Big day today with Joy Ming graduating!! A new doctor in town! Can’t wait to see all the incredible things Joy will take on next. So proud!

Yesterday we wrapped up the Thought Summit on LLMs and Society at Cornell — an energizing and deeply reflective gathering of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from across institutions and geographies.

Thank you Dhanaraj for attending the Thought Summit and sharing your thoughts on how we can design AI for All!

Just wrapped up an incredible week at #CHI2025 in Yokohama with Joy Ming, @sharonheung.bsky.social, Dhruv Agarwal, and Ian René Solano-Kamaiko! We presented several papers that push the boundaries of what Globally Equitable AI could look like in high-stakes contexts.

Excited to see our research in The Atlantic and Fast Company! Our work, presented at #CHI2025 this week, shows how AI writing suggestions often nudge people toward Western styles, unintentionally flattening cultural expression and nuance.

Excited to be at #CHI2025 with Joy Ming, Sharon Heung, Dhruv Agarwal, and Ian Rene Solano-Kamaiko! Our lab will be presenting several papers Globally Equitable AI — centering equity, culture, and inclusivity in high-stakes contexts. 🌎 If you’ll be there, would love to connect! 🖐️

Our paper, “Cold, Calculated, and Condescending”: How AI Identifies and Explains Ableism Compared to Disabled People, has been accepted at ACM FAccT 2025! A quick thread on what we found:

Excited to be at @umich.edu this week to speak at Democracy’s Information Dilemma event, and at the Social Media and Society conference! Hard to believe it’s been since 2016 that I was last here. Can’t wait for engaging conversations, new ideas, and reconnecting with colleagues old and new!

NEW YEAR, NEW PLATFORM? 👀 Bowers is joining the Bluesky community! Follow to stay updated on technology innovation, collaborative research, and faculty expertise.

The FATE group at @msftresearch.bsky.social NYC is accepting applications for 2025 interns. 🥳🎉 For full consideration, apply by 12/18. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo... Interested in AI evaluation? Apply for the STAC internship too! jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

An exciting opportunity for PhD students to spend a summer at our campus in NYC and be part of our new Security, Trust, and Safety (SETS) Initiative! Deadline: January 21, 2025.

A subset of Cornell folks at #CSCW2024. Thank you Costa Rica! Looking forward to next one in Bergen, Norway!

@informor.bsky.social and @asbruckman.bsky.social at #CSCW mentioned that this is where good conversations are happening. Finally here, but better late than never :)