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Unmasking Human Trafficking: New AI Research Reveals Hidden Recruitment Networks
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BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.

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New U.S. drug prices doubled amid a shift toward treating rare diseases
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Drugs being explicitly developed to treat rare diseases are getting more expensive.

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Human air traffic controllers keep flyers safe. Should AI have a role?
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Old technology is behind the recent ongoing delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport, but newer technology will be an important part of the solution.

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Study Finds that News Content is a Driver for Traffic to Non-news Content on Aggregator Sites and Social Media Platforms

News Release, September 10, 2025

CATONSVILLE, MD, June 6, 2025 – The consumption of news has undergone a sea of change in the last decade, with a significant proportion of the population consuming content on news aggregator sites and social media. New research published in the peer-reviewed journal Marketing Science has found that when digital news aggregators and social media sites carry news content, there is a spillover effect, attracting traffic to non-news content on the same sites. Both user engagement and content generation of non-news content rides with increases and decreases in the posting of news content.

Students Leave Intro Courses Thinking They Know More Than They Do

News Release, September 10, 2025

BALTIMORE, MD – September 10, 2025 — New studies published in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveal an unexpected consequence of introductory education: they can breed an illusion of expertise. Students learn the basics, but also leave these courses believing they understand more than they possibly can, claiming knowledge of terms that do not exist.

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