The ability of humans to create and disseminate culture is often credited as the single most
important factor of our success as a species. In this Perspective, we explore the notion of …

Online communication is central to modern social life, yet it is often linked to toxic
manifestations and reduced well-being. How and why online communication enables these …

Manipulation is a concern in many domains, such as social media, advertising, and
chatbots. As AI systems mediate more of our digital interactions, it is important to understand …

Increased delegation of commercial, scientific, governmental, and personal activities to AI
agents—systems capable of pursuing complex goals with limited supervision—may …

Many citizens find politics too uncivil, and incivility is often considered a source of political
disaffection. However, research studying these effects almost exclusively relies on survey …

The spread of misinformation through media and social networks threatens many aspects of
society, including public health and the state of democracies. One approach to mitigating the …

Existing AI alignment approaches assume that preferences are static, which is unrealistic:
our preferences change, and may even be influenced by our interactions with AI systems …

Social media takes advantage of people's predisposition to attend to threatening stimuli by
promoting content in algorithms that capture attention. However, this content is often not …

Social media has led to a redefinition of the journalist's role. Specifically on Twitter, these
professionals assume an influential position and their discourse is dominated by personal …

Conferences are an integral part of academia, providing researchers with the opportunity to
collaborate and disseminate their research. Traditionally these conferences have been in …