How AI can deepen our understanding of what it means to be human
Physics professor Xiaosheng Huang investigates two of the universe’s biggest mysteries: what is dark matter and what is dark energy?
A Table for Two: Funded by a Whitham Family Collaborative Scholarship, Associate Professor Daniel Summerhill (English) and Teaching Professor Ryan Carrington (Art and Art History) explored the parallels between writing and object making. Their three-piece installation, “A Made Thing,” debuted at the Center for Arts and Humanities Pop-Up on Oct. 23.
Retailers are hiring selectively for a record holiday season. Marketing professor Savannah Shi says flexible, targeted staffing helps them protect margins while price-sensitive shoppers wait for deals.
The Markkula Center’s Brian Patrick Green says Anthropic’s choice of a lab-connected auditor is better than no oversight, but true independence may require “watching the watchers.”
Pope Leo XIV’s open handling of his cancer surgery reflects American-style best practices, says Julie Hanlon Rubio of the Jesuit School of Theology.
After backlash, Meta narrowed business terms that let it scrape sites for AI training. Law School professor Eric Goldman says the revision is still vague and overbroad, noting that it doesn’t commit Meta to honoring robots.txt.
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