Ruth E. Appel

I am a researcher combining technical expertise in AI and empirical social science to shape safe and responsible technology development and policy.

My current work at Anthropic focuses on the economic and societal impacts of AI. I integrate insights from computer science and the social sciences, and I use computational and experimental methods to analyze large-scale datasets.

My prior research includes measuring generative AI content moderation preferences to inform AI alignment, analyzing the reach of influence campaigns on Facebook and Instagram during the 2020 US elections, developing and evaluating interventions to counter misinformation at scale, and designing and testing interventions to promote wellbeing.

My work has been published at top journals such as Science Advances, Nature Human Behaviour, and conferences such as ICML, and has been featured in news outlets such as The Economist, The Washington Post, and WIRED. It has been recognized with multipe awards, fellowships, and grants.