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Meta AI Patent Sparks Ethics Fight Over Digital Afterlife
Filing describes system to simulate deceased users' posts, but experts clash on ethics and commercial motives
Filing describes system to simulate deceased users' posts, but experts clash on ethics and commercial motives
Emerald Fennell's $83 million Valentine's Day hit marketed passion and desire — but Emily Brontë's 1847 novel was never a love story, and critics say the gap shows
Beijing's 2026-2030 blueprint prioritizes semiconductors, AI and quantum computing while US export controls face contradictions under both administrations
Investors fear AI will destroy incumbent businesses and that $660 billion in spending won't pay off — and both sides are getting punished
Speaker calls surveillance of lawmakers reviewing Epstein files "inappropriate" as bipartisan backlash grows over attorney general's "burn book"
The Puerto Rican superstar held up a football reading "Together We Are America" and closed with flags from every nation in the Americas after months of MAGA backlash
Newly released DOJ files contain a draft federal announcement of Epstein's death bearing an August 9 date — one day before he was discovered unresponsive in his cell
Italian police used tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators near an Olympic hockey venue as thousands marched over environmental costs, housing and ICE presence