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Cornell Educators Deliver One-Day Industry Fundamentals Event at New York Produce Show and Conference

Cornell Educators Deliver One-Day Industry Fundamentals Event at New York Produce Show and Conference

PerishableNews.com, October 7, 2024

Taking place on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, this full-day educational workshop will feature discussions on sustainability, artificial intelligence and innovations in cuisine, as well as the basics of the industry. In all, six esteemed professors from Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business will lead talks around food system economics and consumer trends.

Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark

Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark

The Conversation, October 4, 2024

Aided by intense pressure from senior Biden administration officials, the shipping companies, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance, significantly increased the raise they were offering the dockworkers to 62% from their previous offer of a 50% boost in pay. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, was seeking a 77% raise, but it accepted the new offer, which will be phased in over six years.

Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement

Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement

The Associated Press, October 2, 2024

Cambridge, MA, Oct. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new paper, “Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions,” published today in Nature suggests that the higher quantity of social media policy enforcement (such as account suspensions) for conservative users could be explained by the higher quantity of misinformation shared by those conservative users — and so does not constitute evidence of inherent biases in the policies from social media companies or in the definition of what constitutes misinformation.

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AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

Computer World, December 28, 2024

A number of startups and cloud service providers are starting to offer tools for monitoring, evaluating, and correcting problems with generative AI in the hope of eliminating errors, hallucinations, and other systemic problems associated with this technology.

Healthcare

Supply Chain

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Marketplace, January 2, 2025

Dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts could go on strike again in less than two weeks if they don’t reach a contract agreement with ports and shippers. Talks are set to resume next week, according to Bloomberg. The main sticking point between the two sides? Automation.

Climate