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Trump’s Bid To Fire BLS Commissioner ‘Preposterously Stupid And Deeply Dangerous’
“There is absolutely no chance that the BLS commissioner or anyone else at BLS manipulated the jobs and unemployment data to hurt Donald Trump politically,” said Harris, now a law professor at Northeastern University.
The Week
Cracks appear in MAGA’s pro-Israel front
Republicans willing to speak out about Israel’s wartime conduct are likely “reading the tea leaves in terms of public opinion,” said Northeastern University Political Scientist Costas Panagopoulos at Newsweek.
With thousands of life sciences workers needed, some say ‘microcredentials’ could revolutionize hiring
“A lot of the work in the life sciences, you don’t need a degree to do,” said Jared Auclair, the dean of Northeastern’s College of Professional Studies.
Wired Italia
Earthquakes, floods, pandemics, fires: why interconnected disasters are the new normal
Interconnected disasters, from the Covid-19 pandemic to flash floods and devastating wildfires to the recent, devastating earthquake in Kamchatka, are now our new normal . This is according to a new study by researchers at Northeastern University, which explored a concept experts call polycrisis.
Sports gambling scandals raise concerns over game integrity
While professional athletes are richly compensated, they are just as susceptible as the public to problem gambling, says Richard Daynard, president of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University. “The temptations are just very, very great,” Daynard tells Axios.
Britain and France Have Pledged to Recognize a Palestinian State. What Would It Mean?
Like all legal questions, “interpretation matters,” said Zinaida Miller, a professor of law and international affairs at Northeastern University. The criteria for recognizing a Palestinian state have been met at a basic level, many experts on international law say.
More countries are recognizing the State of Palestine. But what does that mean?
Recognition of a state can occur even if some of the conditions are not met, such as territorial boundaries. As with all legal issues, “interpretation is important,” Zinaida Miller, professor of law and international affairs at Northeastern University, told The New York Times .
A Catholic AI app promises answers for the faithful. Can it succeed?
Cansu Canca, director of the Responsible AI Practice at Northeastern University, said it’s hard to get reliable answers about religion from AI because the questions users pose are subjective. For instance, the simple answer to “Is lying a sin?” is yes, but many theologians argue that it’s acceptable to lie to save someone’s life.
AI Chatbots Can Be Manipulated to Provide Advice on How to Self-Harm, New Study Shows
A new study from researchers at Northeastern University found that, when it comes to self-harm and suicide, large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Perplexity AI may still output potentially harmful content despite safety features. (TIME reached out to both companies for comment.)
AIs gave scarily specific self-harm advice to users expressing suicidal intent, researchers find
She contacted colleague Cansu Canca, an ethicist who is director of Responsible AI Practice at Northeastern’s Institute for Experiential AI. Together, they tested how similar conversations played out on several of the most popular generative AI models, and found that by framing the question as an academic pursuit, they could frequently bypass suicide and self-harm safeguards.
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NightSide News Update 7/30/25
Professor James Monaghan, Biology Department Chair at Northeastern University College of Science: Does the axolotl salamander hold the key to human limb regeneration? Professor Monaghan seems to think so!
Boston’s downtown is in trouble and needs reinvention
Ted Landsmark, director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, said that in cities like Phoenix, Savannah, and Charleston, “the presence of students and dormitories had a substantial impact on downtowns” in search of revitalization.