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  'The Trojan Teddy Bear': The promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI

  NPR - Greg Rosalsky

  Back in 2001, Steven Spielberg released an underrated scifi movie named A.I. Artificial Intelligence (yes, the title is a bit redundant). The movie, which loosely borrows from Pinocchio, tells the story of a family who adopts a robotic boy programmed for love, and that robot's heartbreaking quest to …

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  Political text messages could get more effective and annoying. Blame AI

  NPR - Maham Javaid

  AI-powered platforms are training bots to sound like political candidates in text messages, holding personalized conversations with thousands of potential voters simultaneously. The bots are also gathering data, learning what each voter wants from their representatives and using that information to …

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  Shy on the dance floor? Virtual reality 'partners' aim to help you find your groove

  NPR - Chloe Veltman

  Wedding season is in full swing, bringing with it a familiar sense of dread for anyone who fears the dance floor. But relief may finally be at hand with the help of a new app, Dance Guru, and a virtual reality (VR) headset. The social dance instruction app transports users to a spacious, digital …

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  Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns

  NPR - Scott Neuman

  Police in San Mateo, Calif., posted Monday on social media that they had apprehended a pair of teenagers from a Waymo driverless robotaxi after the company alerted authorities to suspected criminal activity. It's the latest incident involving video surveillance of passengers and others by …

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  Class action suit against AI makers over deepfake child sexual abuse material expands

  NPR - Huo Jingnan

  New plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk's AI company, SpaceXAI, allege that the company's image-generation models were used to create child sexual abuse material and that the company failed to adequately share information about an alleged perpetrator with authorities. Two …

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  Campaign staffers keep trying to bet on races despite push to curb insider trading

  NPR - Luke Garrett

  Campaign staffers looking to profit on political races are still trying to place bets on prediction markets, despite new public scrutiny toward insider trading — and internal efforts to curb the practice. Campaign staffers tell NPR they make 'thousands' betting on their own candidates Kalshi, the …