Managing water for the future of prairie agriculture
Ranjan R. Sri Ranjan is a professor and associate head (graduate) in the U of M department of biosystems engineering. Sri Ranjan believes that water…
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When extended reality becomes performance art
Cascading trails of arms, a twirling 3D model and ephemeral words that melt into digital noise — these are elements from the closing scene of…
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…
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…