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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · 14d

Second week of in-person Italian classes tonight, really enjoying it!🇮🇹
Cool way to connect with your roots

Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Aug 22

Had such an awesome time attending my first Boston TS Club meetup! Love seeing the community growing so much in Boston!

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UofT-TCAIREM @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social · Aug 19

Human instruction with #artificialintelligence guidance provided best results in #neurosurgical training

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#MedSky #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #AIinHealthcare #MedTech

Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training - Health e-News

Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education,...

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Aug 18

Happy first day of Fall semester for all who are starting!

Submitting a conference paper for review today, first first-author paper, very nervous but excited

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Aug 1

"Moved a critical file (config.ini) from the static hash list to the dynamic hash list inside ES&S’s Electionware software"
This doesn't take a rocket scientist to do this.
It's time to actually do something, take action, and fix this mess
thiswillhold.substack.com/p/ex-cia-whi...

Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won"

Math doesn’t lie—people do. A buried NSA‑authorized audit paved the way for this unelected illegitimate regime.

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jul 30

Fingers crossed it uses a raspberry pi

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jul 22

One of the many tools my team at Charles River Analytics and I are evaluating and collaborating with to democratize biomedical tools in the age of AI

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New Large Language Model Helps Patients Understand Their Radiology Reports | Stanford HAI

‘RadGPT’ cuts through medical jargon to answer common patient questions.

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jul 22

Highly recommend!!

Lea Verou, PhD @lea.verou.me · Jul 22

🚀 The #StateOfHTML 2025 survey is now open!

➡️ Take it now: survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...

💡 Spending time to fill these out is an investment into your craft, as browsers are using the results to make prioritization decisions.

You don't have to do it in one sitting (or even one device).

State of HTML 2025

Take the State of HTML survey

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jul 17

Could be an interesting use case for tooltips

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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · Jul 15

One of the most advanced, AI-focused research tools in the U.S. is coming to Georgia Tech. Thanks to a $20 million NSF award, GT and partners will build a powerful new supercomputer. b.gatech.edu/4lZ7Pn6

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jul 15

Congratulations!🎉

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jun 19

Super cool paper on the creation of a full-stack XAI research tool. Love seeing tools like these coming out. Would be great to get it updated to use more modern tooling like Vite and TypeScript, but LOVE to see growth in this area of research tooling!
doi.org/10.48550/arX...

WebXAII: an open-source web framework to study human-XAI interaction

This article introduces WebXAII, an open-source web framework designed to facilitate research on human interaction with eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) systems. The field of XAI is rapidly e...

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jun 18

Pretty good! No more JSON.parse()!

web.dev/blog/json-im...

JSON module scripts are now Baseline Newly available | Blog | web.dev

Thanks to JSON module scripts and import attributes, you can now directly import JSON in JavaScript modules. Both features are now Baseline Newly available.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Jun 16

Judge rules all NIH grant terminations have been capricious and must be reversed! A Reagan-appointed judge calling out this administration’s blatant racism almost makes you feel a little bit of hope.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.

"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."

Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jun 13

"Combining skills across different areas is a strength to be celebrated, not a weakness to be swept under the rug."

Could not be more accurate. As someone working to pioneer HCI + AI + Bioinformatics, these people are important and carry the experience needed to make real impact.

Lea Verou, PhD @lea.verou.me · Jun 13

New blog post: Construction Lines

I turned 39 today.
My career turns 20 this summer.

Prompted by a recent career shift, I paused to reflect; and ask myself
“What has brought me the most joy — and why?”

lea.verou.me/blog/2025/co...

Construction Lines • Lea Verou

I recently stumbled across The Oatmeal’s series on Creativity. While all of it is spot on, the part on erasers hit especially hard. “There is a lot of shame associated with backpedaling; things like q...

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jun 13

Thank you for writing this. So so true, not letting others box you in is something that should be celebrated, esp in today's day in age. Happy birthday!!

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Jun 3

Stand with Science

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 30

From over 300k to less than 100k. A picture of smaller, reduced science.

Estimates for # of people involved in NSF activities

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · May 20

The biggest meme of the day: github.com/Calvin-LL/is...
They LITERALLY wrote tests lol

GitHub - Calvin-LL/is-even-ai: Check if a number is even with the power of ✨AI✨

Check if a number is even with the power of ✨AI✨. Contribute to Calvin-LL/is-even-ai development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · May 7

It's crazy because we honestly just want to make the world a better place. As someone who aspires to pursue a PhD, this won't stifle my motivation, it's fuel for the soul.

Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · May 7

One of the best writeups I have read about the personal and national impact of the administration's cuts to science. Heartfelt and heartbreaking from someone who understands all these angles in a deep way.

Please share (ideally with your congressperson).

www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...

What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists?

Undermining the future of American science is not a path to accountability — it’s a path to decline.

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · May 7

Congratulations! That's awesome!

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Apr 29

Thrilled to be presenting our current research on Self-Explaination at the OMSCS Conference! #OMSCSConf2025

Image of presentation poster at OMSCS Conference titled: Self explaination in VERA

Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Apr 29

Super interesting work coming out of HAI. Love the direction we're going bringing HCI ideals back to clinicians

Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social · Apr 28

Current paradigms for evaluating medical LLM suffer from significant challenges that limit their real-world applications. To address this, scholars introduce a free platform for clinicians to test and compare top-performing LLMs on their medical queries. hai.stanford.edu/news/medaren...

MedArena: Comparing LLMs for Medicine in the Wild | Stanford HAI

Stanford scholars leverage physicians to evaluate 11 large language models in real-world settings.

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Nick Alico @nickalico.me · Apr 26

This makes me feel old

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