Fernando Diaz
@841io.bsky.social
Associate Professor, CMU. Researcher, Google. Evaluation and design of information retrieval and recommendation systems, including their societal impacts.
“back to school” but rodney dangerfield uses wealth to pay for claude max
February 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
“back to school” but rodney dangerfield uses wealth to pay for claude max
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🎭 How do LLMs (mis)represent culture?
🧮 How often?
🧠 Misrepresentations = missing knowledge? spoiler: NO!
At #CHI2026 we are bringing ✨TALES✨ a participatory evaluation of cultural (mis)reps & knowledge in multilingual LLM-stories for India
📜 arxiv.org/abs/2511.21322
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🧮 How often?
🧠 Misrepresentations = missing knowledge? spoiler: NO!
At #CHI2026 we are bringing ✨TALES✨ a participatory evaluation of cultural (mis)reps & knowledge in multilingual LLM-stories for India
📜 arxiv.org/abs/2511.21322
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February 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
🎭 How do LLMs (mis)represent culture?
🧮 How often?
🧠 Misrepresentations = missing knowledge? spoiler: NO!
At #CHI2026 we are bringing ✨TALES✨ a participatory evaluation of cultural (mis)reps & knowledge in multilingual LLM-stories for India
📜 arxiv.org/abs/2511.21322
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🧮 How often?
🧠 Misrepresentations = missing knowledge? spoiler: NO!
At #CHI2026 we are bringing ✨TALES✨ a participatory evaluation of cultural (mis)reps & knowledge in multilingual LLM-stories for India
📜 arxiv.org/abs/2511.21322
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Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon. Human problem solving. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1972.
February 1, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon. Human problem solving. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1972.
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Microsoft Research NYC is hiring a researcher in the space of AI and society!
January 29, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Microsoft Research NYC is hiring a researcher in the space of AI and society!
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Applications for graduate students in computing, sociology, humanities willing to participate in the FAccT 2026 Doctoral Colloquium are open! https://facctconference.org/2026/callfordc.html
ACM FAccT 2026 Doctoral Colloquium Call for Applications
facctconference.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Applications for graduate students in computing, sociology, humanities willing to participate in the FAccT 2026 Doctoral Colloquium are open! https://facctconference.org/2026/callfordc.html
what’s surprising here is less that these papers were written or accepted with fabricated citations, but that it’s a symptom that actually reading, understanding, and analyzing literature has deteriorated for both authors and reviews.
NEW: NeurIPS,one of the world’s top academic AI conferences, accepted research papers with 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
NeurIPS papers contained 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims | Fortune
An analysis of NeurIPS 2025 papers by startup GPTZero reveals how AI-generated citations are slipping into elite academic research.
fortune.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
what’s surprising here is less that these papers were written or accepted with fabricated citations, but that it’s a symptom that actually reading, understanding, and analyzing literature has deteriorated for both authors and reviews.
as AI increasingly supports shopping and ads, it’s worth remembering that retrieval often shapes who gets exposure in final generated output. in a recent paper, @teknology.bsky.social uses methods from fair ranking to assess and address exposure bias in downstream generation.
841.io/doc/fairrag....
841.io/doc/fairrag....
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
as AI increasingly supports shopping and ads, it’s worth remembering that retrieval often shapes who gets exposure in final generated output. in a recent paper, @teknology.bsky.social uses methods from fair ranking to assess and address exposure bias in downstream generation.
841.io/doc/fairrag....
841.io/doc/fairrag....
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PhD and Postdoc positions drop! The Research Council of Norway funded MishMash Centre for AI & Creativity has announced 18 doctoral and 6 postdoc positions in arts and/or science. I’m a member of the Scientific Advisory Board and so pleased to see this happening.
mishmash.no/news/positio...
mishmash.no/news/positio...
18 PhD and 6 Postdoc positions at MishMash/Norway
The first round of MishMash doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships are now announced.
mishmash.no
December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
PhD and Postdoc positions drop! The Research Council of Norway funded MishMash Centre for AI & Creativity has announced 18 doctoral and 6 postdoc positions in arts and/or science. I’m a member of the Scientific Advisory Board and so pleased to see this happening.
mishmash.no/news/positio...
mishmash.no/news/positio...
