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September 2, 2022
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July 25, 2022
AI for good? Why CMU's Block Center funds research into responsible use of the tech
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CMU Dean Appointed to National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee
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April 6, 2022
CMU Scopeathon Ties Data Science to Better Communities
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March 15, 2022
Impact of automation on long haul trucking operator-hours in the United States
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June 2, 2021
Explainer: Tesla drops radar; is Autopilot system safe?
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May 31, 2021
Anxiety Runs High As Pennsylvania Begins Massive Overhaul Of 60-Year-Old Unemployment Computer System
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May 27, 2021
From resilient supply chains to secure data, new commission studies 'geopolitics' of tech
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May 19, 2021
Waymo Eyes Raising Up to $4 Billion as Leaders’ Exits Sow Doubts
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May 19, 2021
Increased road fatalities demand improved vehicle technology
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May 18, 2021
Having More Women in Groups Increases Collective Intelligence for Decision Making, Study Reveals
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May 18, 2021
Is it time for an algorithm bill of rights? These analysts think so
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May 14, 2021
Innovative ‘lifesavers’ on the road
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May 13, 2021
Wait, does this mean the pandemic is over for vaccinated people?
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May 13, 2021
Others have tried free doughnuts, beers and gifts cards. Now, Ohio is betting millions to improve its vaccination rate
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May 13, 2021
Airbnb pricing algorithm led to increased racial disparities, study finds
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May 12, 2021
Watch a Snake Robot Go for a Swim
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May 12, 2021
Collective Intelligence Can Be Predicted and Quantified, New Study Finds
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May 8, 2021
Sci-Fi Could Come to Life if You Fall for a DeepFake Friend
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May 7, 2021
The Autonomous Vehicle Market is Shrinking - It's Overdue
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May 7, 2021
Analysis: Businesses Have a Moral Duty to Explain How Algorithms Make Decisions That Affect People
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May 4, 2021
Professor Warns of “Nightmare” Bots That Prey on Vulnerable People
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May 4, 2021
Regulators weigh limiting cryptocurrencies, but need to understand their role first, experts say
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May 3, 2021
Expanding accessibility in virtual reality
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April 28, 2021
Covid has shown the subjective nature of risk perception
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April 21, 2021
Carnegie Mellon, Heinz Endowments Launch Initiative to Promote Economic Empowerment, Address Inequities in Pittsburgh Region
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April 27, 2021
Proposed amendment to Endless Frontier Act could speed up autonomous vehicle testing
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April 21, 2021
Who Is Marginalized In Energy Justice?
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April 19, 2021
Video conferencing can hurt collaboration. IT has a role in fixing it
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April 13, 2021
France Short-Haul Flight Ban Points Way Toward Cleaner Aviation
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April 8, 2021
Americans are still waiting for stimulus checks — let states and localities distribute them
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April 7, 2021
Will apps like PayPal and Venmo make financial inequality worse?
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April 6, 2021
Inferring what we share by how we share
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April 5, 2021
Smartphone Location Data Can Leave Out Those Most Hit by Covid-19
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March 26, 2021
Robinhood Trader’s Battle Cry: ‘It’s All Just a Game to Me’
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March 25, 2021
Slack’s walkback of its new DM feature is a sign of user power
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March 22, 2021
Marketers Plan Giveaways for Covid-19 Vaccine Recipients
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March 19, 2021
Decoupling Won’t Kill a Green Future
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March 17, 2021
Two Pa. prisons have vaccinated more than 70% of inmates. An incentive program may be making a difference.
