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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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Prof David Simchi-Levi at NITIE Webinar - Government Should Prioritize Critical Supply Chains to Apply Stress-Test

Prof David Simchi-Levi at NITIE Webinar - Government Should Prioritize Critical Supply Chains to Apply Stress-Test

The Times of India, August 10, 2020

COVID 19 has caused unprecedented havoc in the world and disrupted lives, livelihood, business, enterprise, and economy. Supply chain disruption and inadequate response from the industry have been the causes of concern across the globe. On this background, National Institute of Industrial Engineering organized a webinar on "Supply Chain Resilience and Need for Stress-Tests" by Professor David Simchi-Levi, a globally acclaimed scientist on Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Professor Simchi-Levi, Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and Head of the MIT Data Science Lab, is also Fellow of INFORMS and Editor-in-Chief of Management Science and Journal of Operations Research.

Savvy Investors Look to Job Postings to Predict a Company’s Performance

Savvy Investors Look to Job Postings to Predict a Company’s Performance

The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2020

Some investors are taking advantage of a once-obscure indicator of a company’s financial prospects: job postings. According to research published in the July issue of the journal Management Science, changes in the number of a company’s online job postings are a leading indicator of changes in that company’s future performance. The relationship is stronger when the job postings likely represent the addition of new employees rather than the replacement of people leaving the company, the researchers found.

Opinion: Amazon Has a Trust Problem

Opinion: Amazon Has a Trust Problem

Market Watch, August 7, 2020

Can U.S. consumers trust Amazon.com? Jeff Bezos, the company’s CEO, said in his opening statement at a House antitrust hearing last week that “80% of Americans have a favorable impression of Amazon overall, according to leading independent polls.” Americans trust only their doctors and the military more than Amazon to “do the right thing,” he added. Given the public concerns over counterfeit and unsafe products sold by third-party sellers, however, Amazon needs to develop and execute a comprehensive plan to protect its consumers. 

Study Finds Dedicated Clinics Can Reduce Impact of a Flu Pandemic

Study Finds Dedicated Clinics Can Reduce Impact of a Flu Pandemic

NC State University, August 6, 2020

A new study concludes that opening clinics dedicated specifically to treating influenza can limit the number of people infected and help to “flatten the curve,” or reduce the peak prevalence rate. While the work focused on influenza, the findings are relevant for policymakers seeking ways to reduce impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

College Football Players Fear Stigma of Sitting Out Could Outlast Pandemic

College Football Players Fear Stigma of Sitting Out Could Outlast Pandemic

The Washington Post, August 5, 2020

Ra’Von Bonner needs a breakout year. The Illinois reserve running back rushed for 225 yards last season with three touchdowns in his third season on the field for the University of Illinois football team. If the dominoes fell right, this could’ve been the season that launched Bonner into the NFL. But Bonner has asthma, a condition he was hospitalized for a handful of times as a child. And though Big Ten officials are pushing a plan to play football safely in 2020, Bonner isn’t buying it.

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