Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems

Selected Press

[July 2023] From in-crowds to power couples, network science uncovers the hidden structure of community dynamics
GCN
Re-published in The Conversation, Houston Chronicle, phys.org

[May 2023] Putting the Rational Thinking Skills of Language Models to the Test
USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute Research News

[April 2023] Don’t bet with ChatGPT – study shows language AIs often make irrational decisions
The Conversation
Republished in Gizmodo, NextGov, Lifehacker (Australia), Wyborcza (Poland), MyBroadBand (South Africa)

[September 2022] AI study finds that males are represented four times more than females in literature
The Guardian
Republished in The Print, Free Press Journal, National Herald, Daily Mail, Paneta, BBC, SBS News (Korea), World Economic Forum and Press Trust of India

[November 2021] Matching tweets to ZIP codes can spotlight hot spots of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
The Conversation
Republished in 20+ press outlets

[August 2021] An AI expert explains why it’s hard to give computers something you take for granted: Common sense
Big Think
Also featured in The Conversation, TechXPlore, Code Project Insider Daily Newsletter (August 18, 2021), HowStuffWorks, Britannica’s Forum (August 19, 2021), The Next Web

[July 2021] The world uses one emoji more than all others. Here’s why
Popular Science
Research also featured in Global News Canada, CNN Indonesia, IT-daily.net, Diario De Cuyo (Argentina), Scientias.nl, phys.org, PresseText, then24.com, Market Research Telecast, FTD (Germany), Forosocuellamos (Spain), exame.com, Upgrade Magazine, Psychomedia, Samachar Central (Canada), NewsBeezer, IFL Science, studyfinds.org, UniVistaTV

[April 2021] How Monopoly is helping create the AI of the future
World Economic Forum
Featured in The Conversation newsletter on April 7, 2021, and reposted in 20+ press outlets

[October 2020] Computer scientists tracked sophisticated money networks to learn how rich people hide fortunes offshore
Fast Company

[August 2020] New Research May Help Identify Trafficking Networks
TechXplore
Re-published in EurekAlert, USC Viterbi News
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