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AI Thinks Like Us – Flaws and All: New Study Finds ChatGPT Mirrors Human Decision Biases in Half the Tests
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 1, 2025 – Can we really trust AI to make better decisions than humans? A new study says … not always. Researchers have discovered that OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one of the most advanced and popular AI models, makes the same kinds of decision-making mistakes as humans in some situations showing biases like overconfidence of hot-hand (gambler’s) fallacy yet acting inhuman in others (e.g., not suffering from base-rate neglect or sunk cost fallacies).

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In 2025, you can’t have an effective democracy without data literacy
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You are swimming in an ocean of data and don’t even realize it. All around you are invisible amounts of data that would be staggering to try to comprehend. Thousands of smartphones and smart devices are talking to, sending and downloading vast amounts of data, video, audio, words, numbers, images, you name it. Everything from the latest movie on Netflix to someone’s radiology results from a cancer screening.

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Shell Shocked: How Small Eateries Are Dealing With Record Egg Prices
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Mom-and-pop businesses are trying to adapt to the soaring cost of eggs. The owners of four egg-centric restaurants across the country show how they are coping with this threat to their livelihoods.

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‘An Antidote to Economic Sclerosis’ — Short-Term Investors Aren't All Bad, Study Finds

‘An Antidote to Economic Sclerosis’ — Short-Term Investors Aren't All Bad, Study Finds

Institutional Investor, August 28, 2020

Short-term investors are widely seen as bad for they companies they invest in, because they are likely to focus on immediate changes in stock value — potentially at the expense of the company’s long-term profitability. But new research suggests that there may be times when a short-term focus can actually help companies perform better over the long run. The study, expected to be published in the scholarly journal Management Science, found that companies with more short-horizon investors — who trade stocks regularly — adapted more quickly when their competitive environments changed “radically.”

COVID-19 and the Impact on Election Security

COVID-19 and the Impact on Election Security

Engage TU, August 24, 2020

COVID-19 has resulted in unprecedented disruptions to American life, and these disturbances extend to elections. Increased voting by mail can help ensure participation in the midst of pandemic while also protecting the voting public and poll workers. Poll workers are especially a concern, as they would interact with potentially hundreds or thousands of voters on Election Day. A majority of poll workers are above the age of 60, placing them in one of the most vulnerable groups for the coronavirus.

EMPOWER Researchers Look Into Effect of COVID-19 Mitigations on Student Well-Being

EMPOWER Researchers Look Into Effect of COVID-19 Mitigations on Student Well-Being

The Daily Iowan, August 26, 2020

Professors and researchers from institutions across the country are working to understand how changing circumstances in student’s lives are affecting their well-being during the current pandemic. University of Iowa College of Engineering Dean Harriet Nembhard is working to survey students during the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters with North Carolina State University professors Julie Ivy, Maria Mayorga, and Julie Swann, and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University professor Lauren Davis.

The University of Illinois COVID-19 Testing Plan is So Aggressive That it Accounts for 20% of the State's Tests

The University of Illinois COVID-19 Testing Plan is So Aggressive That it Accounts for 20% of the State's Tests

Insider, August 26, 2020

As colleges across the US continue to close and suspend classes because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the University of Illinois is taking a different approach. While some schools are testing students when they first arrive on campus, the University of Illinois is requiring its students to be tested for COVID-19 twice a week, using rapid saliva tests that provide results within hours. Students are only allowed inside campus buildings if they receive negative test results, which are kept up-to-date on a health-tracking app.

College Football Players Are Unpaid Stars on the Field - and Have No Power Off It

College Football Players Are Unpaid Stars on the Field - and Have No Power Off It

Vanity Fair, August 27, 2020

Robert F. Orr, a retired associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, has been a conservative his whole life. He realizes his politics might seem at odds with his vehement objection to the NCAA, a position that’s blossomed over the last decade. In 2010, when University of North Carolina fullback Devon Ramsay was under investigation for alleged academic impropriety, Orr advised him and his family as they dealt with the NCAA’s appeals process. Ramsay was a little-known player when his team became infamous that year. Several star players were investigated and suspended for receiving improper benefits from agents, a scandal followed by more allegations, this time of academic malfeasance. The school’s probe resulted in Ramsay being accused of plagiarism and withheld from competition.

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