> Large Language Model chat boxes keep urging people to break up their relationships. Why? Because the bots were trained on Reddit, where an analysis of 15 years of relationship advice found that 50% of the comments urged people to “leave” their romantic partners.
> A study by researchers at the University of British Columbia published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology found that texting a random stranger is a better antidote to loneliness than conversing with a chat box.
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Roaming Charges: Trump's Little Excursion Hits the Straits

Perhaps Trump will now replace Joe Kent with Newt Gingrich, who is very, very strong on security. So strong that Newt, the Edward Teller of our tormented times, advised Trump to drop 12 nuclear bombs on Iran to blast out a canal by-passing the Strait of Hormuz. In other words, someone with the guts to start a nuclear holocaust to prevent one.

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