The death of fixed pricing
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…
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AI nudification tools present safety and privacy
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…
The ‘wicked problem’ of AI in assessment
A new 2025 study reveals artificial intelligence (AI) use in assessments as a “wicked problem,” or a problem “that [defies] neat solutions,” forcing educators to…
U of M student wins Crime Stoppers design challenge
This year’s Winnipeg Crime Stoppers website redesign challenge saw Hamza Haque, a U of M student, take home the top prize. The competition aimed to…
Is AI dependency a choice or a trap?
ChatGPT has become the leading artificial intelligence (AI) large language model (LLM) since its introduction in 2022. It now receives nearly six billion monthly site…
U of M researcher innovates remedy for surgical anxiety
Renée El-Gabalawy, an associate professor in the department of clinical health psychology at the U of M’s Max Rady college of medicine, studies how mental…
Crop or weed?
Alex Senden, a second-year master’s student in the U of M’s department of computer science, is developing artificial intelligence (AI) tools that could help researchers…
Teaming up with AI in the real world
Artificial intelligence (AI) research is no longer limited to theory. Now, it’s about how systems function in real-world settings and collaborate with people. At the…
From 2G to 6G
Ekram Hossain has been part of the U of M’s department of electrical and computer engineering since 2001. Now a professor and associate head for…
Making AI more transparent
Ariful Islam Anik, a PhD candidate in the department of computer science at the U of M, has spent the past seven years focused on…