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Upset senior man visiting wife in coma in hospital

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brief

News
Date
March 19, 2025

Categorized
Ethics, Law, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo, Wesley J. Smith}

Anniversary of Terry Schiavo’s court-ordered starvation death

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March 19, 2025

2

Ethics, Law, Medicine and Health}

On the 20th anniversary, Terri's brother, Bobby Schindler, has done a podcast with Wesley J. Smith on the fallout from the widely publicized case. Read More ›

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brief

News
Date
March 13, 2025

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Politics, Science

Tagged
COVID 19 and trust in science, Francis COllins, Jay Bhattacharya, John Tierney, John West}

Jay Bhattacharya thinks science can accommodate reasoned dissent

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March 13, 2025

4

Medicine and Health, Politics, Science}

But former NIH head Francis Collins was a highlight of a recent “Stand Up for Science” rally that seems to want the old regime back again. Read More ›

orange long sleeve shirt on black textile

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brief

Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 13, 2025

Categorized
Law, Media, Politics

Tagged
Canada's residential schools, Moral panic, Private truth, Private truth vs. public truth, Residential schools (denialism claims)}

NR editors decry the residential schools “mass graves” claims

_{Denyse O'Leary
March 13, 2025

3

Law, Media, Politics}

They are right to call the whole episode disgraceful. But they should not assume that private truth hysteria can strike only in Canada. Read More ›

Social distance concept. keep spaced between each chairs make separate for social distancing, increasing physical space between people to avoid spreading illness during transmission of COVID-19. 3D

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brief

News
Date
March 13, 2025

Categorized
Censorship, Medicine and Health, Politics

Tagged
Frances Lee, In Covid's Wake (Princeton 2025), Stephen Macedo}

Princeton scholars discuss Covid failures honestly in new book

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March 13, 2025

3

Censorship, Medicine and Health, Politics}

One author tells an interviewer that there hasn’t been much discussion of the failures because “people on the progressive side supported” the extreme measures. Read More ›

Roboter auf Tastatur, Methapher für Chatbot / Socialbot, Algorithmen und künstliche Intelligenz

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brief

News
Date
March 11, 2025

Categorized
Ethics, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Bryan Trilli, ChatGPTo3 mini, Soulless Intelligence (2024)}

Testing an AI “reasoning” model on a divisive public issue

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March 11, 2025

3

Ethics, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

The authors of Soulless Intelligence try ChatGPTo3 mini on the abortion issue and… well, read the rest; it’s not long. Read More ›

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brief

Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 10, 2025

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Spirituality

Tagged
Bye Bye I Love You (2025), Michael Erard, Terminal lucidity, Will Cairns}

When end-of-life lucidity struggles with delirium…

_{Denyse O'Leary
March 10, 2025

3

Medicine and Health, Spirituality}

Curiously, Erard's own grandmother’s last contact with him did not seem so much to be delirium as simply a different cultural understanding from his. Read More ›

Chatbot in a modern GPU card 3D rendering

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brief

News
Date
March 10, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Hallucination in Large Language Models (LLMs), John West, Kitzmiller case, Stockholm Syndrome (Discovery Institute 2025)}

Chatbot offers info on a legal case — too bad it’s mostly fiction

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March 10, 2025

3

Large Language Models (LLMs)}

After the test, West cautioned that those who don’t know that AI-based services can be even more biased and inaccurate than other sources are asking for trouble Read More ›

The Triumphal Arch in Chisinau - Moldova

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brief

Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 4, 2025

Categorized
Media, Politics

Tagged
AEECA/ESF PD, Moldova, Russia, United States}

The U.S. government has been funding European journalism too

_{Denyse O'Leary
March 4, 2025

3

Media, Politics}

If the U.S. funds Moldova's media instead of Russia, the basic problem remains: A foreign government is funding the public news service. Read More ›

Astronauts exploring an asteroid 3D rendering elements of this image furnished by NASA

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brief

News
Date
March 1, 2025

Categorized
Global Technology, Technology

Tagged
James B. Meigs, NASA shakeups, Victor Tangermann}

How NASA might change under the new U.S. Administration

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March 1, 2025

3

Global Technology, Technology}

Coming to terms with NASA’s problems means tough decisions and some wrong calls. But the former editor of Popular Mechanics remains optimistic. Read More ›

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brief

News
Date
February 28, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Martha Lewis, Melanie Mitchell}

New study: Computer profs nix claim that chatbots think as we do

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February 28, 2025

2

Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)}

If it becomes clear that AI will never think like humans, would the industry ever be ready for an honest discussion of the fact? Read More ›

Gambusen / Moskitofisch (Gambusia sp. / Gambusia cf. holbrooki) zur Bekämpfung von Moskito-Larven, Griechenland - mosquitofish for the control of mosquito larvae in Greece

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brief

News
Date
February 28, 2025

Categorized
Animal mind, Evolution

Tagged
Ivan Vinogradov, Mosquitofish}

Did sexual selection make male mosquitofish really smart?

