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Believe it or not, there were some winners in the stock market this week

Believe it or not, there were some winners in the stock market this week

NEW YORK (AP) — Most of the numbers on Wall Street this week were bright red, but not all of them.
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Microsoft's AI division head wants to create a lasting relationship between chatbots and their users

Microsoft's AI division head wants to create a lasting relationship between chatbots and their users

Fifty years after the founding of Microsoft, the CEO of its artificial intelligence division has a big task: develop a new product line as integral to daily life as the software giant's past innovations.
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An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it

An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it

NEW YORK (AP) — It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen — a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit — not only had no law degree, but didn't exist at all.
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Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour.
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Think twice before bailing out of the stock market, financial advisers say

Think twice before bailing out of the stock market, financial advisers say

NEW YORK (AP) — The huge swings rocking Wall Street and the global economy may feel far from normal. But, for investing at least, drops of this size have happened throughout history.
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AI vs. pro gambler's $1 million March Madness bet coming down to Duke and Houston

AI vs. pro gambler's $1 million March Madness bet coming down to Duke and Houston

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The $1 million March Madness wager between a pro gambler and an artificial-intelligence site will be decided by the winner of the Duke-Houston game in the Final Four.
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Brown University to see half a billion in federal funding halted by Trump administration

Brown University to see half a billion in federal funding halted by Trump administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University, adding to a list of Ivy League colleges that have had their federal money threatened as a result of t
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology

Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology.
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US energy department invites AI data center development at Los Alamos and other federal lands

US energy department invites AI data center development at Los Alamos and other federal lands

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Creating and sharing deceptive AI-generated media is now a crime in New Jersey

Creating and sharing deceptive AI-generated media is now a crime in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey and open to lawsuits under a new state law. Democratic Gov.
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