Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, Univ of Cambridge
Founder & Chair, Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Research: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
Alan Jagolinzer
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I spent an hour talking with Women in AI UK about the cognitive war that social media has spread into our phones and communities.
We discuss how influencers push stories and emotions to garner outsized power and how to retain agency by challenging their incentives.
youtu.be/H5PgN1oxDm4?...
An important discussion about Malign Cognitive Influence.
This is one of the most comprehensive and important talks I have done recently, which ties directly to work with the Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
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The violence is predictable.
Nobody should be surprised by what we are seeing in UK communities, given the rhetoric on certain platforms.
The question remains on how best to intervene, which is why we built the Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
@lewan.bsky.social
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Documentary director Chris Temple discussed how people are drawn to meme-asset financial "trampolines" when they do not sense that they have access to social or financial "ladder" opportunities.
From the 2025 Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Always question a messenger's incentives.
--Who is reaching out to me?
--Why? What's in it for them?
--What data did I leave for them to find me?
From a webinar with @womeninai.bsky.social UK.
Full discussion is available at: youtu.be/H5PgN1oxDm4.
The Tech CEOs were in the very front row at inauguration.
@karaswisher.bsky.social: "Think about that."
My full discussion with Kara on Tech CEO Culture last month is available at: youtu.be/GLZNjkIxOh4?...
Cambridge Disinformation Summit fireside chat series.
@womeninai.bsky.social UK invited me to engage in an important discussion about Malign Cognitive Influence.
This is one of the most comprehensive and important talks I have done recently, which ties directly to work with the Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Pg...
Disinformation is often a preparatory act for corruption.
"Because influencers build emotionally linked self-selected communities, investors’ behavior will likely differ from those who invest in traditional [assets]."
Some parallels to other meme assets here, it seems.
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An important discussion about Malign Cognitive Influence.
This is one of the most comprehensive and important talks I have done recently, which ties directly to work with the Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
youtu.be/H5PgN1oxDm4?...
Merkley et al. (2023) examine how cryptocurrency influencers recommend digital coins on Twitter (X) and the associated price effects. They report that influencers may exploit market investors via pote...
Up to $1tn of SpaceX’s IPO value rests on Elon Musk htting multiple moonshots, including reaching Mars with reusable rockets and putting data centres into orbit. "You’re paying for a possible but not nearly entirely likely scenario," said one analyst.
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