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What SF can learn from San Jose’s AI deployment
What they’re saying: San Jose’s pilot is part of a broader trend of local governments testing “really, really narrow use cases where tech can actually free up time,” Kimberly Lucas, public policy professor at Northeastern University, told Axios.
Sports Betting Apps Have a Powerful New Tool to Keep Users Gambling
“I have clients who gamble in the shower; they gamble in bed in the morning,” said Harry Levant, a counselor and activist who has been in recovery from gambling addiction for a decade and serves as the director of gambling policy for the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law.
Live Science
The Panama Canal needs a staggering amount of water to operate. Climate change could threaten that, study warns
“The more warming we have, globally, the higher [emissions] pathway we go, the less rainfall Panama receives, particularly in that wet season,” study lead author Samuel Muñoz, an associate professor at the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University, told Live Science. “And then, also, the more warming we have in the atmosphere, the […]
As sports betting explodes, should states set more limits to stop gambling addiction?
“You need regulation when the industry has shown an inability and unwillingness to police itself,” says Harry Levant, director of gambling policy for the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University in Boston.
Research, curriculum and grading: new data sheds light on how professors are using AI
The company partnered with Northeastern University on this research – surveying 22 faculty members about how and why they use Claude. In their survey responses, university faculty said grading student work was the task the chatbot was least effective at.
Many of Instagram’s teen-safety tools ‘simply are not working’, study finds
The findings call into question Meta’s efforts “to protect teens from the worst parts of the platform”, says Laura Edelson, a professor at Northeastern University who oversaw a review of the findings. “Using realistic testing scenarios, we can see that many of Instagram’s safety tools simply are not working.”
U.S. News & World Report
Doctors Warn Against Imitating Hot Noodle Scene from ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
“KPop Demon Hunters” is a top-watched animated action fantasy musical on Netflix — its music has topped the Billboard charts and the movie has emerged as something of a global phenomenon. Its fast pace and storytelling appeal to children (and their parents), according to Northeastern University Global News.
WCVB TV
Boston, Northeastern University launch mobile lab to track air pollution block by block
“So these are regulated U.S. EPA, so these are called ‘criteria pollutants,'” said Dr. Shang Liu from Northeastern University.
‘Lab in a van’ will measure how far Mass Pike pollution spreads into Allston-Brighton
The Allston-Brighton Health Collaborative is partnering with Northeastern’s mobile air quality lab as part of the City of Boston’s 2025 Community Clean Air Grant.
At least 90% of mass shootings were perpetrated by men
Another 17 involved both male and female shooters, while an additional 14 killings are unsolved, according to a database maintained by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.
El Pais
A study by former Meta employee claims Instagram’s teen protection measures don’t work well
The investigation, in which Northeastern University also participated, reveals that the security features in the app do not match the company’s promises.
64% of mass killings with guns occurred in homes
Of the 493 mass killings with guns that have occurred since 2006 in the United States, 320 took place in homes, according to a database maintained by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.