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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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Why supply chain professionals still need 'soft skills' in the technology era

Why supply chain professionals still need 'soft skills' in the technology era

Becker's Hospital Review, November 9, 2017

"Soft skills" such as communication and teamwork are crucial proficiencies for a supply chain leader to hold. However, these skills are often overlooked amid today's technology-driven industry, according to Yossi Sheffi, PhD, INFORMS member, Elisha Gray II professor of engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.

Lindo exhibits at INFORMS conference, Houston, 2017

Lindo exhibits at INFORMS conference, Houston, 2017

Houston Energy Industry News, October 27, 2017

The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) holds its semi-annual meeting and exposition at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, October 22 – 25, 2017. At the Lindo Systems Inc booth, I see that their optimization software is capable of doing linear, integer, and nonlinear programming. I ask Linus Schrage, Lindo President, how his company is helping businesses in the oil refining, petrochemical, and oil/gas industries. Here is what he has to say.

CMU dean elected to lead data science organization

CMU dean elected to lead data science organization

Pittsburgh Business Times, October 16, 2017

Ramayya Krishnan, dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, has been elected to lead the 12,500 members of INFORMS, or the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, a professional association for operations research and analytics professionals and students.

Testosterone makes the stock market more "frantic"

Testosterone makes the stock market more "frantic"

MedicItalia, October 25, 2017

A new study in the INFORMS journal Management Science, conducted by researchers from the Western University, Oxford University and Claremont Graduate University, found that testosterone can negatively impact the stability of the stock market.

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