Library advocates are asking state legislators to fully fund the Connecticut reciprocal borrowing program “borrowIT CT” after Gov. Ned Lamont proposed a 20% cut to the program’s budget. BorrowIT CT, ...

AI agents are everywhere right now. They write emails, draft code, summarise documents, and promise to make work faster and smarter. From boardrooms to classrooms, the hype makes it sound like ...

A survey study showed a "modest but significant" association between regular use of generative AI and higher levels of depressive symptoms. The effect showed large variations by age, with the highest ...

My Spotify Library Was Boring, So I Asked ChatGPT to Create New Playlists With its new third-party app integration feature, OpenAI’s AI chatbot can suggest music from Apple Music and Spotify, then ...

MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...

Gavin Newsom urged California’s Attorney General to look into whether xAI violated state laws with its Grok chatbot. California is launching an investigation into X’s AI chatbot, Grok, after reports ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Davenport Public Library is expanding what residents can borrow beyond books with its growing Library of Things. The Library of Things is a collection of items designed ...

There continue to be numerous reports of people suffering severe mental health spirals after talking extensively with an AI chatbot. Some experts have dubbed the phenomenon “AI psychosis,” given the ...

Create Wisconsin is offering artists and creatives across the state a gift – or, at least, the opportunity to receive a gift – before 2025 officially wraps up. The statewide cultural development ...

The Livermore Public Library will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its adult literacy program with an exhibit of personal stories written by past participants at the Civic Center Library, 1188 S.

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