Search Results for author: Mykola Makhortykh

Found 9 papers, 0 papers with code

Algorithmically Curated Lies: How Search Engines Handle Misinformation about US Biolabs in Ukraine

no code implementations24 Jan 2024 Elizaveta Kuznetsova, Mykola Makhortykh, Maryna Sydorova, Aleksandra Urman, Ilaria Vitulano, Martha Stolze

These observations stress the possibility of AICSs being vulnerable to manipulation, in particular in the case of the unfolding propaganda campaigns, and underline the importance of monitoring performance of these systems to prevent it.

Misinformation Recommendation Systems

In Generative AI we Trust: Can Chatbots Effectively Verify Political Information?

no code implementations20 Dec 2023 Elizaveta Kuznetsova, Mykola Makhortykh, Victoria Vziatysheva, Martha Stolze, Ani Baghumyan, Aleksandra Urman

These findings highlight the potential of LLM-based chatbots in tackling different forms of false information in online environments, but also points to the substantial variation in terms of how such potential is realized due to specific factors, such as language of the prompt or the topic.

Language Modelling Large Language Model +1

Novelty in news search: a longitudinal study of the 2020 US elections

no code implementations9 Nov 2022 Roberto Ulloa, Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, Juhi Kulshrestha

The 2020 US elections news coverage was extensive, with new pieces of information generated rapidly.

This is what a pandemic looks like: Visual framing of COVID-19 on search engines

no code implementations22 Sep 2022 Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, Roberto Ulloa

In today's high-choice media environment, search engines play an integral role in informing individuals and societies about the latest events.

Image Retrieval

Where the Earth is flat and 9/11 is an inside job: A comparative algorithm audit of conspiratorial information in web search results

no code implementations2 Dec 2021 Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Roberto Ulloa, Juhi Kulshrestha

Web search engines are important online information intermediaries that are frequently used and highly trusted by the public despite multiple evidence of their outputs being subjected to inaccuracies and biases.

Auditing Source Diversity Bias in Video Search Results Using Virtual Agents

no code implementations4 Jun 2021 Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Roberto Ulloa

We audit the presence of domain-level source diversity bias in video search results.

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