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Unmasking Human Trafficking: New AI Research Reveals Hidden Recruitment Networks
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BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.

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New U.S. drug prices doubled amid a shift toward treating rare diseases
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Drugs being explicitly developed to treat rare diseases are getting more expensive.

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Human air traffic controllers keep flyers safe. Should AI have a role?
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Old technology is behind the recent ongoing delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport, but newer technology will be an important part of the solution.

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A large selection of colors or styles discredit opinion leaders’ recommendations

A large selection of colors or styles discredit opinion leaders’ recommendations

News Release, October 16, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 16, 2019 – Consumers have been relying on opinion leader recommendations to make choices about product quality and purchases for a long time. It is even more prominent now with the prevalence of influencers on social media platforms. The problem is, when there is a wide variety of the same product, consumers question if a positive recommendation is based on quality or personal preferences.

The 7 Strategies That Help People Make Better Food Choices

The 7 Strategies That Help People Make Better Food Choices

MSN, October 16, 2019

While choosing healthy foods at the grocery store is habitual and effortless for some, it can be more challenging and even stressful for others, especially if they don’t have much experience deciphering a nutrition label. No matter what kind of shopper you are, there are certain strategies for healthy eating, or healthy eating nudges, that can encourage and may even subliminally teach you how to make better food choices overall.

Why Data Visualization Is a Central Element of Effective Analytics

Why Data Visualization Is a Central Element of Effective Analytics

Biz Tech Magazine, October 10, 2019

In business communication, clearly conveying a message to one’s audience — turning data into a story that resonates with it — is often what makes it possible to affect positive change. That’s where data visualization comes in.

Rantz: Consultants, activists armed with oppo-research get nasty in Seattle council races

Rantz: Consultants, activists armed with oppo-research get nasty in Seattle council races

770 KTTH, October 15, 2019

Recent smears in Seattle City Council races have shined a giant spotlight on just how nasty and petty consultants and professional activists can be. Indeed, opposition research has been flaunted on social media in an effort to either protect the establishment or promote new blood. And the tactics almost always follow the same script.

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