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Dan Jurafsky, Stanford professor of computer science and linguistics, from left, Myra Cheng, Stanford Ph.D. candidate in computer science, and Cinoo Lee, Stanford postdoctoral fellow in psychology, pose for photos on the university campus in Stanford, Calif., Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

AI is giving bad advice to flatter its users, says new study on dangers of overly agreeable chatbots

11:02 AM on Thursday, March 26

Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors, according to a new study that explores the dangers of AI telling people what they want to hear

This 2023 photo provided by Project CETI shows female sperm whales holding a newborn calf above the water until it can swim on its own. (Project CETI via AP)

Scientists captured female sperm whales on video working together during a birth to protect the calf

11:01 AM on Thursday, March 26

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior

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7:07 AM on Thursday, March 26

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5:51 AM on Thursday, March 26

A rehabilitated adult female Kemp's ridley sea turtle crawls toward the ocean during a release in Juno Beach, Fla. on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)

A 3-limbed Kemp's ridley sea turtle is now being tracked at sea by satellite

9:04 PM on Wednesday, March 25

A Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor animals they've rehabilitated

A researcher holds a 14,300 year-old dog jawbone found at Gough's Cave in the United Kingdom, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in London. (AP Photo/Mustakim Hasnath)

New studies of old dogs help scientists understand where they came from

9:00 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Scientists are tracing back the history of dogs using the oldest genes from the species ever studied

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7:48 AM on Wednesday, March 25

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5:00 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Green fireball captured on dashcam video as a meteor streaks across the Pacific Northwest sky

3:51 PM on Tuesday, March 24

A bright green fireball was visible in parts of the Pacific Northwest as it beamed across the sky

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6:00 AM on Tuesday, March 24

People from the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research and firefighters attempt to free a whale washed up on the beach on the Baltic coast near Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, Monday, March 23, 2026. (Ulrich Perrey/dpa via AP)

Rescuers try to refloat a stranded humpback whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea

2:24 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Rescue teams in northern Germany are working to refloat a humpback whale stranded in shallow water in the Baltic Sea

Technicians load the transportable antimatter trap into a truck from the Antimatter Factory at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) for a road test in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Geneva's CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success

10:48 PM on Monday, March 23

Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive

Brian Hermosillo wipes sweat from his brow while installing a new air conditioning unit during record-breaking heat Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Caitlin O'Hara)

Record-smashing heat spreads: 'Basically the entire US is going to be hot'

1:12 PM on Monday, March 23

A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States and it is shattering March temperature records

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