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Jess Weatherbed

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    Parasocial chatbot relationship betrayal.

    Some folks aren’t taking the upgrade to ChatGPT 5 well, and the news that OpenAI may bring ads to the bot probably won’t help matters.

    Patrick Joannisse:

    ”On Decoder Alex mentioned Reddit comments to ChatGPT 4o about people saying they lost a friend and talking to GPT 5 feels like cheating…

    First of all….no comments. Second of all, wonder how people will feel if you add ads to this or you pay a lot of money for this type of ‘relationship’.”

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    Jess Weatherbed
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    RFK Jr.: ‘Trusting the experts is not science.’

    That was the US Health Secretary’s explanation regarding the administration’s decision to cancel millions of dollars in mRNA vaccine contracts.

    “You can’t control the amount of energy that everybody is getting” when giving vaccines, he said. Your guess is as good as mine.

    Epic says Fortnite is coming back to iOS in AustraliaEpic says Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Australia
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