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Social networks outsmart cognitive biases: How herding in networks makes populations more rational

In 2010, the New York City-based restaurant Serendipity 3 revealed its $69 hot dog, winning the Guinness World Record for the world's most expensive hot dog. Served on a toasted pr…

Meta, other social networks will pay $27 million to settle Kentucky school district lawsuit

The Kentucky school district that filed a social media addiction lawsuit against Meta and other companies is getting $27 million in settlement.…

Human-linked foraging reshapes dolphin social networks in Florida over decades

Modeling Emotional Dynamics in Agent-to-Agent Interactions on Moltbook

Generative AI systems are increasingly deployed as interactive agents in online environments, such as a social network called Moltbook. In Moltbook, large-scale agentic AIs can pos…

The Take It Down Act, a law requiring social networks to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours of reporting or face fines, took effect on May 19 (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

Lauren Feiner / The Verge : The Take It Down Act, a law requiring social networks to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours of reporting or face fines, took effect on…

Can LLMs Emulate Human Belief Dynamics?

Can LLMs simulate how humans form and change beliefs in social networks? We put this to the test by replicating an established study on belief dynamics, evaluating 12 LLMs across m…

AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into the online platforms where humans exchange opinions; large language models (LLMs) now polish users' posts on…

A blog post is a query for people who will route interesting stuff to you

When writing in public, there is a common idea that you should make it accessible. This is a left over from mass media.…

1 in 3 people believe they don’t have to seek news from traditional outlets like newspapers and television. Instead, they think the “news will find me” (NFM), relying on algorithms and social networks to get information. This may make them more vulnerable to believing and sharing misinformation.