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AI assistants make widespread errors about the news, new research shows [ [link removed] ]
It’s a mess. The other day ChatGPT tried to tell me Pitt the Elder was England’s greatest prime minister
GM plans to launch eyes-off driving, Google AI and other new in-vehicle tech by 2028 [ [link removed] ]
I see this ending well
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 – Take a Number [ [link removed] ] - A 911 operator thought he’d heard it all until a deluge of panicked calls reports that Mothman, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster have descended upon Atlanta, forcing him to take cryptid sightings with the same seriousness as a misplaced Wi-Fi password.
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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…
Preservation group urges pause in White House East Wing demolition [ [link removed] ] - Seems a little late in the game for that. Not that they actually had any chance to do that before Trump started tearing things down
Nvidia GPU Heads Into Orbit on a Mission to Test Data Centers in Space [ [link removed] ] - That’s actually not a terrible idea. They’d all be solar powered, you could have the computers themselves out of the sunlight, so it would be -200 degrees and you wouldn’t have to worry about overheating. You’d just have to find someone to service all of them computers.
Unemployed Man Exploits Food Delivery Platform to Eat 1,000 Free Meals Over Two Years [ [link removed] ] - This must have required a lot of thought, time and effort to pull off. Maybe he should have focused all of that energy on finding a job
This seat taken? Thieves busted for stealing over 1,000 restaurant chairs in Spain [ [link removed] ] - Where would you even put 1,000 chairs if you had to hide them?
Husband and Wife Look so Similar They Often Get Mistaken for Identical Twins [ [link removed] ] - They’re a little creepy, but they have endless Halloween costume possibilities
Husband Forced to Compensate Ex-Wife for Saving Her Number as ‘Chubby’ in His Phone [ [link removed] ] - I suspect that guy is going to be single for a long time
Court: Chimps don’t have human rights, must stay in Michigan zoo [ [link removed] ] - I’ve seen how this movie ends
Scientists Notch a Big Win in ‘Butt-Breathing’ [ [link removed] ] - That’s just a pile of words
Man uses numbers from a license plate to win $50,000 lottery prize [ [link removed] ] - Take that, people who use their kids birthdays
Crushed by a Car, a Stranger Comforted Him Until Help Arrived – Now They’re Getting Married [ [link removed] ] - Definitely a unique Meet Cute
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