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AI chatbots hit the dating scene, becoming the lovelorn's modern-day Cyrano
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Marie Lansley recently started a new job in a new city while searching for a new partner. In her dating pursuits, the freshly minted San Franciscan said she’s been “trying everything”— including some help from artificial intelligence.
AI chatbots have become — for her and many others — de fact ... (full story)
AI companies should release environmental impact, commit to clean energy, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on June 23 called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used to power their operations.
While urging action in an address at London Climate Action Week, Guterres proposed the AI Env ... (full story)
Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on June 22 ruled that a recently revamped version of a federal tool central to the Trump administration’s efforts to nationalize elections can no longer be used.
U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the recent upgrades to the program, ... (full story)
Points of Light to unveil new strategy that it hopes will ignite a volunteerism boom
Americans overwhelmingly want to volunteer. Nonprofits desperately need them. The problem, according to the nonprofit Points of Light, is connecting the two.
The organization, founded by former President George H.W. Bush to encourage service, is set to unveil plans to improve that connection at its annual conference in Washingto ... (full story)
Eager to work, teens find a frustrating summer job search
NEW YORK (AP) — Jaelyn Chester will wait your tables or stock your shelves. She’ll wash your dishes or scrub your toilets. If only someone would give the 17-year-old a chance.
“I’ve been looking everywhere,” says Chester, an A+ student, high school basketball star and aspiring engineer who has blank ... (full story)

