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Google.health is harnessing the power of Big Data to track COVID-19 and other diseases

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Google.health is harnessing the power of Big Data to track COVID-19 and other diseases

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Are Alexa, Siri, and Cortana recording your private conversations?

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Are Alexa, Siri, and Cortana recording your private conversations?

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YouTube’s new ad policy is designed to protect kids. Will it drive them away instead?

YouTube’s new ad policy is designed to protect kids. Will it drive them away instead?

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Chemists are training machine learning algorithms used by Facebook and Google to find new molecules

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Chemists are training machine learning algorithms used by Facebook and Google to find new molecules

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Northeastern University research finds smart TVs, other Internet-connected devices are exposing private user data
The smart devices in your home are listening to you, recording your whereabouts, and sending data to technology companies and other third-parties, according to a new study by David Choffnes, an associate professor at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

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Northeastern University research finds smart TVs, other Internet-connected devices are exposing private user data

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Northeastern researchers team up with Accenture to offer a road map for artificial intelligence ethics oversight
Northeastern professors Ron Sandler and John Basl provide organizations a framework for creating a well-designed and effective artificial intelligence and data ethics committee in a new report produced in collaboration with global professional services company Accenture.

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Northeastern researchers team up with Accenture to offer a road map for artificial intelligence ethics oversight

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Ignore the hand-wringing headlines about the impending artificial intelligence revolution, but get ready for the disruption.
An image of co-author John D. Wood's eye created using artificial intelligence. Courtesy of Nada Sanders

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Ignore the hand-wringing headlines about the impending artificial intelligence revolution, but get ready for the disruption.

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Researchers from Northeastern, MIT, Facebook, Google, Microsoft make a case for the importance of the emerging field of machine behavior

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Researchers from Northeastern, MIT, Facebook, Google, Microsoft make a case for the importance of the emerging field of machine behavior

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A Northeastern University team tested Facebook’s algorithm and found its delivery of advertisements is skewed by race and gender

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A Northeastern University team tested Facebook’s algorithm and found its delivery of advertisements is skewed by race and gender

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Monopolies are shrinking the competition in the American economy, Northeastern professor tells U.S. senators

Monopolies are shrinking the competition in the American economy, Northeastern professor tells U.S. senators

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He’s guiding the future of Northeastern in Seattle. His copilot would like a biscuit.

He’s guiding the future of Northeastern in Seattle. His copilot would like a biscuit.

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Here’s some advice to make internet hackers less frightening

Here’s some advice to make internet hackers less frightening

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