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Developers Are Connecting Multiple AI Agents to Make More ‘Autonomous’ AI
As a recent paper from researchers at Northeastern University and MIT explains, LLM’s tend to “hallucinate” (an industry term for making things up) the further down a list of subtasks that one gets.
Lifewire
How Could AI Help Combat Climate Change? Let’s Count the Ways
“AI is a powerful tool for understanding the resilience of transportation, healthcare, water, energy, and communications systems in response to extreme weather,” Auroop Ganguly, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, told Lifewire in an email interview.
The Sun Chronicle
Urgent warning as norovirus is rife ahead of Easter weekend – 8 ways to protect yourself
When it comes to eating at restaurants, it’s worth avoiding eating uncooked foods like salads and looking for places where people who come into contact with your food openly wear gloves, Professor Darin Detwiler of food safety at Northeastern University in Boston, US, said.
To lower drug costs, report says let doctors dispense
“In general, it’s not a great idea,” said Todd Brown, vice chair at Northeastern University School of Pharmacy and executive director of the Massachusetts Independent Pharmacists Association. “Our current system is set up with checks and balances. Physicians prescribe, pharmacists dispense.”
Mass shootings leave America’s mayors on edge
Whaley, a Democrat, is no longer in public office. But to this day, whenever she hears about another mass shooting, she’ll contact the city’s mayor, passing along a 200-page guide for mayors and city managers compiled by researchers at Northeastern University with her input.
‘A trap for the unwary’: The power and paradox of parole boards
This is how people seeking parole often describe the experience. Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, describes parole hearings as “a trap for the unwary,” where those who are mentally unprepared for the emotional complexities of the process can find themselves at a grave disadvantage.
Experts say Trump prosecution far from sure thing
Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University and a former Legal Aid Society appellate attorney in New York City, said that in the past 15 years, there have been more than two dozen prosecutions of that kind in the judicial jurisdiction that covers Manhattan and the Bronx.
Pedestrian deaths are up sharply in Mass. Here are five ways to reduce them
SUV ownership is increasing rapidly in the United States and the vehicles are unquestionably unsafe for pedestrians, said Peter Furth, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University.
How to Not Be a Jerk in the Cutthroat College-Admissions Process
Northeastern University received a record 96,327 applications this year, up 50% from four years ago.
No more climate legislation needed; it’s time for action
Op-Ed by Joan Fitzgerald, professor of urban planning and public policy at Northeastern University, Michael J. Walsh , founding partner at Groundwork Data, and Ted Landsmark, distinguished professor of public policy and urban affairs and director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University.
Michael K. Williams’ Drug Dealer Admits Selling Him Deadly Dose of Fentanyl
The number of drug-induced homicide prosecutions in the U.S. spiked from 109 to 696 in a six-year span, according to researchers from Northeastern University, which found the charges are pursued disproportionately against Black and brown people, who are sentenced, on average, to terms nearly two times as long as those of white people.
The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped
Op-Ed by Evan Selinger is a professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology; an affiliate scholar at Northeastern University’s Center for Law, Innovation, and Creativity; and a scholar in residence at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.