC2S2 2026 (July 28-31) will launch in early December! The Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social at the University of Vermont will be hosting IC2S2 in 2026: youtube.com/watch?v=p412S4GnPkc&feature=youtu.be
The era of "vibe hacking". Here's Anthropic's report on the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign.
"The barriers to performing sophisticated cyberattacks have dropped substantially—and we predict that they’ll continue to do so."
www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
"The barriers to performing sophisticated cyberattacks have dropped substantially—and we predict that they’ll continue to do so."
www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
A report describing an a highly sophisticated AI-led cyberattack
www.anthropic.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The era of "vibe hacking". Here's Anthropic's report on the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign.
"The barriers to performing sophisticated cyberattacks have dropped substantially—and we predict that they’ll continue to do so."
www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
"The barriers to performing sophisticated cyberattacks have dropped substantially—and we predict that they’ll continue to do so."
www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
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I'm a longtime fan of Not Just Bikes, but his 95(!) minute video on John Forester and Vehicular Cycling is truly his magnum opus.
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm a longtime fan of Not Just Bikes, but his 95(!) minute video on John Forester and Vehicular Cycling is truly his magnum opus.
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
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In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
Just found the ultimate "AI scientist" prompt:
“Write a highly citable AI paper about how to write highly citable AI papers.”
“Write a highly citable AI paper about how to write highly citable AI papers.”
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Just found the ultimate "AI scientist" prompt:
“Write a highly citable AI paper about how to write highly citable AI papers.”
“Write a highly citable AI paper about how to write highly citable AI papers.”
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Hey 👋🏽 Cville peeps! If you haven't voted yet, be sure to get out on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 to vote. Voting is, admittedly, a rather limited way to build political power, but it's still a really important one.
Here's the sample ballot for Cville. Next up, I'll share who I'm voting for, and why
Here's the sample ballot for Cville. Next up, I'll share who I'm voting for, and why
www.charlottesville.gov
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hey 👋🏽 Cville peeps! If you haven't voted yet, be sure to get out on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 to vote. Voting is, admittedly, a rather limited way to build political power, but it's still a really important one.
Here's the sample ballot for Cville. Next up, I'll share who I'm voting for, and why
Here's the sample ballot for Cville. Next up, I'll share who I'm voting for, and why
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"At this time there is no evidence of an attacker." I'll just continue to run-hide-fight as usual then.
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"At this time there is no evidence of an attacker." I'll just continue to run-hide-fight as usual then.
Work with us at UVA School of Data Science!
@uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :)
datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...
@uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :)
datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...
Join Our Team — School of Data Science
We are hiring faculty and staff to build a forward-thinking community with a diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas centered around data science.
datascience.virginia.edu
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Work with us at UVA School of Data Science!
@uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :)
datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...
@uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :)
datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...
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Cornell Information Science is hiring a Teaching Professor! Apply this week for full consideration:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763
Cornell University, Information Science
Job #AJO30763, 2025-2026 CORNELL INFORMATION SCIENCE FULL-TIME TEACHING FACULTY SEARCH (OPEN-RANK TEACHING PROFESSOR), ITHACA CAMPUS , Information Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Cornell Information Science is hiring a Teaching Professor! Apply this week for full consideration:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763
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1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
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Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings
Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
The system has just been turned on. This is so awesome to see! ☀️☀️☀️
October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The system has just been turned on. This is so awesome to see! ☀️☀️☀️
It seems like mRNA COVID vaccine can synergize with immunotherapy to kill cancer.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade - Nature
mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It seems like mRNA COVID vaccine can synergize with immunotherapy to kill cancer.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it with my own eyes, but apparently it's still possible for experienced financial journalists to write long-ish articles about exploding home insurance prices and never mention the phrase "climate change."
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Runaway Insurance Costs Bring Back Talk of Price Caps
Increasingly, insurers in both red and blue states are being told to cap prices as lawmakers come under pressure.
www.wsj.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it with my own eyes, but apparently it's still possible for experienced financial journalists to write long-ish articles about exploding home insurance prices and never mention the phrase "climate change."
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...