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Top AI Chatbots Fail Teen Mental Health Safety Test
That seems less than ideal. There was a time when parents debated when to let their kids use social media… probably still do, actually… so now when do you let them use ChatGPT?
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Musk Predicts AI Will Make Work Optional, Money Irrelevant
The richest man in the world thinks money will be irrelevant. Interesting. If work actually was optional, what would you be doing with all of your time?
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More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
Auditory Anthology
SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson - Bored with the comforts of 25th-century civilization, a famous adventure novelist and his bride convince a drunken friend to use an experimental teleportation device, the Cosmic Express, to send them to the primitive, wild jungles of Venus, where their romanticized notions of “back to nature” are instantly and miserably crushed.
The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar |
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Don’t Go Downstairs: Sports, Scandals, and the Return of the Mob Mindset
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander dig into the essential hypocrisy at the heart of modern sports culture: every league, every network, every commercial break insists gambling is entertainment, until someone gets caught. Then, suddenly, it’s “a serious violation of trust.”
The Shocking (But Not Surprising) Ryder Cup Fans John Howell / Rick Telander |
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Dave Norman on Jerry Hey and the L.A. Studio Sound
As I Was Saying with Big John Howell
John Howell sits down once again with longtime friend and trumpeter Dave C. Norman for an insider’s conversation about Hey’s life, sound, and legacy.
Dave Norman on Jerry Hey and the L.A. Studio Sound Big John Howell |
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Also Worth A Look…
Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials pick better passwords than Gen Z – but they’re all still bad - My password is 1-2-3-4-5…
White House says President Trump does not want to execute lawmakers - What a time to be alive…
Fluoride in drinking water does not negatively affect cognitive ability — and may actually provide benefit, study finds - Where does fluoride go to get its reputation back?
1642 Calculator Pulled From Auction in France - Even back in 1642, people used their calculator to spell “BOOBS”
Bar bans late-night ‘single’ drinkers - Maybe single people drink. We don’t know. Frankly, we don’t want to know. It’s a market we can do without
Man Wins ‘Lying Flat’ Contest by Laying on a Mattress for 33 Hours Straight - Now there’s an accomplishment to be proud of
Man undergoes surgery after 8cm by 6cm ceramic cup gets stuck up his bottom by ‘accident’ - “It was a one in a million shot, doc”
Bald Eagle Dropped a Cat Through Car Windshield, Driver Says - Who had “Bald Eagle Attacks” on their Bingo card for November 2025?
AI-powered robot dances for Putin days after another Russian robot stumbles - I guess we’ll see if robots accidentally fall out of windows in Russia too
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