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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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Can Big Data Analytics Help in Projecting Predictive Model to Curb Coronavirus Spread?

Can Big Data Analytics Help in Projecting Predictive Model to Curb Coronavirus Spread?

International Business Times, July 14, 2020

When the Coronavirus outbreak transformed into a pandemic, government and civic authorities followed the traditional way of quarantine, test, detect, and treat. In Wuhan, China where the virus originated, authorities followed the pattern and were successful. Singapore too tailor-made a similar process and saw positive results.

With COVID-19, Now's No Time to Rest on Our Laurels

With COVID-19, Now's No Time to Rest on Our Laurels

The News-Gazette, July 14, 2020

As we approach the end of the fourth month since COVID-19 arrived in earnest in Illinois, the number of cases in the U.S. has passed 3.2 million, with over 130,000 deaths. Champaign County has now passed 1,000 cases, with 17 deaths to date.

Consumer-Created Social Media Visuals Capture Consumer Brand Perceptions

Consumer-Created Social Media Visuals Capture Consumer Brand Perceptions

Elexonic, July 14, 2020

The research study, to be published in the July/August issue of the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, is titled “Visual Listening In: Extracting Brand Image Portrayed on Social Media” and is authored by Liu Liu of the University of Colorado, Daria Dzyabura of the New Economics School in Russia, and Natalie Mizik of the University of Washington.

INFORMS Franz Edelman Competition Rescheduled to September 29

INFORMS Franz Edelman Competition Rescheduled to September 29

News Release, July 14, 2020

INFORMS, the leading international association for professionals in operations research (O.R.) and analytics, announced that the 2020 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award competition has been rescheduled to September 29, 2020 and will take place virtually. The competition was previously scheduled for April 2020 but was delayed due to COVID-19. Additional information about the virtual Edelman Competition will be announced at a later date and will be open for public viewing. 

Yes, Balancing Work and Parenting is Impossible. Here's the Data.

Yes, Balancing Work and Parenting is Impossible. Here's the Data.

The Washington Post, July 10, 2020

Like millions of other parents, we have been struggling to sustain the competing jobs of work, home schooling and parenting. School is out for the summer, and the debate about how and where to resume it in the fall is raging. But here’s how our spring went and how the fall will probably look: We wake up when our younger daughter climbs into our bed to tell us about her dreams, we make breakfast, and we triage the tasks everyone needs to get done during the day

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