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

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In 2025, you canā€™t have an effective democracy without data literacy
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You are swimming in an ocean of data and donā€™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 someoneā€™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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Jeff Angelo: Shrinkflation Comes To Your Thanksgiving Table

Jeff Angelo: Shrinkflation Comes To Your Thanksgiving Table

WHO Radio, November 10, 2022

UCLA Professor Christopher Tang joins Jeff to describe how "shrinkflation" is going to impact your Thanksgiving budget this year. Jeff, super producer Mike, and Iowans then discuss what items they "must" have at their Thanksgiving feast. What items are "must haves" for you at any Thanksgiving meal?

New CDC Guidelines on the Prescription of Opioids

New CDC Guidelines on the Prescription of Opioids

Audio Clip, November 9, 2022

New audio is available for media use featuring Hui Zhao, a professor of supply chain management and Charles and Lilian Binder Faculty Fellow at The Pennsylvania State University. She speaks about new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on the prescriptions of opioids. The audio is provided by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on November 8, 2022.

CO2 Shortage Hits the Beer World

CO2 Shortage Hits the Beer World

Beer Connoisseur, November 9, 2022

According to experts, the craft beer and brewing industry is being hit by a shortage of CO2. Just how did this happen? And is this a long-term problem?

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