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New AI video tools increase worries of deepfakes ahead of elections

“I go online, I see something, I’m like, ‘Is this real? Is this AI generated?’ I cannot tell any more,” Kaicheng Yang, a researcher at Northeastern University who studies AI and disinformation, said. “For average users, I am just going to assume it’s going to be worse. It doesn’t matter how much genuine content is […]
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The AI industry is pushing a nuclear power revival — partly to fuel itself

Beyond Silicon Valley, “big investment firms are actually starting to believe that this is going to take off,” said Ayan Paul, a research scientist at Northeastern University who studies AI. 
National Geographic

How do fireflies get their glow? We finally have some answers.

Jing-Ke Weng, a biochemist and director of the Institute for Plant-Human Interface at Northeastern University in Boston, called the new study “impressive” for its use of advanced genomic tools and analyses.
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Mifepristone abortion pills to be carried at CVS, Walgreens. Here’s what could happen next

The high court will review a lower court decision that challenges the FDA’s decision to loosen restrictions around mifepristone, which allowed the drug to be dispensed at certified pharmacies and through the mail, according to Katherine L. Kraschel, an assistant professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University’s School of Law.
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With ShotSpotter staying in Chicago for the time being, dispute continues over the system’s usefulness

“I think it’s important for cities that invest in this technology to think a little bit harder about what are the ends and what are the means,” said Eric Piza, a criminal justice and criminology professor at Northeastern University and principal investigator of the study, which was published in January
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8,000 workers are needed by Maine’s defense industry, so employers, schools are gearing up

Founding members of the alliance are, from education: MCCS; Maine Maritime Academy; the University of Maine System and the Roux Institute of Northeastern University.
The Conversation

Community-based entrepreneurs are leading the way in solving the local news crisis

Clegg is retired from top editing positions at The Boston Globe, is a co-founder of the digital nonprofit Brookline.News and teaches journalism at Northeastern University and Brandeis University. I’m a journalism professor at Northeastern and the author of two previous books on the future of news.
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Music Is TikTok’s Past. Sounds May Be Its Future

“Frankly, TikTok has a value to the recording industry that’s far beyond the money that they make from royalties,” says David Herlihy, a copyright lawyer and music industry professor at Northeastern University. 
The New Yorker

The Fight Over I.V.F. Is Only Beginning

“I could see restrictions being put in place to minimize embryo destruction in ways that will make I.V.F. more expensive,” Katherine Kraschel, an assistant professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University’s School of Law, told me. 
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Walgreens, CVS to begin selling abortion pill mifepristone in some states

Walgreens and CVS probably applied for FDA certification some time ago, said Katherine Kraschel, an assistant professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University.

Gov. Healey assembles Artificial Intelligence Strategic Task Force

“Boston, in general, was one of the leading spots for AI,” said task force member Usama Fayyad, who is Executive Director of the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University. “For I would say a couple of decades, in the very beginnings of artificial intelligence.”
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CVS, Walgreens to begin selling abortion pill this month

If the Supreme Court were to uphold the lower court’s decision rolling back FDA rules on how the drug is distributed, the pharmacies would have to reverse their policy, according to Katie Kraschel, a Northeastern University law professor specializing in health policy.