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AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds


Sree VijaykumarPopular chatbots serve as poor replacements for human therapists, but study authors call for nuance.

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Here's how to get your manager to tell you if a layoff is coming
When he was let go last month, Simon, a 37-year-old Boston native living in Amsterdam, said he wasn't surprised, though he regrets that he didn't work up the nerve to approach his manager about the matter.


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Abundance: the US book is a sensation among our progressive MPs. But can it spur action in Canberra?
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State Department official defends canceling visas of pro-Palestinian academics
State Department official defends canceling visas of pro-Palestinian academics
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Here's what billionaires and CEOs talked about at Sun Valley
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