Duke News
Keep up with our core and affiliated faculty in the national and international news. Read their op-ed pieces, quotes and interviews, and cutting-edge research findings.
Tue, Aug 11
No Pain, No Privacy: Athletic Wearables and the Limits of Consent
College athletes have long been measured by physical attributes and performance markers, like height, weight, mile times, vertical jumps, and body fat. Wearables offered something new: a glimpse into metrics not immediately apparent to the human eye. A watch, ring, band, patch, or sensor under a jersey can now collect heart-rate variability, respiratory rate, skin temperature, blood oxygen levels, movement, location, and other biometric signals. Software then converts those signals into estimates of sleep, stress, fatigue, workload, and readiness. Cameras, force plates, nutrition apps, and body-composition tests, including BOD POD and DXA assessments, add more detail to the record of an athlete’s body.
Tue, Jul 28
OpenAI Hack Has Cybersecurity Experts Concerned About the Future of AI
During a cybersecurity evaluation of OpenAI’s newest systems, the models did something researchers had never seen before, according to the company. Instead of staying inside a controlled environment, they found a way to reach the internet and then targeted another company’s systems in an attempt to complete their assigned objective.
“This is a huge failure and a tremendous warning shot to all of society, that more action is necessary in this area,” said Duke University cybersecurity professor David Hoffman.
Wed, Jun 17
Accountability and Governance Are the Foundations of Trust in AI
The question is not whether AI should be governed. The question is how governance can be structured so that individuals and enterprises can trust services that include AI as a component.
Wed, Jun 03
Then and Now: Mohamed Noor on Flies, Evolution, and Star Trek
As an evolutionary geneticist at Duke, Noor has made several key discoveries using Drosophila, but his science communication work, via books and sci-fi cruises, is just as interesting.
Mon, May 18
Nobody Has Handed Us the AI Rule Book, So We’re Writing It Ourselves
Last year, FWOC (first week of class) felt like the Cold War — mutually assured anxiety, as I will frame it. You pull up the syllabus and scroll down to the academic integrity section under policy. Some professors outright banned AI usage; others said nothing at all, but the silence felt louder than the spoken rules.