5 things you need to know about northeastern university's new AI-driven campus revolution
- Northeastern University is launching a groundbreaking AI assistant for students, called "N.U. Bot," designed to help with everything from course registration to mental health check-ins, using predictive analytics based on a student's previous behavior.
- The university is debuting the world's first "live" student ID bracelet that tracks your on-campus location to help you find study groups in real-time and even unlock your dorm door when you're within 10 feet.
- Starting next fall, all new engineering students will be required to take a mandatory class on "Ethical Hacking for Social Good," where they'll learn to spot vulnerabilities in Boston's public transit systems.
- Northeastern's student-run investment fund just posted a 147% annual return by betting on a tiny startup that uses AI to turn restaurant food waste into sustainable building materials.
- A new "Reverse Co-op" program lets students work with Fortune 500 companies to solve a specific, high-stakes problem in just 8 weeks, landing a guaranteed job offer upon successful completion.