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☆ Dr. Chatbot will see you now
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Almost invariably, the chatbot answers were rated as three or four times as reliable as the ones from the poor wee humans. But here's the most striking part: The chatbot answers, on average, were rated seven times as empathetic as the ones from humans. It's as if the unfeeling android Mr. Data figured out how to convincingly emulate Dr. Crusher's comforting bedside manner. Give those medical chatbots access to people's individual medical records, and they could offer more precisely directed advice. Healthcare AI startups will want the cheapest versions with the most financial bang, which won't necessarily have the best patient outcomes.

Persons: feely, San Diego lurked, I'm, ChatGPT, John Ayers, Ayers, —, chatbot, they're, That's, They're, Teva Brender, Brender, Jonathan Chen, Greg Corrado, isn't, Adam Rogers Organizations: University of California, UC San Diego, Pew Research Center, Harvard, Google, Stanford University School of Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, Healthcare Locations: San Diego, San Francisco

☆ For These Bird Flu Researchers, Work Is a Day at the Very ‘Icky’ Beach
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Emily Anthes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was a glorious day for field work on the shores of the Delaware Bay. “Here’s one,” said Pamela McKenzie, a researcher at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, pointing a gloved finger at one tiny white splotch and then another. “There’s one, there’s one, there’s one.”For the next two hours, Dr. McKenzie and her colleagues crept along the shore, scooping up avian excrement. Shorebirds winging their way north alight on local beaches to rest and refuel, excreting virus along the way. And every year for the last four decades, scientists from St. Jude have flown into town to pick up after them.

Persons: ”, Pamela McKenzie, Jude Children’s, McKenzie, Jude Organizations: Jude Children’s Research, St Locations: Delaware, Memphis, New Jersey

☆ What Are ‘Millennial Gray’ Homes and Why Are They Making Millennials Cringe?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Grace Rasmus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“OH, LOOK, the kitchen floors are gray now,” I said, juggling boxes as I stepped inside my newly rented apartment. “Nice!”When I’d first toured the 1940s townhouse in Queens, N.Y., that floor was tiled in aging checkerboard squares of black and icky-cream. Then I noticed the kitchen walls were now a seemingly identical gray. A few months later, when my landlord needed to replace the mid-century-pink bathroom floors, I was less enthused. “Oh, look, the bathroom floors are gray now,” I said.

☆ ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Review: A Visit With Mommy Dearest
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Ari Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid” is a supersized, fitfully amusing, self-important tale of fear and loathing. As the title announces, its protagonist, Beau Wassermann — a terminal sad-sack played by the invariably watchable Joaquin Phoenix — is anxious, well, about everything. Outwardly, “Beau Is Afraid” seems to be a departure for Aster, whose first two features center on horrific happenings and some seriously bad relationships. In “Hereditary” and “Midsommar,” Aster meticulously peels back the ostensibly ordinary surface of the world, its patina of normalcy, to reveal the annihilating malevolence beneath it. In “Beau Is Afraid,” Aster changes things up by making Beau difficult to cozy up to.

☆ A publicist shares the email template she uses to land top podcast spots for her clients and 5 pitch must-haves
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Alice Draper | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Alice Draper is a publicist who cold-pitches her coaching clients to podcasts for exposure. I've found that podcast hosts with an engaged and loyal listenership choose guests based on the value they provide to the podcast audience, rather than the short-term financial gains they may receive. List value-driven talking pointsAn important question that's on almost every podcast host's mind is: What value will my listeners get from this guest interview? If you haven't spoken on a podcast before, it's still worth pitching hosts and focusing on the quality of your story angle and talking points. Here's the email template I use for all of my clients when pitching them to podcasts:

☆ This kitchen composter turns your leftovers into chicken feed
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

More than one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, and all that wasted food is contributing to global warming. Rogers, who also co-founded Nest smart home systems, says Mill differentiates itself among kitchen composters by keeping food as food… turning it into chicken feed. Not only does it reduce waste in landfills, but the goal is to reduce the amount of chicken feed that needs to be produced, thereby reducing those carbon emissions as well. "We sell our feed to farmers as an ingredient to chicken feed, which actually helps subsidize the membership," Rogers said. "There are millions of people that already compost across the United States.

☆ Racism made us believe MSG was dangerous. Now, chefs are bringing the once-controversial seasoning back into the spotlight.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Brianna Holt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Everything from chips to condiments, and frozen meals and fast foods, are also likely to contain MSG. Similarly, MSG myths impacted the Chinese food industry, so much so that "No MSG restaurants" lists exist all over the internet and many Chinese takeout restaurants still advertise against MSG use today. While dishes at Woon do not have added MSG, Fong says some of the ingredients and sauces used already contain MSG. "It's a complex answer because almost all Italian restaurants contain MSG in their food. At Bonnie's, everything from bloody marys to desserts contain MSG – something Eng takes pride in.

☆ Netflix Harry and Meghan docuseries shows Prince Williams isn't the only one they alienated
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Debwaldman Is A Writer | Editor In Edmonton | Alberta. She Is Working On A Memoir About Suicide | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

I had no intention of watching the Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan,” the first three episodes of which dropped Dec. 8. I want to admire Harry and Meghan. The fact is, I’ve always liked Meghan and Harry. I’m not sure if the point of “Harry & Meghan” was to make people feel sorry for them, but that’s certainly one of the messages I got, and I found it cringeworthy. I want to admire Harry and Meghan.

☆ Brendan Fraser explains why he won't be attending the Golden Globes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Brendan Fraser, who has garnered considerable awards buzz for his starring turn in next month’s “The Whale,” says he does not plan on attending the next Golden Globes ceremony, citing his “history” with the organization in a new interview. Fraser added to GQ about his decision: “My mother didn’t raise a hypocrite. Despite the organization’s attempts to address the controversy and other ethics concerns, NBC severed broadcast ties with the organization, pending the group’s efforts to enact “meaningful reform.”The 2022 Golden Globes were not aired on television. Maybe time will tell if they’re going to…I don’t know what they’re going to do,” he told GQ this week. “I don’t know.”Following an overwhelmingly positive reception during film festival season, Fraser is considered a shoe-in for a best actor Oscar nomination.

MIDLAND, Mich. — The closing days of Michigan’s midterm elections for governor and other statewide offices have erupted into a scramble, with tightening polls, hostile tones and dire warnings from both parties. “As the state of Michigan goes, so goes the whole country, and as the United States of America goes, so goes the globe,” Democratic Gov. “It’s really about power for them,” Dixon said Wednesday night at a rally here in Midland. “I will always follow the Constitution,” Dixon told reporters after her rally in Midland. “So we got six days, six more days.

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