where she studies how psychological traits can be inferred from online activity and used to influence people. Matz has published more than 50 academic papers on technology and human behavior.

Altruistic, cooperative, and good-hearted people are the glue that holds relationships and societies together. At times, however, their good intentions are also manipulated and exploited by those ...

About Sandara Matz Sandara Matz is a computational social scientist and associate professor at Columbia Business School, where she studies how psychological traits can be inferred from online activity ...

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The finding, published in Nature Human Behaviour on 19 May 1, highlights how large language models (LLMs) could be used to influence people’s opinions, for example in political campaigns or targ ...

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