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World Happiness Report highlights social media's negative impact, ranks Finland as happiest country Associated Press · By KOSTYA MANENKOV and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER HELSINKI (AP) — Heavy social media use contributes to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in...

This Viral Tool Turns Anything Into LinkedIn Speak—and the Internet Is Obsessed Inc Magazine · Amaya Nichole Kagi's AI-powered translator proves that anything can be a 'master class in resilience' if you use enough emojis. You know LinkedIn language when it... Meta is pulling the plug on its VR metaverse and Meta Quest 3 fans don't know how to respond techradar.com · By Hamish Hector Meta's VR scale-back is heading into phase two as the company has revealed its timeline for the full closure of its Meta Horizon Worlds metaverse. At … Digital Foundry On DLSS 5 Blowback: 'We Should Have Taken More Time' Kotaku · Ethan Gach Nvidia is facing a firestorm of confusion, skepticism, and outrage over its recent DLSS 5 demo that shows generative AI being used to achieve more …

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AI 'Slop' Is Flooding Children's Media. Parents Should Be Very Alarmed. The 74 · Emily Tate Sullivan Low-quality, mass-produced video content is a "monster problem" for child development, with few guardrails in place to stop it. In a video that has … How China is getting everyone on OpenClaw, from gearheads to grandmas CNBC · Eunice Yoon China is making a big push for widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, and the nation's tech powerhouses are holding public events to help … The big lift in intelligence from AI csmonitor.com · the Monitor's Editorial Board As more companies use artificial intelligence, surveys show a vast upskilling of workers to use AI, expanding their capabilities to attain broader … Val Kilmer is starring in a new film, even though he died last year — here's how AI made it possible Tom's Guide · By Amanda Caswell AI is getting faster, cheaper and more embedded in everyday tools — but every once in a while, a story comes along that makes you stop and rethink … LLMs Are Manipulating Users with Rhetorical Tricks Harvard Business Review · Thomas Stackpole There are three common problems people face when working with AI: not understanding how AI made a decision (opacity), the human in the loop becoming...

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