Florida’s deadliest python hunter is a conservationist at heart

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says ...

CrankGPT Is a Hand-Powered Chatbot to Guide You Through the Post-Apocalypse

From the name, you might think that this is just ChatGPT with a built-in suite of antivaxx prompts, but no! This is an LLM ...
Hackaday

Building A Ceiling-Based Crane Robot To Keep A Room Clean

One of the joys you get to experience whether as a proud parent or pet owner is that a lot of things get left around ...

How AI helped build hreflang XML sitemaps at scale

Learn how iterative prompting, Python, and Google Colab helped turn a multilingual hreflang mapping project into a scalable workflow.

Are you using ChatGPT or Claude for writing work? A study says you may be landing in a fluency trap

A new study finds that AI writing tools create a fluency trap, where clean, confident-sounding output leads writers to trust ...
Palm Beach Post

Do Burmese pythons attack, or even eat, humans? Python Challenge dates

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that pose a significant threat to the Everglades ecosystem. The Florida Python Challenge is an annual event designed to raise awareness and remove ...
NPR

She spent a year using AI to do almost everything. Here's what she learned

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Time

Letting AI Do Your Work Erodes Your Confidence, According to a New Study

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The Conversation

How do teens really use AI companions? With more creativity than you might think

In 2022, the founders of chatbot startup Character.AI launched a platform where anyone could create interactive characters powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The app exploded, quickly growing to ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Can you still file taxes late after April 15? Penalties, what IRS says to do

The federal tax deadline for 2025 returns is Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Taxpayers who miss the deadline without an extension may face penalties and interest. An extension to file until October 15 can ...
USA Today

70% of taxpayers in the US can file taxes for free. Here's how

A venerable IRS program called Free File allows 70% of taxpayers to file their taxes for free, just as the name implies. Only 2% of taxpayers used the service in 2024. That is the finding of a ...
Futurism

A Staggering Proportion of High School Kids Are Using AI to Do Their Homework, Which Is Probably Not Going to End Well

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