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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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That selfie you posted on Instagram? Companies are using it in unethical ways | Opinion

That selfie you posted on Instagram? Companies are using it in unethical ways | Opinion

Yahoo!, March 27, 2023

Biometrics are the physical features that differentiate us — like our fingerprints, eyes and facial structure. And companies that build facial recognition tools can now gather photos of us — like that selfie you just posted on Instagram — and sell the information to a company that could then use it to control you in some way.

What you need to know about the buzzy technology called ChatGPT

What you need to know about the buzzy technology called ChatGPT

WJCL 22, March 23, 2023

If your kids are completing their homework in record time or your partner has a newly discovered way with words, you may want to learn about ChatGPT — new conversational software fueled by artificial intelligence. Consumer Reporter Asa Aarons Smith explains.

New Audio Available for Media Use: What is ChatGPT and What’s it All About?

New Audio Available for Media Use: What is ChatGPT and What’s it All About?

News Release, March 30, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, March 30, 2023 – New audio is available for media use featuring Soroush Saghafian of Harvard University. He is the founder and director of the Public Impact Analytics Science Lab (PIAS-Lab). His current teaching focuses on machine learning and big data analytics tools for solving societal problems. Saghafian speaks about ChatGPT and breaks down what is it and how it’s being used. This content is provided by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on March 29, 2023.

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