Chatbots just showed scientists how to make social media less toxic

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A scientist experiments with AI.
Researchers built a fake Twitter and filled it with 500 bots. What happened next surprised them.

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Data Brokers Sell Secrets About Military Personnel for Pennies

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Want to buy invasive personal details about an active-duty service member who works on a specific military base? You better have $0.12, because according to a new study that’s all it costs. The good news is the unregulated data brokers who sell that information probably won’t ask you any pesky questions about your…

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Black workers could be disproportionately harmed by AI in the workplace, a study says. They are feeling the heat — and trying to fix it.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT
Black workers may fear being replaced by AI more than White workers due to their fraught history with the technology.

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Vaccine hesitancy is a problem for dogs too, study finds

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Veterinary technicians vaccinate a dog outside the vehicle at a drive-through pet vaccine clinic at Mission Viejo Animal Services Center amid the COVID-19 pandemic on June 23, 2020 in Mission Viejo, California.
A dog is vaccinated at a drive-through clinic in California during the pandemic.

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Elon Musk, who's fathered 10 children, reportedly donated $10 million to fund a fertility and population research project

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Elon Musk with his son, X Æ A-Xii.

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I lived and worked in Antarctica for 5 months without WiFi or running water. Here's what surprised me.

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Lucy Bruzzone on a ship in Antarctica
Lucy Bruzzone was the base leader of a team of women that spent five months living and working in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, through the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust charity.

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ChatGPT is more empathetic than real doctors, experts say

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robot pushing wheelchair
New research suggests that AI chatbots like ChatGPT can answer medical queries better than humans.

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A team of US scientists is turning dead birds into drones to study flight techniques that may help the aviation industry

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A view of a taxidermy bird drone for wildlife monitoring developed by researchers at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico, U.S. March 22, 2023.
A view of a taxidermy bird drone for wildlife monitoring developed by researchers at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico, U.S. March 22, 2023.

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ChatGPT will most likely impact your job if you work in tech, went to college, and make up to $80,000 a year, research says

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A team of researchers found that generative AI run on large language models may most likely impact educated, white-collar workers making up to $80,000 a year.

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Adidas study calls out the 'ridiculous' things women must do to feel safe while running

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New research from Adidas finds 92% of women are concerned for their safety while running.

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