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To help reduce anxiety—and open the way for learning—several elementary schools in Michigan have enrolled service dogs as full-time happiness ambassadors—and it is paw-sitively working. Students are “already seeing a big difference in their academics,” according to a news report from WXMI-TV 17. Priority Health, a Michigan health insurance provider, launched Priority Pups in September […] The post Dogs Placed in Elementary Schools Making a Big Difference in Academics and Mental Health for Michigan Students appeared first on Good News Network.

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On Friday night's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, the host complained about how the Democrats from Merrick Garland on down "blew it at every turn" on creating legal problems for Trump, so now before the election, "it's Stormy or bust." Even there, Maher argued porn star Stormy Daniels is a "bad witness" because she has changed her story in front of this jury, from empowered porn actress to victim. On HBO @BillMaher frets Dems had multiple chances “to put Trump on trial...but blew it at every turn,” then points out it’s “Stormy or bust” but she’s “a bad witness” because what she claimed this week at the trial is “quite in variance with what she said to me in 2018” #RealTime pic.twitter.com/C5WdqErsaV — Brent Baker ?? ?? (@BrentHBaker) May 11, 2024 Maher said: "Let me show you a little video. This is when I had Stormy on in 2018 and first I asked her about why she had sex with trump. Listen to that, and then listen to what she says after that and we’re going to talk about the trial because it's quite at variance with what she said to me in 2018." First she said “I have no idea” why she allegedly had sex with Trump. Maher said “you said this is not a #MeToo case,” and she agreed: “I wasn't attacked or raped or coerced of blackmailed… they tried to shove me in the #MeToo box to further their own agenda. First of all, I didn't want any part of that because it's not the truth and I'm not a victim in that regard.” Maher said “That’s not what she’s saying now. She's talking about he was bigger and blocking the way. It's all the #MeToo buzzwords. She said there was a power, an imbalance of power for sure. My hands were shaking so hard. Said she blacked out. Blacked out? She's a porn star!" New York Times columnist Frank Bruni tried to joke he might black out with Trump, too. Maher crudely said she has sex with strangers routinely. New York Post columnist Douglas Murray agreed with Maher: “Everyone who is hanging on the hope of Stormy Daniels being the way to get Trump in prison is going to have another disappointment coming.” Later, Maher applauded New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn’s comments about not being Pravda for Team Biden. Bruni agreed that reporters shouldn’t "sugar coat” Biden’s flaws or just feed voters “baby bird style.” But Murray said everyone can see through the media, that in 2020 they suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story "because they wanted to get their guy in."  In the end, Bruni came around to the real Times viewpoint, you can't fail to present Trump as a threat to democracy:  But here’s thing we can’t do. We need to be honest about them both, we do not ignore and sugarcoat Biden's shortcomings. But we also can’t do this ‘Here's one that story about Trump, here's one bad story about Biden.' We can't enforce this mathematical equivalence, right?  You’ve got one candidate who has delusions or aspirations to a quasi-fascist state. You have another who's going to mix up the names of world leaders and need a midday nap. It’s not eenie-meanie-miney-mo.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge said artificial intelligence that allows users to have text and voice conversations with dead loved ones presents serious risks of psychological harm. They added that the conversations could cause those left behind to be digitally haunted, according to the Debrief.The name for AI chatbots that simulate the language cadence and personality traits of the dead are referred to as "deadbots" and "griefbots." They reportedly operate by taking advantage of the digital footprints left behind by those who have passed away. Some companies are offering this kind of service, providing what has come to be known as a "postmortem presence."The recent research was published in the journal "Philosophy and Technology," and it draws attention to the potential for companies to use these so-called "deadbots" to advertise products in the manner of a departed loved one, or even cause children distress by insisting a deceased parent is still with them.“Rapid advancements in generative AI mean that nearly anyone with Internet access and some basic know-how can revive a deceased loved one,” Dr Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska said.The University of Cambridge reported that after the living sign up to be virtually re-created after they pass away, the aforementioned chatbots could spam surviving family and friends. Researchers speculated that this could result in effectively being digitally "stalked by the dead."“Rapid advancements in generative AI mean that nearly anyone with Internet access and some basic know-how can revive a deceased loved one,” Dr. Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska, who is a co-author of the study and researcher at Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, said.“This area of AI is an ethical minefield. It’s important to prioritise the dignity of the deceased, and ensure that this isn’t encroached on by financial motives of digital afterlife services, for example."“At the same time, a person may leave an AI simulation as a farewell gift for loved ones who are not prepared to process their grief in this manner. The rights of both data donors and those who interact with AI afterlife services should be equally safeguarded.”There are reportedly platforms that offer to recreate the dead with AI for a small price. One such platform is "Project December," which started by harnessing GPT models before developing its own system, according to reports.Similar services have also started to crop up throughout China.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Jack Parsons was a self-taught rocket scientist who invented the fuel that would eventually send the Space Shuttle into orbit, but he also rubbed elbows with occultist Aleister Crowley and summoned sex demons with L. Ron Hubbard. The post The Bizarre Story Of Jack Parsons, The Sex Cult Leader Behind NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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