5 papers
Pareto Optimal Re-ranking with Semi-Automated Content Credibility Detection
Yigit Ege Bayiz, Arash Amini, Ufuk Topcu
Social media posts often include misinformative or misleading content, diminishing the expected credibility of content feeds. We present an optimization-based method to improve the…
Characterizing Opinion Evolution of Networked LLMs
Caleb Probine, Yigit Ege Bayiz, Filippos Fotiadis +3
Large language models (LLMs) increasingly interact with one another in multi-agent systems, from simulations of human discourse to influence operations and fully LLM-driven social…
The Effect of Network Topology on the Equilibria of Influence-Opinion Games
Yigit Ege Bayiz, Arash Amini, Radu Marculescu +1
Online social networks exert a powerful influence on public opinion. Adversaries weaponize these networks to manipulate discourse, underscoring the need for more resilient social n…
How Media Competition Fuels the Spread of Misinformation
Arash Amini, Yigit Ege Bayiz, Eun-Ju Lee +3
Competition among news sources may encourage some sources to share fake news and misinformation to influence the public. While sharing misinformation may lead to a short-term gain…
CrediRAG: Network-Augmented Credibility-Based Retrieval for Misinformation Detection in Reddit
Ashwin Ram, Yigit Ege Bayiz, Arash Amini +2
Fake news threatens democracy and exacerbates the polarization and divisions in society; therefore, accurately detecting online misinformation is the foundation of addressing this…