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Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person
Florida’s attorney general is seeking a court order to prevent OpenAI from making ChatGPT appear human-like, arguing the practice deceives users and increases engagement while compromising safety.
OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up
OpenAI is expected to announce its own AI agent at an upcoming developer event as it attempts to catch up in the rapidly growing market of consumer-facing autonomous AI systems.
Illinois passed the nation’s first climate migration law. The effort has languished since.
Illinois became the first state to establish a task force studying how climate migration could affect the state, but officials have largely stalled implementation over a year after the law’s passage.
Baby girls’ greater interest in faces offers clue to nature v nurture debate
A study of newborns found that baby girls spent more time watching faces than boys did, suggesting some behavioral differences may exist from birth rather than develop through social conditioning.
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Sock sensors and smart mattresses – is this the future of dementia care?
An NHS trial is testing high-tech home sensors to help dementia patients live independently and safely, with over 250 families participating in the UK Dementia Research Institute study.
One of the most contagious diseases on the planet is having its worst U.S. outbreak since 1991
The U.S. is experiencing its worst measles outbreak since 1991, with four unvaccinated deaths reported in Pennsylvania, prompting concerns about the nation’s measles elimination status.
Warren demands Trump officials explain removing a ban on interference in census data
Sen. Elizabeth Warren demands Trump administration officials explain why the Census Bureau removed language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, citing concerns about data reliability.
Trump administration faces fresh scrutiny after DoJ drops bribery case against Indian billionaire
The Trump administration faces scrutiny after the Department of Justice dropped a fraud and bribery case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani following his promised $10 billion US investment.
Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call
Fossil fuel firms are slated to receive an estimated $190 billion in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade following campaign donations to Donald Trump, according to a Democratic Senate report released Thursday.
Trump administration to ask supreme court to allow third-country deportation policy
The Trump administration will ask the Supreme Court to allow deportation of immigrants to countries other than their own, following a federal appeals court rejection of the policy.
Trump’s FDA nominee says MMR shot is ‘safe and effective’ at Senate hearing
Dr. Heidi Overton, Trump’s FDA nominee, testified that the MMR vaccine is “safe and effective,” reversing earlier positioning on vaccine safety during her Senate confirmation hearing.
Netanyahu’s speech at UN spurs protests in New York City: ‘Let Gaza live’
Hundreds of protesters blocked traffic outside UN headquarters as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to deliver a speech, with dozens arrested including several celebrities and elected officials.
ICE has wasted tens of millions to carry out Trump’s mass detention agenda – report
A congressional report found ICE wasted tens of millions of dollars on Trump’s detention expansion plans, including unused tents at Guantánamo Bay and warehouses that never housed detainees.
Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Texas’s highest criminal court upheld an acquittal in the voting case of Crystal Mason, a Black woman convicted in 2016 for casting a provisional ballot that was not counted.
BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all
Attackers hijacked internet routing to distribute malware through a hosting provider’s lax security, exploiting weaknesses in BGP configuration and certificate issuance to target cloud management software used by data centers.
I rented a car, and within hours, my driver’s license was for sale
A major data breach exposed over 153 million driver’s licenses within hours of scanning at car rental companies, with the FBI investigating a dark web ID theft service called Nexus.