How are people able to map knowledge from one domain to another? I'll report a series of studies showing that people's cross-domain mappings were best predicted by similarity along abstract dimensions such as valence, complexity, and genderedness - a finding that could be reliably simulated by language models. In an ongoing study, we further asked what allows people to process cross-domain mappings so easily by drawing insights from a network perspective.
How are people able to map knowledge from one domain to another? I'll report a series of studies showing that people's cross-domain mappings were best predicted by similarity along abstract dimensions such as valence, complexity, and genderedness - a finding that could be reliably simulated by language models. In an ongoing study, we further asked what allows people to process cross-domain mappings so easily by drawing insights from a network perspective.
A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. The regulator said it has been undertaking several campaigns to educate the investors to be vigilant while taking investment decisions based on stock tips. On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations.
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