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March 17, 2021
Two Pa. prisons with incentive program have vaccinated more than 70% of inmates
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March 8, 2021
Pittsburgh Researchers Use AI To Study Bias in Bollywood, Hollywood Films
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March 7, 2021
Looking for work? Some industries are inching toward recovery while others are still struggling
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March 3, 2021
Study: Diabetes Patients' Use of Mobile Health App Found to Improve Health Outcomes, Lower Medical Costs
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February 25, 2021
Pittsburgh Researchers Use AI To Study Bias in Bollywood, Hollywood Films
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February 24, 2021
Diabetes patients use of mobile health app found to improve health outcomes, lower medical costs
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February 19, 2021
Uber wants to work with public transit agencies—but first it needs their trust
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February 11, 2021
The Next Four Years of Climate and Environmental Policy
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February 8, 2021
As Amazon union vote starts, AFL-CIO's tech think tank considers future of labor
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February 5, 2021
Predictive policing is still racist—whatever data it uses
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February 4, 2021
How Secure Are Your Financial Accounts And How To Protect Yourself
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February 3, 2021
Don’t blame Fox News for the attack on the Capitol
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January 30, 2021
Federal Reserve Considering Formal Request for Public Feedback about the Adoption of AI in the Financial Services Sector
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January 19, 2021
It’s Too Easy to Hide Bias in Deep-Learning Systems
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January 4, 2021
‘Mental money laundering’ lifts constraints on spending morally questionable income
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November 16, 2020
Pandemic scrambles seasonal hiring patterns
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November 5, 2020
Why serendipitous interactions in the office made us feel productive
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October 29, 2020
New Data Shows Women Are Being Pushed Out Of The Workforce By A ‘Termination Gap’
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October 28, 2020
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October 27, 2020
Smart Talk Wednesday; COVID survey collects extensive data; Swing state Wisconsin look-in; Trusting News
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October 26, 2020
How racism amplifies Covid-19 risk for everyone
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October 14, 2020
Experts Discuss Combating Disinformation One Month from the Election
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October 8, 2020
Medical ethics in pandemic times
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October 1, 2020
Keep the Polls Open: CMU Data Scientists Join National Effort to Protect Voting Access During the Pandemic
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September 18, 2020
This CIA spy game reveals the secrets of successful teams
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September 17, 2020
Pandemic inspires new push to shrink jails and prisons
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September 10, 2020
U.S. Unemployment Claims Held Steady Last Week
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August 24, 2020
Unmasking the Black Box Problem of Machine Learning
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August 18, 2020
How to diagnose and treat machine learning models afflicted by COVID-19
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August 8, 2020
An important part of science is admitting when we’re wrong
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August 4, 2020
We can’t skip steps on the road to a COVID-19 vaccine
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July 25, 2020
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July 6, 2020
Some Pittsburgh jobs were resilient during shutdowns; others were 'just devastated'
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July 1, 2020
CMU Celebrates Picturephone's 50th Anniversary by Recreating Historic First Call
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June 29, 2020
The electric future of autonomous vehicles
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June 8, 2020
Better Faster Learning
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June 7, 2020
Left out: More workers now losing hope of getting back jobs
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May 30, 2020
Quarantine fatigue is real
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May 26, 2020
6 Ways You Can Stand Out In A Virtual Work Environment
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May 14, 2020
The jobs recovery could be choppy, with some coming back quickly and others lost forever
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May 13, 2020
How AI can help us harness our 'collective intelligence'
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May 12, 2020
Movie Studios Adjust to Changing COVID Dynamics
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May 6, 2020
Yoga alone, together
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May 6, 2020
New tutoring program using AI to help kids learn
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May 6, 2020
New tutoring program using AI to help kids learn
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May 2, 2020
Why Americans are willing to share their personal information in drug trials but not for coronavirus contact tracing efforts
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May 2, 2020
Is staying home during the pandemic a luxury? Here’s what Pittsburgh-area data shows.
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May 2, 2020
Against pandemic research exceptionalism
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April 28, 2020
This DoorDash for surplus food aims to cut waste and help solve hunger
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April 27, 2020
Video meetings are awful. Try these five tips to make them better for everyone
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April 23, 2020
Crises are no excuse for lowering scientific standards, say ethicists
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April 22, 2020
CMU Dashboard Will Help Inform State Decision-Makers During Pandemic
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April 22, 2020
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April 20, 2020
Coronavirus will change Pittsburgh, but how? Here are 26 local leaders' predictions for what's to come.
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April 14, 2020
How College Campus Closings Are Affecting Graduating Seniors
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April 14, 2020
The Future of AI is Female
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April 10, 2020
Best Practices For Working Remotely
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April 9, 2020
After the pandemic, AI tutoring tool could put students back on track
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April 8, 2020
Voices of Resilience: Leah Lizarondo is Tackling Hunger During the Pandemic
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April 7, 2020
The Ethics of Developing COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccination
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April 2, 2020
Economics of a pandemic: In times of distress, girls and women are the biggest losers
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March 26, 2020
Coronavirus cases in the U.S. now exceed China. How can you choose between saving the U.S. economy and saving lives?
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March 25, 2020
Who Gets A Ventilator?
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March 21, 2020
The new coronavirus economy: A gigantic experiment reshaping how we work and live
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March 20, 2020
Unemployment Headed For 40-Year High—And Trump Reportedly Tells States Not To Release Data
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March 19, 2020
Ethicists agree on who gets treated first when hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus
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March 19, 2020
Stuck Inside? Here's Your TV Streaming Strategy
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March 17, 2020
In response to COVID-19 — and shift to remote work, school — tech services firms change policies
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March 15, 2020
Stuck in quarantine? Stats show surge in time spent on video games, movies and grammar lessons
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March 12, 2020
Spotify Patents A Voice Assistant That Can Read Your Emotions
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February 26, 2020
How Adversarial Attacks Could Destabilize Military AI Systems
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February 24, 2020
We’re not prepared for the end of Moore’s Law
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February 21, 2020
Is AI overhyped? Researchers weigh in on technology's promise and problems
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February 19, 2020
Public trust in data could have helped China contain the coronavirus
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February 11, 2020
Pittsburgh FBI warns of 2020 disinformation on social media
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February 13, 2020
House Lawmakers Discuss How to Curb Bias in AI
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January 21, 2020
How higher education can adapt to the future of work
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January 5, 2020
How blueberries helped inform ethical considerations in an age of driverless cars, robotic workers of big data
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January 5, 2020
Automation will change the workforce — in some cases, it already has — but not as quickly as you might expect
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December 19, 2019
Many Facial-Recognition Systems Are Biased, Says U.S. Study
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December 6, 2019
AI Can Now Make Medical Predictions From Raw Data. But Can Deep Learning Be Trusted?
