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What happens when chatbots shape your reality? Concerns are growing online

What happens when chatbots shape your reality? Concerns are growing online

As people turn to chatbots for increasingly important and intimate advice, some interactions playing out in public are causing alarm over just how much artificial intelligence can warp a user’s sense of reality. One woman’s saga about falling for her psychiatrist, which she documented in dozens of videos on TikTok, has generated concerns from viewers who say she relied on …

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‘We Need a Reality Check’

‘We Need a Reality Check’

Only a few years ago, Mercedes-Benz was confident about going all-in on electric vehicles in Europe. In 2021, it projected that by the end of the decade, it would stop selling cars with combustion engines “where market conditions allow.” Not only has the luxury brand dropped this ambitious goal, but it has also taken a 180-degree turn. Without ICE vehicles, …

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How El Salvador’s new law could make Bitcoin banks a reality!

How El Salvador’s new law could make Bitcoin banks a reality!

Key Takeaways El Salvador’s new Investment Banking Law allows regulated banks to hold Bitcoin and offer crypto services to accredited investors. With growing global interest, the country is positioning itself as a rising crypto finance hub. El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly is doubling down on its Bitcoin [BTC] bet. A newly approved Investment Banking Law will let regulated investment banks hold …

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Trump escapes reality in pursuit of a no-bad-news presidency – Axios

Trump escapes reality in pursuit of a no-bad-news presidency  Axios The White House is trying to change the conversation about Trump’s BLS scandal  cnn.com Trump’s Oval Office ‘session’ on the economy? Charts about Biden.  The Washington Post Why the stock market shrugged off weak data, recession fears  ABC News Still Fuming Over a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Finds Some Numbers He Likes  The New York …

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Playbook: California’s redistricting reality – Politico

Playbook: California’s redistricting reality  Politico California launches redistricting fight to ‘nullify’ Texas GOP plan, with Dems poised to gain 5 seats  Fox News Why Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley wants to stop the national fight over redistricting | Here & Now  WBUR California Democrats Back Newsom Plan to Redraw Congressional Maps for 2026  KQED California backs absent Texas Democrats as redistricting fight escalates  The Guardian Source …

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Meta’s prototype headsets show off the future of mixed reality

Meta’s prototype headsets show off the future of mixed reality

Meta’s consumer VR headsets are already among the best you can get for their price points, but at a conference next week, the company is showing off some impressive-sounding research prototypes that could be a peek at what its headsets might be capable of in the future. One headset, called “Tiramisu,” brings a “new milestone for realism in VR,” Meta …

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Trump’s relentless tariff strategy finally crashes into delicate geopolitical reality

Trump’s relentless tariff strategy finally crashes into delicate geopolitical reality

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump’s relentless use of tariffs to coerce foreign counterparts into favorable deals is about to run headlong into the limits of geopolitical reality. Trump’s willingness to dramatically escalate the long-running US economic warfare in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine is real, advisors say. His threat to accelerate sweeping tariffs on India is certain …

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