Saloni Dash

PhD Student at University of Washington | Microsoft Research

[PNAS Nexus @PNASNexus]

Repeating duplicated messages—known as CopyPasta—over and over online is a common misinformation strategy. Using AI to paraphrase the message, what the authors call “AIPasta,” could be even more effective at creating a false consensus. In PNAS Nexus: https://t.co/hyoFa8aXRe

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

Key Takeaway: As AI-driven information operations become increasingly common, we expect traditional CopyPasta to be replaced by AIPasta, which is harder to detect and mitigate.

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

Excited to announce that my paper "The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale" with my wonderful collaborators @YiweiXuPhD, @MaddyJalbert, and @emmaspiro has been published at PNAS Nexus!

Link: https://t.co/iiwgr7tya0

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

AIPasta (vs. Control) also increases belief in the exact false claim of the campaign, depending on political orientation. Current state-of-the-art AI-text detectors fail to detect AIPasta, enabling these operations to scale successfully.

[Yiwei Xu @YiweiXuPhD]

Huge thanks to a dream team from @uwcip @uw_ischool @uwcse @uwcomm. Excited to lead this @uw_phi grant with @DashSaloni and @XinyiZhouXZ, alongside amazing collaborators @emmaspiro, @amyxzh, and WangLiao. Look forward to diving into LLMs and health (mis)info evaluation together

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

"Our field was built on decades-old bodies of research across a range of disciplines. It wasn’t invented by a ‘class of misinformation experts’ in 2016." https://t.co/nOG0GcQLJ0

Misinformation scholarship isn't new. I've been working in this space for decades.

Those who try to dismiss it as "more panic" ignore the breadth of the scholarship and complexity of the issues.

Important piece by @zkharazian @DashSaloni @katestarbird @emmaspiro @jevinwest et al! cc @Sander_vdLinden @DG_Rand @GordPennycook @jonathanstea @marco_zenone

[UW Graduate School @UWGradSchool]

@Prerna_99, a doctoral student from the @uw_ischool studies the phenomenon of online misinformation, recognizing its multifaceted complexity. She focuses on studying the issue’s algorithmic, policy, fact-checking and design aspects. #UWGradSuccess
https://t.co/yvGQkLvNVp

[Prerna Juneja @Prerna__6]

Distressing news!! @YouTube reverses stance on misinfo, allowing elec denialism. In our @acm_chi paper, we found positive impact of their prev policy with fewer elect fraud videos in search results. This decision is a significant step backward. Our paper https://t.co/jJKeVn6KbP

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

@ayyDhar @thestrangerobot @lapshiii has done some amazing work on critical studies of technology!

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

@AryaArshia @kabirahuja004 @ucsd_cse @MSFTResearch Congratulations, so happy for you 🎉❤️

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

@CapitalOne @taylorswift13 #TSxCapitalOne #Giveaway

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

My lab is the best 😭

[Prerna Juneja @Prerna__6]

Karma is my boyfriend!! WE GOT THE TICKETS!!!!! @DashSaloni @engelkri @hummddamita
Every second of the wait was worth it. It was literally the hunger games!!!!!!
Can't wait to see you @taylorswift13
Thanks for the cool-headedness @blusoulna

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

@Prerna_99 saaame, anti-hero, lavender haze, karma, sweet nothing ✨

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

can’t stop listening to anti-hero??!! pls help
#MidnightsTaylorSwift

[Prerna Juneja @Prerna__6]

I'm ecstatic to share that my paper "Human and technological infrastructures of fact-checking" with @tanmit won 𝐓𝐖𝐎 awards at #cscw2022: 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🥳
@uw_ischool @ACM_CSCW

https://t.co/xGLxwRPrZI

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

the look of pity in people’s eyes when you say you’re starting your PhD 🥲

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

@jochenleidner Thank you so much, really good to hear this!

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

so nobody talks about the trauma of uprooting your entire life for grad school?

[Saloni Dash @DashSaloni]

@anishastwt Hang in there, apparently it’s worth it (hopefully)