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I am hiring a PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. Topics of interest: (i) AI governance/regulation through computational and socio-technical lens, (ii) computational and socio-technical approaches to digital well-being. More information & how to apply:
asiabiega.github.io
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I am hiring a PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. Topics of interest: (i) AI governance/regulation through computational and socio-technical lens, (ii) computational and socio-technical approaches to digital well-being. More information & how to apply:
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We are looking for advanced PhD student interns! Spend 12 weeks scratching a research itch in our Cambridge Massachusetts lab. Closes January 17.
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Research Intern - Sociotechnical Systems | Microsoft Careers
Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world's best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Researc...
apply.careers.microsoft.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We are looking for advanced PhD student interns! Spend 12 weeks scratching a research itch in our Cambridge Massachusetts lab. Closes January 17.
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
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The influence of domain knowledge is huge when it comes to applied AI.
Domain expertise can prevent overengineering and/or unnecessary costs.
Working in the legal industry as an AI scientist it became obvious early on how crucial it is to build the bridge towards domain experts.
Every day.
Domain expertise can prevent overengineering and/or unnecessary costs.
Working in the legal industry as an AI scientist it became obvious early on how crucial it is to build the bridge towards domain experts.
Every day.
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The influence of domain knowledge is huge when it comes to applied AI.
Domain expertise can prevent overengineering and/or unnecessary costs.
Working in the legal industry as an AI scientist it became obvious early on how crucial it is to build the bridge towards domain experts.
Every day.
Domain expertise can prevent overengineering and/or unnecessary costs.
Working in the legal industry as an AI scientist it became obvious early on how crucial it is to build the bridge towards domain experts.
Every day.
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📣 It's again that time of the year 🤩 - our internship call for the FATE team @ MSR Montreal and our collaborators is now up! 🎉🎉
We are broadly looking for candidates interested in perceptions, evaluation, uses, and impacts of AI!
#FAccT #FAccT2025 #CHI2025 #NeurIPS2025 #ACL2025
We are broadly looking for candidates interested in perceptions, evaluation, uses, and impacts of AI!
#FAccT #FAccT2025 #CHI2025 #NeurIPS2025 #ACL2025
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
📣 It's again that time of the year 🤩 - our internship call for the FATE team @ MSR Montreal and our collaborators is now up! 🎉🎉
We are broadly looking for candidates interested in perceptions, evaluation, uses, and impacts of AI!
#FAccT #FAccT2025 #CHI2025 #NeurIPS2025 #ACL2025
We are broadly looking for candidates interested in perceptions, evaluation, uses, and impacts of AI!
#FAccT #FAccT2025 #CHI2025 #NeurIPS2025 #ACL2025
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Want to be an intern at Microsoft Research in the Computational Social Science group in NYC (Jake Hofman, David Rothschild, Dan Goldstein)
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Research Intern - Computational Social Science | Microsoft Careers
Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world's best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Researc...
apply.careers.microsoft.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Want to be an intern at Microsoft Research in the Computational Social Science group in NYC (Jake Hofman, David Rothschild, Dan Goldstein)
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
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if you work on "AI" and are concerned with social issues, you should apply to be the new director of the Tufts AI Institute: apply.interfolio.com/178311 (Need to be tenureable in one of our engineering departments, but it's explicitly open to people who work on human-oriented stuff.)
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
if you work on "AI" and are concerned with social issues, you should apply to be the new director of the Tufts AI Institute: apply.interfolio.com/178311 (Need to be tenureable in one of our engineering departments, but it's explicitly open to people who work on human-oriented stuff.)
