Together, the findings suggest that Facebook users seek out content that aligns with their views and that the algorithms help by “making it easier for people to do what they’re inclined to do,” according to David Lazer, a Northeastern University professor who worked on all four papers.

“It’s not a grand scientific observation,” said David Lazar of Northeastern University, a co-author of the study. “We’d need more data to see and we’d need more crises.”

Together, the findings suggest that Facebook users seek out content that aligns with their views and that the algorithms help by “making it easier for people to do what they’re inclined to do,” according to David Lazer, a Northeastern University professor who worked on all four papers.

Halting additional hikes would help stave off a recession because higher borrowing costs constrain spending and investment, said Robert Triest, chair of Northeastern University’s economics department.

“We allow the profession to police themselves. And when they fail to do that, even in the most egregious cases, what they are abetting is the erosion of trust and respect for doctors,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law, who has written about the harms of covid misinformation.

With the advances in generative AI, companies cannot avoid the rush to capitalize on the acceleration of knowledge worker tasks. However, rushing to deploy AI creates minefields of new risks, including unintended biases and regulatory violations. The mass layoffs of in-house ethics teams at several large tech companies should serve as motivation for others to double down […]