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  AI in society: Perspectives from the field

  It may feel like artificial intelligence was just invented with all the hype surrounding ChatGPT and other technologies built on large language models, but six Michigan experts explain how AI has been active in our lives for years—and their hopes and concerns for the future.

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  COP28 climate conference in Dubai: U-M experts available to comment

  Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have gathered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the two-week COP28 conference in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst ravages of climate change. University of Michigan experts are available to comment.

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  Public health resources: Striving for equality among vulnerable communities

  U-M study examines measures used to inform how researchers, policymakers identify areas in need of health resources EXPERT Q&A Over the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 hit Black communities and communities of color particularly hard. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Read more

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  U-M study outlines cost, energy savings of switching from fluorescent lamps to LEDs

  LED lighting is up to 44% more efficient than 4-foot fluorescent tubes, according to a University of Michigan study.

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  Grandchild’s stillbirth risk linked to grandma’s weight

  Research has shown that pregnant women with a body max index of 30 or higher face a greater chance of experiencing a stillbirth compared to pregnant women with a normal BMI.

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  Tracking undetectable space junk

  Satellite and spacecraft operators may finally be able to detect small pieces of debris orbiting Earth using an approach proposed by researchers from the University of Michigan.

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  U-M professor: White House plans to improve supply chains comprehensive, challenge will be in execution

  As a member of a global supply chain task force, Ravi Anupindi has seen the snarls in the flow of goods and services, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Exonerated: Freeing the wrongly accused from prison

  When artist Richard Phillips carefully hangs watercolor paintings in his home, he becomes mentally transported into the nature scenes that appear on his canvas.

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  Michigan clean energy bills signed by Gov. Whitmer: U-M experts available to comment

  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today signed a package of clean energy bills, including one that requires utilities in the state to get 100% of their electricity from clean sources by 2040.

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  A year of ChatGPT: U-M experts available to comment

  A year ago, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a chatbot built on the large language model GPT-3. Since then, knowledge workers in all sectors have been grappling with the potential uses of it and similar artificial intelligence models—as well as the shortcomings of the models and what they produce.

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  COP28 climate summit in Dubai: U-M student team attending

  Sixteen University of Michigan students and their faculty adviser will attend the two-week COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The students will observe the negotiations, attend side events and interact with various experts.

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  2023 Chesapeake Bay dead zone smallest on record

  This summer's Chesapeake Bay "dead zone" was the smallest it's been since monitoring began in 1985, according to data released by the Chesapeake Bay Program's monitoring partners: the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Old Dominion University and Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

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  Nextgen computing: Hard-to-move quasiparticles glide up pyramid edges

  A new kind of "wire" for moving excitons, developed at the University of Michigan, could help enable a new class of devices, perhaps including room temperature quantum computers.

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