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New lawsuit claims DraftKings’ ads deceived bettors, who lost thousands and got addicted

A Northeastern law professor who helped take on Big Tobacco, Richard Daynard, said he sees parallels in how cigarettes and online betting products are sold.
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Amid PFAS Fallout, Maine Residents Navigate Medical Risks

Phil Brown, a Northeastern University sociology professor and a co-director of the PFAS Project Lab, said the medical community “doesn’t know a lot about occupational and environmental health,” adding that “it’s a very minimal part of the medical school curriculum” and continuing education.
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Nickel catalysts could lead to cheaper, more accessible transportation fuels

Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to make long-chain hydrocarbons is challenging, according to Magda H. Barecka, an expert in carbon conversion and electrochemistry at Northeastern University in Boston.
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AI models may be accidentally (and secretly) learning each other’s bad behaviors

AI researcher David Bau, director of Northeastern University’s National Deep Inference Fabric, a project that aims to help researchers understand how large language models work, said these findings show how AI models could be vulnerable to data poisoning, allowing bad actors to more easily insert malicious traits into the models that they’re training.
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Is ChatGPT really making us stupid?

As Barbara Larson, professor of Management at Northeastern University, points out , “The smartest way to take advantage of artificial intelligence is to limit its role to that of an enthusiastic but somewhat naive assistant .”

The Unnerving Future of A.I.-Fueled Video Games

Cansu Canca, the director of responsible A.I. practice at Northeastern University in Boston, said there would be a risk to individual agency and privacy by normalizing the technology.
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The Impact Of Faculty Tenure On Research Output Explored In New Study

The researchers —  including Dakota Murray (Northeastern University) — examined the careers of 12,611 U.S. faculty members across 15 disciplines, spanning the sciences, engineering, business and social sciences. Each of the scholars had been granted tenure between 2012 and 2015.
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Study: Tenure Doesn’t Slow Average Research Output

To find out more, researchers at Northwestern University, Northeastern University and the University of Wisconsin at Madison analyzed the careers of 12,000 U.S.-based faculty across 15 disciplines, including business, sociology and chemistry. 
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Cityline: Easing the financial burdens of college

Wily Network helps local students focus on academics and mental health. The first in her family to attend college, Wily Scholar Nicki Pantiledes earned a full scholarship to Northeastern University. She’s now in her fourth year.
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‘Old people are capable of more’: meet the female weightlifters in their 70s and 80s

As they age, women’s physical abilities are often underestimated by others as well as themselves, says Elaina Manolis, a physical therapist and assistant clinical professor at Northeastern University.
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‘Clueless’ just turned 30. A new anniversary glossary celebrates its language

“We are seeing slang terms spreading in a way that we haven’t seen before, just because of how social media is such a ubiquitous part of the cultural landscape,” said Adam Cooper, director of the linguistics program at Northeastern University.
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Answering Three Talent Questions: A Strategic Playbook For Winning Through People

Dr. Curtis Odom is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Development at Northeastern University in Boston.