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Justice Department announces hundreds of charges in multi-billion-dollar healthcare fraud crackdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced criminal charges June 23 against 455 people as part of a two-week healthcare fraud crackdown that officials say involved more than $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to insurers.
Among those charged is a nurse practitioner accused in Texas of billing Medicare for medic ... (full story)
All the world's a robot-staging ground for tech entrepreneurs building 'physical AI'
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models — the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude — when he started to feel like he was hitting a dead end.
“We basically have passed the point of doing real fun ... (full story)
AI is an energy and water hog, here's what you can do to counter that
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem.
Artificial intelligence and the data centers they require use growing amounts of energy and are water hogs — and AI companies ar ... (full story)
State
Michigan set an affordability goal for utility bills. For some, help can’t come soon enough.
Karen Johnson Moore and her husband Columbus Moore are working hard to lower their DTE Energy bill, which topped $500 in February for gas and electric combined.
Years ago, they paid to have solar panels installed — but the couple said they never worked. They try to use as little electricity as possible, unplugging applianc ... (full story)