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AI chatbots linked to psychological harm, Northeastern study finds

New research outlines how the use of AI chatbots for companionship and support is linked with “severe negative outcomes.”
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Different paths, but the same Husky entrepreneurial pride

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From lab to startup: This professor wins prestigious engineering award

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AI and digital culture make their way into Merriam-Webster

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Query, create or be curious at new AI Makerspace in Boston

The new AI Makerspace on the Boston campus, is open to students, faculty and staff regardless of expertise level or AI tool preference.
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This professor is making AI systems more aware of their ignorance

Francesco Restuccia has been awarded a Presidential Early Career Award to improve the reliability of wireless systems and AI models.
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Are bots changing how people talk? Language in the age of AI

Chatbots are leaving fingerprints on human language, from word choice and sentence structure to the way people navigate conversations.
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Can you really turn off an AI? The debate over “kill switches”

The industry is grappling with a deceptively simple question: Can we actually turn these systems off when things go sideways?
Joshua Joseph speaks into a microphone to an audience, gesturing as he talks, with an attendee recording on a phone in the foreground.

Robotics helped kick-start this grad’s career at Tesla

After switching career dreams amidst years of failure abroad, Northeastern grad hit success at Tesla and the autonomous machine world
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The student refining AI at one of the largest real estate firms

The unique co-op gave Pratham Shah valuable perspective on how AI can be implemented across any industry, not just in tech.

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