riana

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Tech policy researcher at Stanford. You can't be both pro-choice and anti-encryption.
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riana6d ago
rianaMay 20
Reminder that I maintain a periodically-updated reading list of papers at the intersection of E2EE and Trust & Safety; suggestions welcome: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYaDogBF6JegBILgbf--leewyFf-kzkdQwJCjvHTFqI/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Encryption + Trust & Safety reading list (updated 2026-05-20)

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rianaMay 20
Reminder that I maintain a periodically-updated reading list of papers at the intersection of E2EE and Trust & Safety; suggestions welcome: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYaDogBF6JegBILgbf--leewyFf-kzkdQwJCjvHTFqI/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Encryption + Trust & Safety reading list (updated 2026-05-20)

Google Docs
rianaFeb 13
rianaFeb 5
For the first time, starting this year the IEEE Cybersecurity Award for Practice will be given out at Oakland! Nominations are open now for the award, which is intended to recognize individuals and small teams who are generating transformative cybersecurity capabilities that have been realized. Deadline for nominations is February 24. More info here: https://sp2026.ieee-security.org/nominations-cybersecurity-award.html
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2026

rianaFeb 5
For the first time, starting this year the IEEE Cybersecurity Award for Practice will be given out at Oakland! Nominations are open now for the award, which is intended to recognize individuals and small teams who are generating transformative cybersecurity capabilities that have been realized. Deadline for nominations is February 24. More info here: https://sp2026.ieee-security.org/nominations-cybersecurity-award.html
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2026

rianaJan 23
rianaJan 22
Cool paid opportunity to participate in important research on ethical best practices for nude image datasets, helmed by Elissa Redmiles, as a follow-up to the same research team's recent NeurIPS paper (https://openreview.net/pdf?id=Ev5xwr3vWh):
rianaJan 22
Cool paid opportunity to participate in important research on ethical best practices for nude image datasets, helmed by Elissa Redmiles, as a follow-up to the same research team's recent NeurIPS paper (https://openreview.net/pdf?id=Ev5xwr3vWh):
rianaJan 22
I'm on today's episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast with Nilay Patel, talking about, of course, Grok: https://www.theverge.com/podcast/865275/grok-deepfake-undressing-elon-musk-content-moderation
Why nobody’s stopping Grok

Grok’s AI undressing crisis is proving to be an existential moment for what’s left of the United States’ content moderation infrastructure.

The Verge
rianaJan 21
rianaJan 19
This Wednesday at 12pm PT! Come to the book talk I'm hosting with Adam Becker and @rezendi at Stanford HAI - in-person and Zoom options available! https://hai.stanford.edu/events/adam-becker-and-jon-evans-book-talk
rianaJan 19
This Wednesday at 12pm PT! Come to the book talk I'm hosting with Adam Becker and @rezendi at Stanford HAI - in-person and Zoom options available! https://hai.stanford.edu/events/adam-becker-and-jon-evans-book-talk
rianaJan 17
I'm on PBS NewsHour, talking about Grok: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/musks-grok-ai-faces-more-scrutiny-after-generating-sexual-deepfake-images
Musk's Grok AI faces more scrutiny after generating sexual deepfake images

Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's troubles with Riana Pfefferkorn of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

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