By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press Technology Writers A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such … Continued
Rural Texas wears a friendly facade. You know everyone, and everyone treats each other so kindly, but, if you’re Black, you just ignore the stares when you walk into the local steakhouse for fish fry night. I was 7 or … Continued
A decent society should do all it reasonably can to reduce human suffering. It should not, however, do so by extinguishing the lives of those who suffer or the lives of those who we believe might suffer in the future. … Continued
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2025. There are 127 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 26, 1985, 13-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began “attending” classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana … Continued
Determining that he would not be able to reach the runway at the Granite Falls Airport for an emergency landing, the flight instructor piloting the small jet that crashed a month ago south of Granite Falls told his fellow occupant three times … Continued
Between sets at any Minnesota State Fair Grandstand concert, a State Fair trivia quiz is projected onto the large screens on either side of the stage. In honor of that tradition, here’s a quiz about the six 1960s acts who … Continued