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November 25, 2019
Siri, Tell Fido To Stop Barking: What's Machine Learning, And What's The Future Of It?
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November 19, 2019
Better-educated, higher-paid workers will be ‘most affected’ by AI, per new study
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October 30, 2019
Anita Williams Woolley's research team receives a $2.8 million grant to explore how AI can help humans work together better
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October 30, 2019
Carnegie Mellon University Announces Landmark $2 Billion Campaign
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October 27, 2019
Afraid You’re ‘Too’ Qualified for a Job? Here’s What You Can Do
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October 27, 2019
What You Need To Know About Dark Data
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October 24, 2019
Millions of black people affected by racial bias in health-care algorithms
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October 15, 2019
If a Robotic Hand Solves a Rubik’s Cube, Does It Prove Something?
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October 9, 2019
Tesla’s Autopilot Could Save the Lives of Millions, But It Will Kill Some People First
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September 13, 2019
AFL-CIO Commission on the Future of Work and Unions Report to the AFL-CIO General Board
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September 13, 2019
The case for a 4-day workweek
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August 29, 2019
National AI plans should encourage international collaboration
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August 28, 2019
Rayid Ghani, Pioneer in Applying AI to Social Issues, Joins Carnegie Mellon
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August 19, 2019
The ‘Overqualified’ Trap Can Hit You at Any Time
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August 15, 2019
Got a smartphone, a car, a big heart and one hour to spare? You can be a hunger hero
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July 30, 2019
Mega hacks like the Capital One data breach are inevitable—here’s how to deal with them
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July 12, 2019
Here's why overly capable candidates may not get the job, according to CMU study
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July 11, 2019
Study Shows Hiring Managers View Overqualified Job Seekers as Lacking Commitment
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June 30, 2019
Smart People Don't Make a Smart Team
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June 28, 2019
Trust In The Financial Sector: What Drives It And How To Earn It
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June 18, 2019
Three Keys To Help You Rise To The Top
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June 10, 2019
5 Ways Designers Can Make Better AI For Everyone
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June 6, 2019
Managing Remote Employees? Spot This Problem And Improve Productivity
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June 4, 2019
Me, Myself and AI
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May 28, 2019
25% Of Google Duplex Calls Are Placed By Humans, But Likely Not For Long
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May 21, 2019
1 big thing: Big data, attention and wealth
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May 19, 2019
It takes hard work to help a diverse team succeed
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May 17, 2019
How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the Workforce
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May 15, 2019
AI researchers say San Francisco’s facial recognition ban just scratches the surface
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May 15, 2019
Learning about machine learning
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What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
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April 2, 2019
Automation and a Changing Economy: Policies for Shared Prosperity
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March 14, 2019
The Balance of AI, Ethics and the Military
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March 11, 2019
Why hospitals shouldn’t use telepresence robots to deliver devastating news
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February 20, 2019 
Code 8.7: Using Computational Research and Artificial Intelligence to End Modern Slavery
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February 11, 2019
Here’s what you need to know about Trump’s ‘American AI Initiative’
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February 4, 2019
Ethics should be integral to AI development: CMU professor
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January 3, 2019
With AI, promises still outpace reality
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November 21, 2018
Highlighting the Top 100 Leaders: 83. Leah Lizarondo - CEO and Cofounder, 412 Food Rescue
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November 16, 2018
At Carnegie Mellon, Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block Discusses Radical Shifts in Technology and the Trust Crisis
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October 22, 2018
Salesforce boss Keith Block says CEOs must be activists and pressure politicians
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October 10, 2018
Gamified Life
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October 1, 2018
U.S. School Funding Linked To Upward Mobility
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Artificial Intelligence At Home In Pittsburgh
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June 20, 2018
Bias detectives: the researchers striving to make algorithms fair
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Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative Teams Up with CMU Heinz College Students to Study Emerging Technologies & the Changing Nature of Work
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March 30, 2018
Brave New World: A Tech Couple's Gift to Explore the Future of Work
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New technologies must create jobs, not destroy them
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February 26, 2018
$15M donation establishes CMU's Block Center for Technology and Society
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February 22, 2018
Pittsburgh university launches center to examine technologies' societal impacts
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January 15, 2018
Parsing the patents: CMU seeking clear answers on AI in workforce