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Joan 
Donovan

Despite FCC ban, AI-powered deep fakes loom over elections

The Federal Communications Commission this month outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by artificial intelligence. The 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act bans artificial voices in...
POSITIVE ­IMPACT: XBInsight Inc. President Kathi Graham-Leviss developed a database of thousands of jobs that predicts how successful someone will be at work from both a fit and performance ­perspective.
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DAVID HANSEN

She has the insights to predict job success in terms of...

Anyone who’s watched “Succession,” the addictive saga about the mega-wealthy Roys, knows how it ends (spoiler alert): the family business doesn’t always remain in...

250 years later, Boston Tea Party offers business lessons

This December marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one of the most famous events leading up to the Revolutionary War. On...

R.I. Coalition for the Homeless executive director stepping down

PROVIDENCE – Caitlin Frumerie, who has led the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless for six years, announced this week she will step down...
Kate Saenko

Here’s how AI can be bad for the environment

Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet? As an AI researcher, I often...
CRYStal Williams
COURTESY RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL 
OF DESIGN/JO SITTENFELD

18th RISD president is practiced in art of social equity and...

Crystal Williams ­describes herself as a “faculty activist,” so it’s no surprise that Williams envisions the start of her tenure at the Rhode Island...

URI’s connection to Mass. high-performance computing center powers advanced research

In Gaurav Khanna's world, access to cutting-edge, high-performance computers can open up countless possibilities. Khanna is a physics professor at the University of Rhode Island,...
CRYSTAL WILLIAMS has been appointed as the next president of the Rhode Island School of Design. She begins her tenure on April 1. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

R.I. School of Design names Williams next president

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island School of Design’s board of trustees announced Thursday that Crystal Williams will become the art college’s 18th president on April...

Study: URI faculty experienced increased anxiety, depression during pandemic

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A study published by psychologists, doctoral students and professors from the University of Rhode Island, Pennsylvania-based Lehigh University and the University...
BROWN UNIVERSITY is one of 25 colleges that filed Oct. 30 an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in California asking the court to block the federal government from implementing new rules that would restrict H-1B visa eligibility. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown joins legal brief to block new federal visa rules

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-five colleges, including Brown University, filed an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in California on Oct. 30 asking the court to...
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