Bad machines corrupt good morals

N Köbis, JF Bonnefon, I Rahwan - Nature human behaviour, 2021 - nature.com
As machines powered by artificial intelligence (AI) influence humans' behaviour in ways that
are both like and unlike the ways humans influence each other, worry emerges about the …

Troops, trolls and troublemakers: A global inventory of organized social media manipulation

S Bradshaw, P Howard - Computational propaganda research project, 2017 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Cyber troops are government, military or political party teams committed to manipulating
public opinion over social media. In this working paper, we report on specific organizations …

Artificial intelligence crime: An interdisciplinary analysis of foreseeable threats and solutions

TC King, N Aggarwal, M Taddeo, L Floridi - Science and engineering …, 2020 - Springer
Artificial intelligence (AI) research and regulation seek to balance the benefits of innovation
against any potential harms and disruption. However, one unintended consequence of the …

Sourcing and automation of political news and information over social media in the United States, 2016-2018

S Bradshaw, PN Howard, B Kollanyi… - Political …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Social media is an important source of news and information in the United States. But during
the 2016 US presidential election, social media platforms emerged as a breeding ground for …

Health misinformation and the power of narrative messaging in the public sphere

T Caulfield, AR Marcon, B Murdoch, JM Brown… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - erudit.org
Numerous social, economic and academic pressures can have a negative impact on
representations of biomedical research. We review several of the forces playing an …

Sourcing and automation of political news and information during three European elections

LM Neudert, P Howard, B Kollanyi - Social Media+ Society, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Voters increasingly rely on social media for news and information about politics. But
increasingly, social media has emerged as a fertile soil for deliberately produced …

Deflating the Chinese balloon: types of Twitter bots in US-China balloon incident

LHX Ng, KM Carley - EPJ Data Science, 2023 - epjds.epj.org
As digitalization increases, countries employ digital diplomacy, harnessing digital resources
to project their desired image. Digital diplomacy also encompasses the interactivity of digital …

Overcome the fragmentation in online propaganda literature: the role of cultural and cognitive sociology

V Nerino - Frontiers in sociology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Evidence concerning the proliferation of propaganda on social media has renewed scientific
interest in persuasive communication practices, resulting in a thriving yet quite disconnected …

Chatbots in digital marketing: Enhanced customer experience and reduced customer service costs

F Huseynov - Contemporary Approaches of Digital Marketing and the …, 2023 - igi-global.com
Artificial intelligence software called chatbots are designed to imitate human conversation.
They utilize natural language processing technology to comprehend and interpret user input …

The gender dimensions of foreign influence operations

S Bradshaw, A Henle - International Journal of Communication, 2021 - ijoc.org
Drawing on a qualitative analysis of 7,506 tweets by state-sponsored accounts from Russia's
GRU and the Internet Research Agency (IRA), Iran, and Venezuela, this article examines the …