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New York is taking steps to regulate the use of AI in the state's entertainment industry. NY State Governor Kathy Hochul passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday that forces certain productions to disclose the use of AI-generated performers, and defines rules around how someone's likeness can be used after their death.

Assembly Bill A8887B, now known as S.8420-A, specifically covers the use of


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Today, OpenAI launched GPT-5.2, touting its stronger safety performance in regard to mental health.

"With this release, we continued our work to strengthen our models' responses in sensitive conversations⁠, with meaningful improvements in how they respond to prompts indicating signs of suicide or self-harm, mental health distress, or emotional reliance on the model," OpenAI's blog post states.

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While many people handle grief in private, Florence and the Machine processed hers in an album released on Halloween. Some fans got a taste when the band performed “Sympathy Magic” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. It’s an enchanting series of songs that make you feel like


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Epic Games has spent a lot of time in court over the past several years, but it seems the company's litigious era may be winding down. The company announced today that its game Fortnite is back on the Google Play mobile store in the US. Fortnite's return to Android devices means Epic's popular hit is now available on just about every gaming platform following five years of arguing antitrust



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OpenAI has announced its launching GPT-5.2 effective immediately, with access rolling out in phases starting Dec. 11.

This is the second major update to GPT-5, the long-awaited OpenAI model that launched on Aug. 7.

In a blog post announcing the new series of ChatGPT models, the company called GPT-5.2 the "most capable model series yet for professional knowledge work."


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  • Advancements in menopause care include personalized hormone therapy, telehealth support, and non-hormonal therapies.
  • This article is part of "Transforming Treatments," a series on medical innovations that save time, money, or discomfort.

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  • The deadline is approaching for prosecutors to file fraud charges related to $43 billion in pandemic aid spending.
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