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Stanford Study Finds AI Chatbots Struggle to Separate Fact from Belief [ [link removed] ]
They really are just like humans!
Coca-Cola Uses AI to Rekindle the Magic of Its Holiday Ads [ [link removed] ]
Christmas comes to the Uncanny Valley
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Tales From the Blue Line – Alien Insurance Not Accepted [ [link removed] ] - Exhausted ER Nurse Tanya faces the most bizarre intake of her career at 2:45 a.m.—an alleged extraterrestrial named Todd in a silver tracksuit who, claiming a dislocated shoulder, proceeds to break the hospital’s equipment, reveal Tanya’s secret life plans, and vanish, leaving behind only a mysterious metal lunchbox.
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The Shocking (But Not Surprising) Ryder Cup Fans [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander take aim at what might seem like a niche topic — bad behavior at the Ryder Cup — but turns it into something much bigger: a diagnosis of America’s national mood.
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Inside Operation Greylord: The Undercover Mission That Shook Cook County [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
John Dempsey sits down with Terry Hake, the man who became the federal government’s key undercover operative in Operation Greylord, one of the most significant judicial corruption investigations in American history.
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Also Worth A Look…
Mating Injuries May Lead Scientists to Identify Dinosaurs’ Sex [ [link removed] ] - Earl Sinclair was unavailable for comment
Bank robber in Ohio steals $400 in $1 bills, asks police if he can keep the stolen cash for jail commissary [ [link removed] ] - His lawyer referenced the landmark case “Finders vs. Keepers”
531 (Living) Patients Get News of Their Death [ [link removed] ] - The news of their death has been greatly exaggerated
Children’s book returned to Maine library 46 years late [ [link removed] ] - I hope they finished it. Also, people need to check their attics. What’s with all of the people who have held onto library books for decades?
Greg Abbott Threatens ‘100% Tariff’ On New Yorkers Moving to Texas [ [link removed] ] - How would that even work?
Study Finds Geoengineering Can’t Save Coffee, Chocolate, Wine Crops [ [link removed] ] - That seems less than ideal
Japan to Deploy Military as Bear Attacks Claim 12 Lives [ [link removed] ] - This is going to go about as well as the Great Emu War
‘Nude’ driver was ‘spinning in circles’ around church parking lot, SC cops say [ [link removed] ] - Well that’s something you don’t see everyday
Why one man is planning to crack open a bottle of beer from 150 years ago - Does he really need a reason?
Dave Ramsey Says Owning 15-20 Houses Isn’t Greedy, Because ‘God Owns It, And I’m Just Managing It For Him’ [ [link removed] ] - He’s a real piece of… work
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