Thomas Nygren

What's behind the TikTok accounts using AI-generated versions of real Latino journalists? The accounts point to the challenge of stopping or controlling the surge in fake images and misinformation targeting Spanish speakers in the U.S. as AI technology advances.

Continuing this thread on misinformation - Latest example:

"A network of nearly 90 TikTok accounts has been using artificial intelligence to create fake versions of high-profile Spanish-language journalists and spread falsehoods online for potential financial gain."

Investigating the long-term impact of misinformation interventions in upper secondary education This study examines the long-term effects of educational interventions aimed at improving upper-secondary students’ ability to identify and evaluate (mis)information. Using an experimental design with...

"While interventions promoting prebunking, fact-checking, and disciplinary literacy provide promising frameworks for misinformation education, their effects may diminish without sustained reinforcement."
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(and not use) AI in education.

The Swedish edition is much appreciated by teachers and students and is now mandatory reading in many teacher education courses.

support and hinder this.

Grounded in educational & cognitive science, the book helps teachers use AI in reflective, updated ways. It addresses risks, ethical concerns, and subject-specific potentials and problems.

It can be read as a research-based handbook answering why, when & how to use …

Available preorder now! 📚 My new book on AI in schools – challenges and opportunities.

It presents the latest research and its practical implications for classrooms. With students’ learning in focus, I show what makes great teaching possible and how AI can both …
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New preprint! Can AI match human expertise in teacher education? Our study shows that while AI provides quick feedback in simulated classrooms, experts are far better at identifying opportunities and offering nuanced feedback. We offer ways to move forward! Read more here osf.io/preprints/os...

Happy to see our report in print! I hope that teachers and everyone interested in education as a democratic self-defence will find it useful. Great collaboration with Ullrich Ecker! Download the report here:
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Postdoc position to study digital disinformation — DIGSUM We have an open position for a postdoc to come work with us at Umeå University to study how disinformation and misinformation are created and spread through digital platforms, and how they may affec...

We are looking for a postdoc for our research group in digital sociology within DIGSUM. The research is about how false information is created and spread across digital platforms, and how it can affect public opinion and undermine democracy. Spread the word! www.digsum.org/digsum-feed/...

FREE BOOK: Psychometrics in exercises using R and RStudio by Anna Brown

Great resource for university lecturers, instructors, students, and anyone who want to acquire practical skills in conducting psychometric analyses.

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A meta-analysis 105 studies finds that focusing on intrinsic goals (such as growth, relationships, community giving, & health) promotes well-being ( r= .24), whereas a focus on extrinsic goals (such as wealth, fame, & beauty) hurts well-being (r = -.22) psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...

Our findings include that scalable hands on tutorials works in ordinary classrooms with our free online resource newsevaluator.com

Just published! 🎉We identify how videos may be better than text feedback to teach students to fact-check online news. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... makes sense from a perspective of cognitive apprenticeship.

Ny forskning som stödjer tidigare forskning om läsning och lärande på papper istället för skärm

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Screenshot of the link in the tweet that explains that I am hiring three doctoral researchers and one postdoc.

Screenshot of the link in the tweet that explains the three research specializations that researchers can focus on.

As a professor at CAIS and the University of Wuppertal, I’m hiring 3 #phdjobs and 1 #postdoc in #HCI #XAI #CSCW

Join me in Bochum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 to increase #Trust in #AI Through #CoCreation, #AlgorithmicAudits, & #FolkTheory

stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=374be6

#phdchat #CHI24 #chi2024

Postdoctoral position in Educational Work (3 years)

📣Postdoc (3yrs) in Educational work — opportunity at our dept at Umeå University : www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Låter kul! Senast jag var där spelade jag PacMan på originalmaskinen. Grymt svårt!

Tack! 🎉

Tack! 🥳

Nu finns min bok äntligen i tryckt format. Jag hoppas att den kan bli ett konstruktivt bidrag till en genomtänkt användning av AI i skolan på vetenskaplig grund 🤞🥳🎉🤓 jag har försökt att samla det vi vet om bra undervisning i relation till ny teknik och aktuell forskning om AI i skolan.

Excellent postdoc opportunity if you are interested in history and strategies of misinformation jobs.hhs.se/en/job/stock...

We are once again seeking entries for the Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication! 👇

This covers transparent communication (not persuasion) that is in the interest of the public/audience rather than the communicator.

All types of (self)-nominations & topics welcome. Do share and submit!

Restrictions against: biometric categorisation systems;
untargeted scraping of facial images;
emotion recognition in the workplace and educational institutions;
social scoring;
AI systems that manipulate human behaviour to circumvent their free will;
AI used to exploit the vulnerabilities of people

Det här är så tragiskt! Miljarder som försvinner från forskningen english.elpais.com/science-tech...

Mycket rolig läsning för svenska elever och lärare www.skolverket.se/om-oss/press...

For teen girls victimized by ‘deepfake’ nudes, there is little recourse The FBI has warned that technology used to create pornographic deepfake photos and videos was improving and being used for harassment and sextortion.

The deepfake crisis for women and girls has grown tremendously. It isn’t mentioned in most AI discourse, even though it’s the primary use of deepfakes by far. Now, it is being used to victimize dozens of teen girls. The perpetrators include their male classmates
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Yesterday at @isdglobal.bsky.social, we published Uisce Faoi Thalamh: An Investigation into the Online Mis- and Disinformation Ecosystem in Ireland.

The research is based on an analysis of 13.2 million online posts from 1,640 accounts posted on 12 platforms between Jan 2020 and April 2023.

EU’s AI Act negotiations hit the brakes over foundation models A technical meeting on the EU’s AI regulation broke down on Friday (10 November) after large EU countries asked to retract the proposed approach for foundation models. Unless the deadlock is broken ...

Massive disagreement about policing most powerful AI in EU AI Act - after ~3 yrs of talks & weeks before a deadline.

Takeaway 1: real consensus about AI policy remains remote. Work must continue, deal or no deal.
Takeaway 2: corporate logics loom large - too large.

www.euractiv.com/section/arti...

My department is hiring! One or more Associate Senior Lecturers in Political Science. A great opportunity to join a diverse and welcoming community of political scientists, with great work conditions, Uppsala Uni, Sweden. Application deadline 15 November. Read more: www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos...