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FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbot companions and their effects on children

FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbot companions and their effects on children

The Federal Trade Commission has started an inquiry into several social media and artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI and Meta, about the potential harms to children and teenagers who use their chatbots as companions. On Thursday, the FTC said it has sent letters to Google parent Alphabet, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms, Snap, Character…

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FBI releases photos of “person of interest” as manhunt Charlie Kirk shooting suspect intensifies

FBI releases photos of “person of interest” as manhunt Charlie Kirk shooting suspect intensifies

OREM, UtahΒ β€”Β Authorities unveiled grainy photos Thursday of a man clad in a black, long-sleeved T-shirt, dark sunglasses and a baseball cap who they said was β€œof interest” in the fatal shooting of influential right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus. The man, captured on security camera footage clenching his fists and walking up…

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‘Is being gay a crime?’ Venezuelan makeup artist rebuilds life after 125 days in El Salvador prison

‘Is being gay a crime?’ Venezuelan makeup artist rebuilds life after 125 days in El Salvador prison

When a door slammed shut in the childhood home of Andry HernΓ‘ndez Romero, he wasn’t just startled. He winced, recoiling from the noise. Nearly a month had passed since HernΓ‘ndez Romero, a 32-year-old makeup artist, and 251 other Venezuelans were released from a notorious Salvadoran mega-prison. In a Zoom interview in August from Venezuela, HernΓ‘ndez…

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