Harris says the right to be safe is a civil right as Biden signs order on gun technology As of Thursday, there have been at least 31 mass killings in the U.S. so far in 2024, leaving at least 135 people dead, not including shooters who died, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
IEEE Spectrum Device Doubles Capacity for Terahertz Signals Polarization multiplexers could help meet 6G’s wireless traffic needs “Will we solve all the challenges facing terahertz communications before the expected introduction of 6G?” asks Josep Jornet, professor and interim chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston.
Possible Cluster of Human Bird-Flu Infections Expands in Missouri If there were large numbers of undetected infections, “we would see a really consistent wastewater signal,” said Sam Scarpino, director of A.I. and life sciences at Northeastern University.
TechTarget Microsoft introduces new safety tools for generative AI A capability like this shows ways the cloud provider has learned from experiences such as the lawsuit from The New York Times, said Ricardo Baeza-Yates, director of research at the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University.
Vanderbilt University Plans New York City Expansion Cornell University has established a tech campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island, and Northeastern University has opened campuses around the U.S.
Vanderbilt Leases Struggling NYC Seminary for Campus Expansion Northeastern University is pursuing a merger with Marymount Manhattan, a tiny college on the Upper East Side that’s been struggling with enrollment.
Forbes We Still Can’t Measure Employee Engagement. This Is Why. “Humans tend to be superior to AI in contexts and at tasks that require empathy,” according to Michael Bennett at The Institute for Experiential Artificial Intelligence at Northeastern University.
New Scientist What voice assistants like Alexa know about you – and how they use it “I don’t know that consumers have the intuition that when you’re talking out loud, that also could potentially be used to profile you and then target you with ads,” says David Choffnes at Northeastern University in Massachusetts.
TechTarget OpenAI restructure move unsurprising, but raises concerns A complicated structure The restructuring is not surprising because the current setup of OpenAI is so convoluted, said Northeastern University AI adviser Michael Bennett.
Maine Public Radio A new tech startup incubator puts climate center stage This week Northeastern University’s Roux Institute launched its new ClimateTech Incubator at the Portland Campus.
Haitians in America vs. racist narratives, again Op-ed by Régine Michelle Jean-Charles, a dean’s professor of culture and social justice and director of Africana studies at Northeastern University.
Rolling Stone These Moms Smoked Weed Legally. Then Their Kids Were Taken Away Alexander Stein, a staff attorney for the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University in Boston and a former public defender in Chicago, has seen similar strategies used against his clients. And to Stein, these cases illustrate a broader pattern: child welfare agencies’ tendency to criminalize poverty.