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USA Today —

Is AI racially biased? Study finds chatbots treat Black-sounding names differently

Article quotes Julian Nyarko, professor of law, on a study that found significant disparities in how chatbots treat names associated with race and gender.

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NBC News —

Can a ‘prescription’ for free fruits and vegetables improve health? Study after study say yes

Article quotes Lisa Goldman Rosas, assistant professor of epidemiology and population health and of medicine, on the impact of programs that provide a “prescription” for free produce.

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Fast Company —

Easy exercises from Stanford’s humor course can immediately level-up your leadership

Interview with marketing Professor Jennifer Aaker, on the importance of levity at work.

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Associated Press —

San Francisco wants to offer free drug recovery books at its public libraries

Article quotes Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on how free books could steer addicts to a recovery pathway that works for them.

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Washington Post —

What’s the Atlantic diet? A variation on Mediterranean eating shows benefits

Article quotes Christopher Gardner, professor of medicine, on how there isn't one way to eat a Mediterranean diet.

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The Atlantic —

What would it take to convince Americans that the economy is fine?

Article quotes Neale Mahoney, professor of economics and senior fellow at SIEPR, on what it takes for consumer sentiment to match the state of the economy.

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The Washington Post —

How Americans define a middle-class lifestyle — and why they can’t reach it

Quotes Annamaria Lusardi, senior fellow at SIEPR, on how now people are more in charge of their financial futures.

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Business Insider —

ChatGPT’s been acting weird — and it’s probably our fault

Quotes James Zou, assistant professor of biomedical data science, on how large language models are changing due to consistent feedback from users.

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The New York Times —

‘Migrant crime wave’ not supported by data, despite high-profile cases

Cites a Stanford study that found immigrants were imprisoned at lower rates than people born in the United States.

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The Atlantic —

Why Americans suddenly stopped hanging out

Cites a Stanford study that found people who deactivated Facebook spent more time with friends.

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