Don’t choose PhD programs by rankings—they may not be a good fit for you (& everyone applies there!) Instead, focus on potential advisors. How to find them? 1. Pick your top 20-40 favorite papers 2. Find the authors in academic positions 3. Apply to their schools Good luck!🍀

1/ Why do people pile on to politically offensive speech online, fueling online firestorms? Our study (Chloe Ahn, Matt Levendusky) in PNAS Nexus finds that these actions are less about being offended and more about signaling partisan identity and conforming to group norms. 🧵

Curating and sharing high-quality datasets is the foundation of good empirical science. @ICWSM promotes dataset creation through a dedicated conference track published in the conference's regular proceedings. Submit your dataset paper by Jan 15th! CfP: icwsm.org/2025/submit/in…

New work with Kristina Gligorić Eric Horvitz Emre Kıcıman Arnaud Chiolero and Ryen White on food choice mimicry at EPFL

My piece in The Tribune on Akal Takht's Tankah to Badals and other Akali leaders. tribuneindia.com/news/comment/h…

🌟 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 T𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 -- 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 🌟 I am excited to share the release of my new textbook, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 (#LLMs) -- Perhaps the first textbook on LLMs.

It's time that journalists start taking the discussion regarding the potential benefits and risks of AGI seriously, to not repeat the missed opportunity with climate change decades ago: niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-me…

Unveiling our latest release: "Introduction to Large Language Models: Generative AI for Text" by Tanmoy Chakraborty. Perfect for AI enthusiasts, developers, and anyone eager to explore the cutting-edge of technology! Get your copy today: amzn.to/4gvlboy Tanmoy Chakraborty

Who was Dullah Bhatti and why is he remembered/celebrated on Lohri? #HappyLohri

📣 We are excited to host CALCS at this year's NAACL HLT 2025 and to announce our call for papers. For more details, please visit code-switching.github.io. This year, we are also introducing a new code-switching shared task. Stay tuned for more details! #NLProc #naacl2025

Super-excited to bring #AACL2025 to Mumbai. On behalf of the local organizing committee, I invite all #NLP folks to consider #AACL25 as the venue for submissions, visit Mumbai in Dec 2025 and experience the city of Dreams (Hollywood of India). The website will be launched very

This day in 1916 marked the moment when Mahamana's vision to bring transformation through education came to life. As we celebrate 110th #FoundationDay of #BanarasHinduUniversity, here’s a quick glimpse of #BHU campus. Link: youtu.be/NG-d6To9tl8 VC-BHU CAMPUS UPDATES - BHU

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Finally my bill on the online hate speech have been introduced in the parliament, "The Online Hate Speech (Prevention) Bill, 2024" provides provisions to curb hate speech on social media and ensure accountability for those spreading religious hatred online. Unchecked hate speech

EMNLP'25 website is up and the 1st CFP is released. Important: We are coming up with new policies to strengthen the ARR review - less load per reviewer, incentivize good reviews (and penalize bad reviews), and many others. We have to collectively make efforts to increase the

The advance copy of my book, Safe Havens for Hate, is here! It offers a deep dive into the moderation of harmful content on social media and explains why efforts to combat online extremism keep failing. Official release March 4! press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

I am pleased to announce the 11th Annual Conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics will take place at the National University of Singapore, 19-21 Nov. 25! Abstract Deadline: 16 May tinyurl.com/IJPP2025 Acceptance Notification: 5 June Registration: 15 Aug.

How close are we to human-level AI? Will #LargeLanguageModels shape the future of AI? What risks lie ahead? Renowned AI pioneers Professor Yoshua Bengio and Professor Yann LeCun share their views at the launch of the NUS120 Distinguished Speaker Series. news.nus.edu.sg/nus-120-dss-go…

Concept of proof for the first AI movie (Maharjaj in Denims) for Festival de Cannes . This is being produced by Intelliflicks Studios, Punjab. Passengers in conversation on a train. youtu.be/SjYpQjgfH7M?si… via YouTube Narendra Modi Bhagwant Mann Ashwini Vaishnaw

What happens when a large-language-model news engine goes head-to-head with Google News in 11 election countries? We ran a 592 k-article audit plus a controlled survey (N = 921) to measure relevance, credibility, and user cognition. Findings below 🧵⬇️