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The death of fixed pricing

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Nawal Semir
Despite the significant role price plays in consumers’ buying habits, dynamic pricing threatens to reshape how customers understand price. Dynamic pricing, a strategy that adjusts prices to real-time demand, is not a new practice. Before...
Teegan Gillich
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The politics of pregnancy

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Nawal Semir
For some, a nation’s borders demarcating jurisdictions serve as a symbol of national security. While it may be true that these heavily guarded boundaries provide a sense of safety for a nation’s citizens, they...
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AI nudification tools present safety and privacy

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Nawal Semir
An alarming rise in artificial intelligence (AI) intimate deepfakes has resulted in global backlash against chatbots and raised serious concerns over “nudification” applications. Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok has most recently been under fire for...
Teegan Gillich
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The ‘wicked problem’ of AI in assessment

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Nawal Semir
A new 2025 study reveals artificial intelligence (AI) use in assessments as a “wicked problem,” or a problem “that neat solutions,” forcing educators to redesign assessment styles. Headed by Thomas Corbin, a research fellow...
Emma Gillich
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From the picket line to the negotiating table

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Nawal Semir
When images of feminist activism flash across our screens, they often follow a familiar script — protesters with placards in the streets, marching for legislative change. For Julia Smith, a U of M labour...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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ChatGPT’s culpability in inducing AI psychosis

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Nawal Semir
Artificial intelligence (AI)-induced psychosis is an emerging problem, with numerous reports of AI-induced psychotic episodes surfacing on the internet. Although no epidemiological studies of the effects of conversational generative AI on mental health have...
Teegan Gillich
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Social media use linked to cognitive decline in youth

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Nawal Semir
Newly published findings from the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, one of the largest studies on youth development, links increased social media use during adolescence to lower cognitive performance. Dr. Jason Nagata...
Teegan Gillich
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