Regulating AI, Forensic Evidence, Gentrification
FACULTY EXPERT
We Need Stronger Safeguards from Artificial Intelligence
BU law professor Woodrow Hartzog argues that current AI policies and oversights are far too weak, calling on Congress to move beyond what he calls “half measures”.
See what he recommends
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Updating the Science of Bloodstain Analysis and Forensics
With support from the National Institute of Justice, BU engineers are changing the way blood evidence is interpreted at crime scenes.
ON THE CHARLES RIVER
Can We Stop the Gentrification of Cities?
The BU Initiative on Cities hosted an international conference, funded by the National Science Foundation, to examine displacement from cities and policies to counteract a growing global problem. The National Science Foundation provided support.
Meet the scholars tackling the problem
THOUGHT LEADERS
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