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Heywire AI

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Recently, Von Raees, founder of publishing group HeySoCal and tech startup Heywire AI, decided to conduct an experiment with his newsroom staff. Raees asked a human reporter and an AI reporter to write the same stories, and without knowing the bylines he said his own staff couldn’t tell the difference.

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BMOXI

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For Shawn Haydel, it took a heart to heart conversation with her daughter, Sienna Mason, to fully understand how hard it is to be a teenager these days. That was in the early days of the pandemic, when one in four adolescents reported experiencing syptoms of depression and one in five experienced anxiety symptoms. The situation has escalated since then, particularly for teen girls. Almost 60% reporting to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they experience persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.

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Cedars-Sinai

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Cedars-Sinai, the West Hollywood-based healthcare system founded over 120 years ago, recently established the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education to explore the benefits and pitfalls of using AI in medicine.

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