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On my way to
@neuripsconf.bsky.social -- this is my first time at #NeurIPS and looking forward to seeing folks and presenting our paper on Rigor in AI. Do find me if you want to chat about rigor in AI, anthropomorphic AI, or evaluations #NeurIPS2025
@neuripsconf.bsky.social -- this is my first time at #NeurIPS and looking forward to seeing folks and presenting our paper on Rigor in AI. Do find me if you want to chat about rigor in AI, anthropomorphic AI, or evaluations #NeurIPS2025
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
On my way to
@neuripsconf.bsky.social -- this is my first time at #NeurIPS and looking forward to seeing folks and presenting our paper on Rigor in AI. Do find me if you want to chat about rigor in AI, anthropomorphic AI, or evaluations #NeurIPS2025
@neuripsconf.bsky.social -- this is my first time at #NeurIPS and looking forward to seeing folks and presenting our paper on Rigor in AI. Do find me if you want to chat about rigor in AI, anthropomorphic AI, or evaluations #NeurIPS2025
a light thread on what we mean by "user engagement". 🧵 1/26
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
a light thread on what we mean by "user engagement". 🧵 1/26
🎉students interested in evaluation!🎉
Three exciting opportunities at
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE internships: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎉students interested in evaluation!🎉
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Did everyone else already know about "fluid bear painting"? Is this trend a hoax?
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Did everyone else already know about "fluid bear painting"? Is this trend a hoax?
Philip K. Dick, "The Penultimate Truth", Belmont Books, 1964.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Philip K. Dick, "The Penultimate Truth", Belmont Books, 1964.
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Rikiya Takehi, Fernando Diaz, Tetsuya Sakai
Diversification as Risk Minimization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22681
Diversification as Risk Minimization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22681
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Rikiya Takehi, Fernando Diaz, Tetsuya Sakai
Diversification as Risk Minimization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22681
Diversification as Risk Minimization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22681
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📢 Announcing the First Workshop on Multilingual and Multicultural Evaluation (MME) at #EACL2026 🇲🇦
MME focuses on resources, metrics & methodologies for evaluating multilingual systems! multilingual-multicultural-evaluation.github.io
📅 Workshop Mar 24–29, 2026
🗓️ Submit by Dec 19, 2025
MME focuses on resources, metrics & methodologies for evaluating multilingual systems! multilingual-multicultural-evaluation.github.io
📅 Workshop Mar 24–29, 2026
🗓️ Submit by Dec 19, 2025
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📢 Announcing the First Workshop on Multilingual and Multicultural Evaluation (MME) at #EACL2026 🇲🇦
MME focuses on resources, metrics & methodologies for evaluating multilingual systems! multilingual-multicultural-evaluation.github.io
📅 Workshop Mar 24–29, 2026
🗓️ Submit by Dec 19, 2025
MME focuses on resources, metrics & methodologies for evaluating multilingual systems! multilingual-multicultural-evaluation.github.io
📅 Workshop Mar 24–29, 2026
🗓️ Submit by Dec 19, 2025
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We’re excited to release the Call for Papers for #FAccT2026 which will be held in Montreal, Canada in June 2026! Abstracts are due on January 8th, papers due on January 13th.
Call for Papers: facctconference.org/2026/cfp
Important info in thread →
Call for Papers: facctconference.org/2026/cfp
Important info in thread →
ACM FAccT - 2026 CFP
facctconference.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We’re excited to release the Call for Papers for #FAccT2026 which will be held in Montreal, Canada in June 2026! Abstracts are due on January 8th, papers due on January 13th.
Call for Papers: facctconference.org/2026/cfp
Important info in thread →
Call for Papers: facctconference.org/2026/cfp
Important info in thread →
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AI is evolving too quickly for an annual report to suffice. To help policymakers keep pace, we're introducing the first Key Update to the International AI Safety Report. 🧵⬇️
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October 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
AI is evolving too quickly for an annual report to suffice. To help policymakers keep pace, we're introducing the first Key Update to the International AI Safety Report. 🧵⬇️
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I am on the job market this year! My research advances methods for reliable machine learning from real-world data, with a focus on healthcare. Happy to chat if this is of interest to you or your department/team.
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I am on the job market this year! My research advances methods for reliable machine learning from real-world data, with a focus on healthcare. Happy to chat if this is of interest to you or your department/team.
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Renee Shelby, Fernando Diaz, Vinodkumar Prabhakaran: Taxonomy of User Needs and Actions https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06124 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.06124 https://arxiv.org/html/2510.06124
October 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Renee Shelby, Fernando Diaz, Vinodkumar Prabhakaran: Taxonomy of User Needs and Actions https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06124 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.06124 https://arxiv.org/html/2510.06124