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AI Thinks Like Us – Flaws and All: New Study Finds ChatGPT Mirrors Human Decision Biases in Half the Tests
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 1, 2025 – Can we really trust AI to make better decisions than humans? A new study says … not always. Researchers have discovered that OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one of the most advanced and popular AI models, makes the same kinds of decision-making mistakes as humans in some situations showing biases like overconfidence of hot-hand (gambler’s) fallacy yet acting inhuman in others (e.g., not suffering from base-rate neglect or sunk cost fallacies).

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In 2025, you can’t have an effective democracy without data literacy
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You are swimming in an ocean of data and don’t even realize it. All around you are invisible amounts of data that would be staggering to try to comprehend. Thousands of smartphones and smart devices are talking to, sending and downloading vast amounts of data, video, audio, words, numbers, images, you name it. Everything from the latest movie on Netflix to someone’s radiology results from a cancer screening.

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Shell Shocked: How Small Eateries Are Dealing With Record Egg Prices
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Mom-and-pop businesses are trying to adapt to the soaring cost of eggs. The owners of four egg-centric restaurants across the country show how they are coping with this threat to their livelihoods.

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US Military to Start Vaccinating Troops, Behind Russia and China

US Military to Start Vaccinating Troops, Behind Russia and China

Government Executive, December 10, 2020

The Pentagon expects to distribute 44,000 doses of covid-19 vaccine among military personnel and retirees against COVID as early as next week at 16 sites in what officials called a “controlled pilot.” Initial doses of the Pfizer vaccine will go to what officials described as a “limited, limited'' number of senior military officials and officers, including the Defense Secretary and Deputy Defense Secretary, the Chairmen and Vice Chairman of the Joints Chief and some others. But the bulk of the initial doses will go to the military healthcare workforce. 

The Post-Pandemic, Digitally Driven Marketplace Requires Creative Innovation

The Post-Pandemic, Digitally Driven Marketplace Requires Creative Innovation

Inside Sources, December 10, 2020

COVID-19 has transformed the landscape in which organizations and individuals operate. Within days of the first outbreak, almost every aspect of our lives changed, including how we work, attend school, shop, access healthcare, and socialize. Fortunately, digital versions of all these activities existed before the pandemic, resulting in quick adoption, and are likely to persist long after the pandemic is over.

Dr. Julie Swann Discusses the Logistics of Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dr. Julie Swann Discusses the Logistics of Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic

DocWire News, December 10, 2020

DocWire News recently sat down with Dr. Julie Swann, the department head and A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor of the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University. She was also a science advisor for the H1N1` pandemic in 2009. Dr. Swann discussed the overall logistics of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, and provided her thoughts on a national lockdown, as well as the impending coronavirus vaccines.

Testing Dysfunction is Fueling the COVID-19 Wildfire

Testing Dysfunction is Fueling the COVID-19 Wildfire

Washington Examiner, December 9, 2020

The lack of widespread, no-cost testing with quick result turnarounds is killing the social and economic foundation of our country. Asymptomatic infections perpetuate the large and steady flow of new cases reported across the nation. Access to testing will provide the hundreds of thousands of infected, yet asymptomatic and contagious, people knowledge of their status. Empowering people with such knowledge gives them the power of choice: to choose their behaviors and their role in reducing the spread of the virus.

US Military Starts Vaccinating Troops, Behind Russia and China

US Military Starts Vaccinating Troops, Behind Russia and China

Defense One, December 9, 2020

The Pentagon expects to distribute 44,000 doses of covid-19 vaccine among military personnel and retirees against COVID as early as next week at 16 sites in what officials called a “controlled pilot.” Initial doses of the Pfizer vaccine will go to what officials described as a “limited, limited'' number of senior military officials and officers, including the Defense Secretary and Deputy Defense Secretary, the Chairmen and Vice Chairman of the Joints Chief and some others. But the bulk of the initial doses will go to the military healthcare workforce. 

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