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How Social Media Turned Microsoft’s Teen Chatbot, ‘Tay,’ Into a Nazi-Loving Racist in Less Than a Day
Well, that went bad fast. On Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled Tay, an artificial intelligence “chatbot,” or “chat robot,” that would learn, through social media sites like Twitter, Kik and GroupMe, how to have “normal” conversations. “The more you talk the smarter Tay gets,” Tay’s Twitter profile reads. She was supposed to sound like a typical teenage…
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Ga. Police Arrest 9 People After Brawl Leaves Teen Dead
A brawl among a group of Georgia teens left an 18-year-old dead and nine people arrested on murder charges. A fight that began between two teenage girls quickly spiraled into an all-out brawl as several young men wielding bats and pipes began attacking each other. Demajhay Bell, 18, who was believed to have been an…
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JetBlue Flight Attendant Who Surrendered After Ditching 70 Pounds of Cocaine Makes Court Appearance
The JetBlue flight attendant and former sprinter who reportedly outran cops after she was caught with almost 70 pounds of cocaine at Los Angeles International Airport appeared in federal court in New York City on Thursday, Reuters reports. Marsha Reynolds, 31, was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. A U.S. magistrate judge…
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NoVo Foundation Announces $90,000,000 Investment in Young Women of Color in US
The NoVo Foundation, which supports initiatives that focus on girls and women, announced Wednesday that it will be making a seven-year, $90 million commitment in order to combat the systemic and institutional inequalities that young women and girls of color face in the United States. The foundation, which was created by Warren Buffett’s son Peter…
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Boxer Adrien Broner Accused of Violent Robbery; Warrant Issued for His Arrest
Junior welterweight world-titleholder Adrien Broner faces felony assault and robbery charges after he allegedly pistol-whipped a man to whom he’d lost a large sum of money while gambling at a Cincinnati bowling alley. Broner, 26, who is scheduled to defend his title April 1, has two active warrants for his arrest related to the Jan.…
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Former Ole Miss Student Pleads Guilty to Tying Noose on Statue of 1st Black Student
A former University of Mississippi student pleaded guilty Thursday to hanging a noose around the historic statue of the school’s first black student, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, a federal court filing shows that Austin Reed Edenfield waived indictment and pleaded guilty to an unspecified criminal charge. Edenfield was supposed to plead…
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22 Killed in Nigerian Mosque Bombing
At least 22 worshippers were killed in a mosque attack on the outskirts of the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Al-Jazeera reports. According to the report, one female suicide bomber blew herself up inside the mosque March 16, while a second female bomber detonated her equipment as survivors tried to run away from the carnage. Abdul…
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Photo of Coffee Shop Workers Praying With Recent Widow Goes Viral
A recently widowed woman was in a drive-thru coffee line at Dutch Bros. Coffee in Vancouver, Wash., when she began to fall apart. Workers at the coffee shop gave her coffee for free and then offered to pray for her. A driver witnessed the scene and posted a photo to Facebook that has now gone…
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Chicago Teen Charged in Accidental Shooting of 14-Year-Old Girl
A young Chicago man is facing charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm after accidentally shooting a 14-year-old girl in her home, ABC 7 Chicago reports. The 17-year-old reportedly turned himself in Wednesday after community activist Andrew Holmes spoke to the young man’s grandmother and convinced him to go to the police. “I let him…
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2 Calif. High School Students Charged With Hate Crime After Vandalizing Latino Coach’s Car
Two Northern California high school girls have been arrested and charged with felony vandalism and committing a hate crime after reportedly vandalizing a car that belonged to a coach at Yosemite High School, the Sierra Star reports. “Initial media coverage of the incident may have scared the suspects into contacting the victim to try and…