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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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How Pharma is Changing to Produce a Pandemic Vaccine in Rapid Time

How Pharma is Changing to Produce a Pandemic Vaccine in Rapid Time

Global Biodefense, October 5, 2020

To bring COVID-19 under control a vaccine needs to be available to every nation, rich and poor – and it needs to happen quickly. But pharmaceutical breakthroughs are usually the result a slow process involving competition, secrecy, risky investments and extensive trials. Changing any big industry to speed its processes up is going to be difficult. But there are signs that substantial changes are underway – and they may be here to stay.

'If You Play With Fire, You Get Burned.' Is a COVID-19-Safe Political Event Possible?

'If You Play With Fire, You Get Burned.' Is a COVID-19-Safe Political Event Possible?

News & Record, October 5, 2020

Large political gatherings in North Carolina that flout safety guidelines ahead of the 2020 elections have continued even as cases of COVID-19 rise across the state. That kind of event brought COVID-19 to the White House, resulting in President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and some staff and party members — including U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis — testing positive for the coronavirus. Can political events in North Carolina be held safely?

New Research Examines Political “Air War” and “Ground Game” to Determine Which is Most Effective

New Research Examines Political “Air War” and “Ground Game” to Determine Which is Most Effective

News Release, October 7, 2020

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 7, 2020 – New research has shed light on how various political campaign activities influence voters. It found that a candidate’s mass media advertising is more likely to influence independent voters, while the campaign’s “ground game,” targeting voters through grassroots outreach, is more effective at reaching a candidate’s base.

Using Technology to Tailor Lessons to Each Student

Using Technology to Tailor Lessons to Each Student

The Seattle Times, October 4, 2020

When 12-year-old Nina Mones was in sixth grade last year, she struggled to keep up with her math class, getting stuck on improper fractions. And as the teacher pushed ahead with new lessons, she fell further and further behind. Then in the fall of 2019, her charter school, the Phoenix International Academy in Phoenix, brought in a program called Teach to One 360, which uses computer algorithms and machine learning to offer daily math instruction tailored to each student. Nina, now in seventh grade, flourished.

‘If You Play With Fire, You Get Burned.’ Is a COVID-19-Safe Political Event Possible?

‘If You Play With Fire, You Get Burned.’ Is a COVID-19-Safe Political Event Possible?

October 3, 2020

Large political gatherings in North Carolina that flout safety guidelines ahead of the 2020 elections have continued even as cases of COVID-19 rise across the state. That kind of event brought COVID-19 to the White House, resulting in President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and some staff and party members — including N.C. Sen. Thom Tillis — testing positive for the coronavirus.

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