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The Seattle Times
Many child safety features on social apps don’t work, report finds
Researchers at New York University and Northeastern University tested dozens of safety features promoted by Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube in recent years, as the products came under fire for enabling adolescent loneliness, bullying and sexual exploitation.
Business Insider
I built my replacement
John Wihbey, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, described the bot to me as “human-ish,” and said for a brief moment, he wondered if the real me had started speaking to test him (I hadn’t).
Antibiotics in Pork Draw More Scrutiny By Inspectors
U.S. inspectors on Monday started using more sensitive tests to detect antibiotics in pork, part of a stepped-up effort to ensure meat safety after a government report last year suggested consumers might be at risk from harmful drug residues.
Ars Technica
TikTok users don’t have as much agency over their FYPs as they think
Even when they don’t watch a suggested video or click the “not interested” feature, they keep seeing those videos on their FYP. Northeastern University computer scientists put those suspicions to the test. According to their recent paper, the engagement signals do have an effect, but only temporarily.
Bloomberg Tax
Meta’s Legal Shield Meets Pivotal Test in Teen Addiction Case
“Every case is a bit of a test case, and different courts and different circuits are deciding things differently,” said Elettra Bietti of Northeastern University School of Law, who signed onto a brief supporting a limited view of Section 230.
CBS Sunday Morning
Is your phone listening to you?
David Choffnes, a professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, wanted to test whether your smartphone is spying on you. “We did a study with thousands of apps on an Android device, and wanted to see, as you interact with these apps, are they recording your audio and sending it off?
Wastewater sampling could be key to early warning of new disease outbreaks
Testing wastewater is “more efficient than what we currently have, that is mostly testing people at the borders or trying to test in hospitals, but in a way that we are always late”, said Alessandro Vespignani, professor of computer and health sciences at Northeastern University and co-author of the Nature study.
Many Child Safety Features on Social Apps Don’t Work, Report Finds
Child safety features on the most popular social media apps often don’t work as advertised, a new report found. Researchers at New York University and Northeastern University tested dozens of safety features promoted by Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube in recent years, as the products came under fire for enabling adolescent loneliness, bullying and sexual […]
New Times SLO
Disadvantaged male students deserve top priority
Gov. Jerry Brown presented a 12-point education plan during his campaign. He wisely crafted a proposal that encompassed multiple elements of public education, among them the cost of higher education and changes in the state testing program. Although each component of that platform could spur positive change, Brown’s interest in raising high-school graduation rates is […]
Psychology Today
Let Music Be Your Medicine
In her lab at Northeastern University, Loui is testing the use of music and light to provide stimulation in the delta and gamma frequencies, respectively.
Employers want more AI-fluent workers. It’s testing young graduates’ loyalties.
There is a “resigned compliance” to students’ embrace of AI tools in their academic and career pursuits, said Maitraye Das, an assistant professor at Northeastern who has studied AI and cognitive dissonance.
Have you done a DNA test? This chatbot will talk to you about your results.
But Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences at the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, said that environmental factors far outweigh genetics for most people.