Anthropomorphizing AI: Dire consequences of mistaking human-like for human have already emerged
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How Trump has already changed the world
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‘Life-or-death consequences’: families fear rollback of school vaccine requirements under RFK Jr
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Has China already reached peak oil?
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The U.S. has a World Cup problem brewing already
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Nigeria military kills 16 civilians in air strike 'mistake'
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We ignore Sudan at our peril. This campaign of mass murder and rape will have global consequences | Nesrine Malik
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DOGE’s Anti-Regulatory Offensive May Have Merit but Mistakes Its Target
The Elon Musk-led government-slashing initiative seeks to eliminate thousands of costly federal agency regulations, but needs to fix a broken Congress to succeed.Inc. - Jan. 10 -
AI is taking the 'human' out of human resources
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Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’
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How to be a half-arse human: ‘You probably aren’t going to have clean knickers all the time’
Is it better to fail half the time than do nothing at all? Of course! Author and poet Leena Norms explains the fine art of being slapdash and happy. When my wife asked me what I was reading, I ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Why a return to Obama-era policy on Cuba would be a big mistake
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Don’t Count Out Human Writers in the Age of AI
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David Letterman on leaving the celebrity life for his home state of Indiana: ‘I have greater humanity than I did when I was in show business’
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3 big gold investing mistakes to avoid in 2025
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ATF chief warns that agency cuts could result in dire consequences
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Apple AI alert falsely claimed Luke Littler had already won darts final
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Trump attacks UK’s North Sea policy as ‘very big mistake’
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Frozen and flooded, children in Gaza face dire winter in tent camps amid Israel's offensive
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Tossing Speaker Johnson would be a huge mistake
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