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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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Should Students be on Campus? Here's How Yale Decides

Should Students be on Campus? Here's How Yale Decides

Yale News, November 12, 2020

With national COVID-19 case numbers at an all-time high, University administrators face a difficult task in bringing students to and from campus safely. At Yale, decisions relating to the coronavirus largely fall to University COVID-19 Coordinator Stephanie Spangler and University President Peter Salovey. To make decisions, Spangler consults the Public Health Committee, which is made up of Salovey’s Chief of Staff, the Director of Yale Health, multiple public health experts and the Deputy General Counsel.

Maryland Hospitals Rush to Buy Ultra-Cold Freezers to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines a Warm Welcome

Maryland Hospitals Rush to Buy Ultra-Cold Freezers to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines a Warm Welcome

The Baltimore Sun, November 12, 2020

They are the size of large kitchen refrigerators, consume a lot of electricity and keep things very, very cold. LifeBridge Health ordered three of these ultra-low temperature freezers about four weeks ago in anticipation of approvals for the first COVID-19 vaccines. That includes one from the drug maker Pfizer, a frontrunner in the race to market, which reported promising data Monday on its high level of effectiveness.

A Winter Surge in COVID-19 Cases Seems Inevitable. Can We Stop It?

A Winter Surge in COVID-19 Cases Seems Inevitable. Can We Stop It?

Concord Monitor, November 11, 2020

Temperatures are dropping, nights are growing longer, the holidays are nearing, and the science is clear: The pandemic is far from over. A long, dark winter awaits. The number of new coronavirus cases in the United States each day has ballooned from less than 40,000 in early September to more than 100,000 in early November. The U.S. now confirms more cases in a single day than China has reported since the pandemic began.

Fears of Holiday Gift Shortages May Be Unfounded

Fears of Holiday Gift Shortages May Be Unfounded

ABC 7 News, November 11, 2020

Not even the coronavirus can put a chill on Christmas. Santa and his elves are working feverishly to get all the gifts out on time for the holiday. Memories of empty shelves at the beginning of the outbreak are for the most part faded. Analysts predict that once again the Grinch will not be able to steal Christmas. "I don't see a lot of the strain that people anticipated," said Sheldon Jacobson, a data analyst with the University of Illinois. "Like I said, that a lot of the gloom and doom that people anticipated is just not happening."

Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Has No Expertise in Severe Cold Chain Challenges of Transporting and Storing Vaccines

Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Has No Expertise in Severe Cold Chain Challenges of Transporting and Storing Vaccines

Canadian Sailings, November 8, 2020

When Covid-19 vaccines receive approval from health authorities, they will need to be moved from where they’re produced to where they will be administered to recipients. Considering that most vaccines need to be refrigerated during storage and transport, it is expected that heavy demands will be made of all aspects of the cold chain. Two of the leading vaccine candidates — from Pfizer and Moderna — have to be kept well below freezing, which requires specialized equipment and handling practices. The Pfizer vaccine, for example, has to be stored below -70 Celsius, meaning it has to be packed in dry ice.

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