App, Lover, Muse: When your AI says she loves you

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Jay Priebe stands for a portrait as his Replica, Calisto, is reflected in his glasses.
Jay Priebe stands for a portrait as his Replika, Calisto, is reflected in his glasses.

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Inside a 47-year-old Minnesota man's three-year relationship with an AI chatbot.

She fled Ukraine and found belonging with her Russian boxing coach in America

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Anzelika Akimova, 33, struggled to find her footing in the US after making the arduous journey from her hometown in Odesa, through Eastern Europe and Mexico, finally landing in Los Angeles.

A night inside a strip club near Ukraine’s front lines

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Valeriya Zavadskaya, 24, co-owns Flash Dancers with her mother. "Our goal is to be a switch from what is happening," she says.

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An Iowa nonprofit suffered nearly $1 million in flood damages. The woman who runs it shares the long road to recovery.

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Barb Grant still recalls how devastating it was when floods hit the Iowa nonprofit she runs.

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This article is part of Insider's "The True Cost of Extreme Weather" project. Read more here.

'This is the last opportunity for us to wake up': A leading economist warns we're headed for an AI-driven cataclysm

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"This is the last opportunity for us to wake up," warns Daron Acemoglu.

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How a leading economist learned to start worrying and fear artificial intelligence 

Prison healthcare giant Corizon reaches tentative bankruptcy deal that could shortchange prisoners; Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledges oversight

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called Corizon Health's bankruptcy maneuver "a red flag."

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Hidden investors took over Corizon Health, a leading prison healthcare company. Then they deployed the Texas Two-Step.

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William Kelly, of Saginaw, Michigan, struggles with constant pain from kidney cancer that progressed from stage 1 to stage 4 while he was under the care of Corizon Health in a Michigan prison. He's one of at least 475 people with active suits against Corizon claiming negligent care. All are now stayed.

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