Mastodawn

I'm Alexander Loth -- researcher & author in Frankfurt.

PhD: how generative AI reshapes disinformation & trust.

Tools I build:
🔬 JudgeGPT -- humans detect AI news at 52% (coin flip)
🤖 RogueGPT -- controlled misinfo stimuli
🔍 Origin Lens -- on-device C2PA verification
📊 CRED-1 -- domain credibility dataset

Also: books on data viz & AI, iOS apps.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ofZZ8LgAAAAJ
https://github.com/aloth

#AcademicMastodon #GenAI #Disinformation #C2PA #WebScience #AIethics

Alexander Loth

Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab - 171-mal zitiert - Generative AI - Information Integrity - Computational Social Science - Human-AI Interaction - AI Ethics

Gene Ontology 1d ago

🐰🧬 The Easter bunny delivered early! The March 2026 Gene Ontology release is here with some impressive goodies:

📊 38,560 GO terms
🔬 8,883,119 annotations
🌍 5,557 species
💾 1,703,116 gene products

Your functional genomics just got a spring upgrade! Whether you're doing pathway analysis or comparative studies, this release has you covered.

🔗 current.geneontology.org
💬 https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/8648

#GeneOntology #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #FunctionalGenomics #Research #OpenData #AcademicMastodon

March 2026 GO Release now available

March 2026 GO Release (2026-03-25) Now Available We’re pleased to announce that the March 2026 Gene Ontology release is now live! Quick Access Links Current Release: https://current.geneontology.org Release Archive: https://release.geneontology.org DOI: Gene Ontology Data Archive Release Statistics Metric Count GO Terms 38,560 Annotations 8,883,119 Gene Products 1,703,116 Species 5,557 Detailed Release Information 📊 Complete statistics are available at the Gene Onto...

Alliance of Genome Resources Community Forum

petersuber 1d ago

"According to an @insidehighered analysis of more than 60 key #HigherEd lawsuits, the [Trump administration] has the upper hand in just 17 cases as of April 1."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/courts/2026/04/03/lawsuits-against-trump-pile-strategies-shift

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

As Lawsuits Against Trump Pile Up, Strategies Shift

The government has secured some notable wins, but plaintiffs aiming to rein in Trump’s higher ed agenda still hold the upper hand, an Inside Higher Ed analysis shows.

Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs

Dr. Anna Latour 2d ago

Me: In the interest of time, I will convince you using a Proof by Intimidation only.

Student: Sure!

Me: *shows slide*

Student, nodding approvingly: That worked :)

#AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #ProfessorLife #Teaching

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Dr. Anna Latour 3d ago

Thanks everyone for your well wishes!

Everybody was a sweetheart today, so even when I messed things up, things were still okay.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #ProfessorLife

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petersuber 3d ago

Update. "Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html

Penn will appeal the ruling. “We continue to believe that requiring Penn to create lists of Jewish faculty and staff, and to provide personal contact information, raises serious privacy and First Amendment concerns.”

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Antisemitism #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From University of Pennsylvania

The government’s effort to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus as it investigates antisemitism has upset some people who worry about how the information will be used.

The New York Times

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Open Education Global 3d ago

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• Hacking the Open Ecosystem and Praxis for the Public Good
• Innovating Open Content to Democratize Knowledge
• Catalyzing Human Connection, Creativity, and Curiosity to Thrive
• (Re)Inventing Our Shared Global Vision Together
• Exploring Emergent Technologies and the Future of Openness

📍 Cambridge MA + Online. October 7–9, 2026.
🗓 Submit by April 7 –> https://twp.ai/ImxKhe

#OpenEducation #OER #OpenAccess #AcademicMastodon