10.08.2026
Valentin Hofmann Featured in San Francisco Chronicle on AI Chatbots in Politics
Examining the Risks of AI in Political Communication
MCML PI Valentin Hofmann is featured in a recent San Francisco Chronicle article examining the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns. The article focuses on a controversial AI chatbot launched by California State Senator Scott Wiener to satirize his congressional opponent, Connie Chan.
The controversy highlights broader questions about how AI-generated content can shape political communication and public perception. Hofmann’s expertise in language models contributes to the discussion of the capabilities and risks of using AI systems to generate content in sensitive political contexts.
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Outstanding Paper Award at EMNLP 2026 for Work on Accent Bias in Audio Language Models
A paper co-authored by MCML PI Valentin Hofmann on accent bias in audio language models won an Outstanding Paper Award at EMNLP 2026.
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Best Thesis Award for Sohir Maskey
Former MCML Junior Member Sohir Maskey received the Best Thesis Award of the DFG Priority Programme 2298 for his PhD on graph neural networks.
