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Generative AI Is Upending Freelance Work – Even Top Performers Aren’t Safe
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BALTIMORE, MD, March 4, 2025 – A groundbreaking study has uncovered a startling reality: generative AI tools like ChatGPT are already reshaping the freelance job market, slashing employment opportunities and pay for workers across all skill levels. Even top freelancers – those with the strongest track records – are suffering the greatest setbacks.

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The 3 biggest things to know about a potential U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal
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Contentious minerals deal has sparked a war of words between Trump and Zelensky, and could be announced later this week

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How tariffs can hurt American supply chains | GUEST COMMENTARY
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Americans have probably heard the word “tariffs” more in the past month than in the past four years — and for good reason. Tariffs are central to President Donald Trump’s economic playbook, despite opposition from mainstream economists and trade experts

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Sheldon H. Jacobson: Should skiplagging to get a cheaper flight be banned?

Sheldon H. Jacobson: Should skiplagging to get a cheaper flight be banned?

Chicago Tribune, June 21, 2024

Airlines use a complex system to price their tickets. This complexity means that it is highly likely that the prices paid for most tickets on any given flight are different. Such price differences are a consequence of the hub-and-spoke system used by legacy airlines such as Delta, United and American and dynamic pricing models that squeeze every last dollar out of every seat to make it more likely for airlines to stay profitable.

Decision Science Digest: June 18, 2024

Decision Science Digest: June 18, 2024

News Release, June 18, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, June 18, 2024 –

EDITOR’S NOTE: Decision Science Digest is a periodic communique highlighting recent peer-reviewed research published by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, across its 17 journals. This issue highlights four press releases based on the findings of new peer-reviewed articles.

  • Tailoring Ads to Consumers: How Facial Expression Software is Streamlining the Process (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Teaming Up to Reach a Goal: New Research Proves Social Ties Improve Long-Standing Success (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Predicting Deliveries: Fostering Trust with Consumers So They Buy Again, A New Model to Nail Down Product Delivery Dates (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • The Tesla Effect! The Impact of EV Charging Locations on Local Businesses (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
But Are You Happy?

But Are You Happy?

News Release, June 18, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, June 18, 2024 – Advertising has long been known to depict a virtual reality of life leading some people to expect more out of life than is practical. This is driven by idyllic imagery and storytelling, among other techniques such as an emphasis on materialism.

Fast food chains launch ‘value menu’ war after cost complaints. Will it last?

Fast food chains launch ‘value menu’ war after cost complaints. Will it last?

Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2024

Millions of American families are hitting the road to start summer vacation, and ordering food on the run tends to be par for the course. It couldn’t come at a better time. Fast food joints are in the midst of a budget-meal war, offering promotions to lure customers back to their restaurants despite inflation woes and a minimum-wage increase in California and other states.

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