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AI Chatbots Need to Fix Suicide Response: Study
A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such as for ...
How Hurricanes, Fires and Floods Put Drugs and Medical Supplies at Risk
When Hurricane Helene barreled across several southern states last fall, it destroyed homes and killed more than 150 people. The storm also took out one of the country's main factories producing ...
In Safety Bid, US Considers Defunding States Over Truck Driver English Proficiency Rules
The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it will withhold federal funding from California, Washington State, and New Mexico unless they adopt English proficiency requirements for commercial ...
Clearing 5 Foot Perimeter Around House Cuts Wildfire Risk in Half: IBHS
New research confirms creating an ember-resistant buffer around a home cuts its risk of igniting from a wildfire in half, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS). ...
Call for Evacuations as Wildfires Threaten Homes in California, Oregon
Thousands of homes in Northern California wine country and central Oregon were under evacuation orders and warnings Sunday as firefighting crews battled wildfires in dry, hot weather. The Pickett ...
When Luck Runs Out: Where $100B Hurricanes Might Happen
Lists published every hurricane season, adjusting the amounts of insurance losses for past events for inflation to current-dollar levels, give a misleading picture of the potential for a single event ...
Farmers Insurance Data Breach Could Impact More Than a Million Customers
A recently discovered data breach may impact more than one million customers of Farmers Insurance, warned a recent notification to Maine's attorney general. Farmers Insurance Exchange, Farmers Group ...
Gulf Coast Hurricane Risks Rising, Scientist Warns
The Gulf Coast of the United States is increasingly vulnerable to hurricanes, a scientist has warned in a new study, 20 years after Katrina devastated New Orleans and hundreds of miles of coastline. ...