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February 28, 2025

2

Animal mind, Evolution}

Sexual selection — and natural selection — only show why smartness might be an advantage. They don’t explain how the trick is done. Read More ›

Small orange flags places in grass in memory of the thousands of Indigenous children that died in Canada's residential school system. Wide view.

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brief

Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 25, 2025

Categorized
Censorship, Politics

Tagged
Private truth, Residential schools (Canada)}

Ottawa ceases funding the search for phantom graves

_{Denyse O'Leary
February 25, 2025

3

Censorship, Politics}

Misinforming children is a very small part of the damage that private truth, which is incompatible with an open and science-based society, does. Read More ›

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brief

News
Date
February 25, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Relationships

Tagged
Amy Kurzweil, Chatbots of the dead, Daniel Story, Featured}

Turning the writings of deceased loved ones into chatbots

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February 25, 2025

3

Large Language Models (LLMs), Relationships}

An industry is springing up to help survivors create an imaginary being that resembles the deceased — except for when they want to change it. Read More ›

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brief

News
Date
February 25, 2025

Categorized
Genetics, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Prenatal medical treatment, Richard Finkel, Smriti Mallapaty, Spinal muscular atrophy}

Gene therapy treats preborn girl for motor neuron disease

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February 25, 2025

3

Genetics, Medicine and Health}

Richard Finkel, first author of a study of the case, hopes that this early-start approach can be applied to other cases and other diseases as well. Read More ›

A man confides his psychological distress to her robotic assistant. Concept of psychological support thanks to AI.

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brief

News
Date
February 25, 2025

Categorized
Large Language Models (LLMs), Medicine and Health

Tagged
Henry I. Miller, Psychiatry}

Can AI replace psychiatrists? Some programmers are trying…

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February 25, 2025

2

Large Language Models (LLMs), Medicine and Health}

Given how health insurers will love the crashed costs, the next big mental health fight may be for the right to get in front of an actual human therapist. Read More ›

A trio of woolly mammoths trudges over snow covered hills. Behind them, mountains with snow covered peaks rise above dark green forests of fir trees. 3D Rendering

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brief

News
Date
February 21, 2025

Tagged
Brian Handwerk, Kostenki site, Mammoth bone circles, Tibi Puiu}

Mammoth bone structure of 24,000 years ago illuminates Stone Age

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February 21, 2025

3

Uncategorized}

One of about 70 such structures, it is, in one science writer's view, "one of the most surreal ancient structures ever built." Read More ›

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brief

News
Date
February 21, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Anil Ananthaswamy, Chatbots and AGI}

Programmers admit fundamental limits to chatbot thinking

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February 21, 2025

3

Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Curiously, that’s not what the AI celebs are saying. They're promising the moon. We can believe the celebs or the hands-on programmers. Read More ›

The Spread of Misinformation on Social Media, Examining the role of social media in the dissemination of false information and its consequences on society

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brief

News
Date
February 21, 2025

Categorized
Censorship, Disinformation, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Andrew Torrance, Hallucination (AI), Jeff Hancock, misinformation, Morgan Kromer}

Misinformation scholar becomes a star example of the problem

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February 21, 2025

2

Censorship, Disinformation, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Starting the day with a bit of natural irony: A misinformation expert was found to be inadvertently using fake citations in a court case. Read More ›

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brief

News
Date
February 20, 2025

Categorized
Ethics, Peer Review

Tagged
Retractions (by nation), Richard Van Noorden}

Which universities have the most science papers retracted?

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February 20, 2025

2

Ethics, Peer Review}

Chatbots may make the problem harder to spot but one outcome of attempts to address the problem is a spike in new research integrity tools. Read More ›

Servers data center room with bright bokeh light going through the corridor 3D rendering

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brief

News
Date
February 20, 2025

Categorized
Business and Finance, Data Privacy

Tagged
Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra, Google selling data}

Wired: Google ads target sensitive user info, despite rules

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February 20, 2025

3

Business and Finance, Data Privacy}

The more a data set can pinpoint specific users, the more profitable it will be to acquire and sell. Read More ›