Dr. Jen Golbeck
@jengolbeck
Prof@UMD. scientist + journalist. My beats are AI, social media, psychology, extremism, conspiracy theories, and violence
MAGA is not buying Trump's line that Dems are creating a "Jeffrey Epstein Hoax". I wrote about the MAGA take in today's MAGA report magareport.news/p/they-think-w…
Trump calls the Epstein scandal “bullshit” and says he no longer wants the support of “weaklings” who care about it
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I was reading a patent years back and fell in love with its illustrations of men looking anguished at computers. Now, I share them with you
How the MAGA rank-and-file are responding to the Epstein crisis (tl;dr: they mad!) magareport.news/p/trump-epstei…
Again, AI chat bots/LLMs are dangerous for mental health therapy.
Low-cost AI therapy chatbots may seem like a perfect solution for many seeking mental health help. But a recent Stanford study raises some red flags: hai.stanford.edu/news/exploring…
Low-cost AI therapy chatbots may seem like a perfect solution for many seeking mental health help. But a recent Stanford study raises some red flags: hai.stanford.edu/news/exploring…
Interesting app - does not collect device ID or IP address, doesn't save your location cnn.com/2025/06/30/tec…
Faith Kipyegon is going to attempt to be the first woman to run a sub-4 mile (she holds the current record at 4:07). Livestream at 1:15 ET - take a little break in your day to watch something awesome youtube.com/watch?v=kZNHaU…
How is MAGA reacting to the bombing of Iran? They aren't happy about it, but they are sticking by Trump. magareport.news/p/maga-on-iran…
I wrote a piece about the police shooting at journalists at the LA protests, including me, and what it means for a free press. But I want to make it clear that I know that the big story here is not about journalists, it's about what ICE is doing huffpost.com/entry/journali…
I have had like 15 exchanges with ChatGPT trying to get it to change the labels on the axis of a chart and I'm pretty sure it's trying to gaslight me. It absolutely cannot show whole numbers (or no numbers) on that axis, but it says it has!
First time I've seen the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church version of the Proud Boys shirt in the wild since they won the lawsuit that awarded them the trademark. Note the Black Lives Matter at the bottom npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-…
