Elena Labzina, PhD

AI Research × ML Engineering

Current focus on AI safety, model behavior, and human–AI interaction.

Ex-Google and ex-Microsoft · Production ML, LLM systems, retrieval, experimentation, and large-scale evaluation · Previous academic research at ETH Zürich · PhD from Washington University in St. Louis

Research

Previous work on online propaganda, coordinated behavior, and adversarial manipulation of information on Wikipedia and Twitter. Current research examines LLM sycophancy, individual differences between users, and extended human–AI interaction.

Publications

Current study

Pre-screening volunteers for a study on how AI assistants affect people's beliefs.

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