Sam Miller

Chatbots May Be Giving Out Your Phone Number

Chatbots May Be Giving Out Your Phone Number

When talking to a chatbot like ChatGPT, you should never assume your conversations are private. Many chatbots, by default, use your discussions to train the underlying AI models, but even if you opt out of training, or use a temporary chat, these conversations are often stored on company servers for some limited amount of time….

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How Much Do You Know?

How Much Do You Know?

First-Aid Survival Quiz: How Much Do You Know? We all think we’d totally keep it together in a first-aid emergency… until someone actually starts choking and suddenly our brain forgets everything except panic. From CPR and burns to seizures and heart attacks, this quiz is here to find out whether you’d genuinely know what to…

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Kennedy Swaps Vaccine Rhetoric for Story Time but Can’t Quite Change the Subject

Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I…

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Weight Gain & Cancer Risk; Steppin' Out After Surgery; Depression in Ovarian Cancer

Weight Gain & Cancer Risk; Steppin’ Out After Surgery; Depression in Ovarian Cancer

Weight gain in adulthood may increase a person’s cancer risk by as much as fivefold, according to a Swedish study. (The Guardian) An updated review of data for nearly 800,000 participants in prostate cancer screening studies concluded that screening likely reduces prostate cancer‐specific mortality and may reduce overall mortality. (Cochrane Library) Jason Collins, the first…

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