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A new AI model predicts which short-form videos triggering suicidal thoughts in vulnerable viewers pose higher risk before they reach large audiences, which can improve user safety.

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While generative AI (GenAI) can help define viable objectives for organizational and policy decision-making, the overall quality of those objectives falls short unless humans intervene.

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A new study finds that telling consumers their returned items will be “kept out of landfills” significantly increases participation in take-back programs; telling them they may be resold? Not so much.

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Study Finds Only One Type of Consumer Dictates Price

Study Finds Only One Type of Consumer Dictates Price

News Release, April 11, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, April 11, 2023 – It’s commonly assumed that the supply-and-demand economics of the consumer marketplace dictates price. If you are one of few retailers that sells a product consumers want, you can charge more. Or, if supplies of that product are more scarce, again, prices will likely be higher. On the flip side, if supplies are plentiful for a product that is in less demand, prices for that product are likely to be lower.

Ask Asa: The dark side of ChatGPT

Ask Asa: The dark side of ChatGPT

WJCL, April 6, 2023

Both competitors and scammers trying to piggyback on the buzz around ChatGPT. Consumer Reporter Asa Aarons Smith has more on this groundbreaking technology.

The future of employee upskilling lies in gamified training — here’s why

The future of employee upskilling lies in gamified training — here’s why

Smart Company, April 4, 2023

Corporate training isn’t all fun and games, but maybe it should be. Most of us have (often grudgingly) used corporate learning systems. We skim through the 50-slide PowerPoint decks hoping to correctly guess enough answers to pass so that we can get back to our “real work.” Anything we learn may be forgotten by the time we receive our certificate of completion. But a new study shows that gamified training done right — lessons conducted carefully and over time, incorporating elements such as progression through challenges and levels, instant feedback, points, and competition — can significantly improve employee performance.

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