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Law Professor Nancy Kim: Biden’s Executive Order on AI Is Ambitious — and Incomplete

Los Angeles Times

Last month President Biden issued an executive order on artificial intelligence, the government’s most ambitious attempt yet to set ground rules for this technology. The order focuses on establishing best practices and standards for AI models, seeking to constrain Silicon Valley’s propensity to release products before they’ve been fully tested — to “move fast and break things.” But despite the order’s scope — it’s 111 pages and covers a range of issues including industry standards and civil rights — two glaring omissions may undermine its promise.

Chicago-Kent Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro Explains the Supreme Court’s New Ethics Code

Christian Science Monitor

The general language in the code “does suggest [the justices] consider this [as] aspirational, as opposed to binding,” says Carolyn Shapiro, co-director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at the University of Chicago-Kent College of Law. “There’s an extraordinary amount of discretion involved in applying these standards,” she adds. But “I’m not sure it would be possible to write standards that don’t have that as an element.”

Competitive Video Gaming, Esports Boom at Illinois Tech, Universities Across America

Fox Business

Esports have exploded at Illinois Tech, prompting plans to expand the program's facility. April Welch, director of esports, said a majority of the program's players are majoring in computer science or business, and their video game experience applies to a wide range of jobs. "There are content creators, coaches, psychologists, all the jobs that you would think about," Welch said.

A Champion of Generative AI Innovation, Chicago-Kent’s Daniel Martin Katz Stands Out for Guiding Legal Teams on How to Use the Latest Tools

Financial Times

When Daniel Katz, a law professor at Illinois Tech’s Chicago-Kent College of Law, set out to challenge the abilities of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s GPT-4, he knew his team had to choose a task that would capture the attention of lawyers. What could be better than the bar exam? “If I picked a very narrow area of law, people wouldn’t get their head around it,” he says. In March, it emerged that the AI model passed the test, scoring in the 90th percentile.

Illinois Institute of Technology Is Opening a Life Sciences Lab in Fulton Market

Crain's Chicago Business

Add the Illinois Institute of Technology to the growing list of life sciences players moving into Fulton Market. Illinois Tech is taking a full floor, or 34,295 square feet, of lab space in the Fulton Labs building at 400 N. Aberdeen St., which also houses the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago and Portal Innovations. “We want to immerse researchers in the budding life sciences innovation ecosystem that’s going on in Fulton Market,” Provost Kenneth Christensen said. “We want to be part of that.”

Air-Based Battery Technologies Like Illinois Tech’s Promise Unprecedented Storage and Performance

Battery Technology

A team of researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology recently made headlines when they developed a new type of lithium-air battery that has the potential to provide significantly higher energy density than traditional lithium-ion batteries. As described in the research paper, a novel aspect of this design was the use of a solid electrolyte made of a ceramic-polyethylene oxide composite, which is safer and more efficient than the liquid electrolytes used in traditional lithium-air batteries.

Americans Are Still Putting Way Too Much Food Into Landfills, Says Professor Weslynne Ashton

Associated Press

“I think it is possible to get zero organic waste into landfills,” said Weslynne Ashton, a professor of environmental management and sustainability at the Illinois Institute of Technology. “But it means that we need an infrastructure to enable that in different locations within cities and more rural regions. It means we need incentives both for households as well as for commercial institutions.”

Midwest Wireless Consortium Lands Innovation Tech Funding

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

“This is quite an honor and a ringing endorsement for our work pushing the boundaries of advanced wireless technology,” says Cynthia Hood, associate professor of computer science and engineering and Illinois Tech’s faculty lead in the consortium. “This Strategy Development Grant will enable us to further our research, collaborate more deeply with our partners and accelerate the implementation of advanced wireless solutions in the Midwest.”