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Unmasking Human Trafficking: New AI Research Reveals Hidden Recruitment Networks
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BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.

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New U.S. drug prices doubled amid a shift toward treating rare diseases
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Drugs being explicitly developed to treat rare diseases are getting more expensive.

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Human air traffic controllers keep flyers safe. Should AI have a role?
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Old technology is behind the recent ongoing delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport, but newer technology will be an important part of the solution.

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Service sector ‘shrinkflation’ has some benefits

Service sector ‘shrinkflation’ has some benefits

The Hill, September 19, 2022

Inflation continues to impact the buying power of consumers. To further exacerbate the situation, companies not only raise prices, they also employ ‘shrinkflation’ to shrink the amount of food or product that a prepackaged unit holds. Whether it be packages of toilet paper, cartons of juice, or containers of ice cream, consumers have been paying more for less for years.

Online Puzzle Wordle MIT Study Says This Is The Best Wordle Starter Word Do You Agree

Online Puzzle Wordle MIT Study Says This Is The Best Wordle Starter Word Do You Agree

Big Yack, September 19, 2022

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they have found the optimal word with which one should start Wordle, a word game which has become immensely popular all over the world ever since it was launched in October 2021. The New York Times Company acquired Wordle in January 2022. Software engineer Josh Wordle from Brooklyn, New York, had created the daily word game for his partner, Palak Shah, who enjoys playing word games. Wordle is a guessing game that roughly follows the rules of the guess-the-colour game Mastermind.

A new strategy to speed up cold case investigations

A new strategy to speed up cold case investigations

Newslanes, September 16, 2022

For nearly 37 years, she was known as Buckskin Girl—a young, anonymous murder victim found outside Dayton, Ohio, wearing a deer-hide poncho. Then, in April 2018, police announced that the mystery of her identity had been solved. Her name was Marcia L. King, and she had been identified by linking a snippet of her DNA to one of her cousins.

Post-pandemic Workforce Enters a New Era of Hybrid Work and Team Optimization

Post-pandemic Workforce Enters a New Era of Hybrid Work and Team Optimization

Audio Clip, September 19, 2022

New audio is available for media use featuring Anna Mayo  , an assistant professor of Organizational Behavior at Carnegie Mellon University. She discusses the post-pandemic workforce entering a new era of hybrid work and team optimization. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are 4 questions and responses. These responses were provided on September 16, 2022.

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