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Michigan set an affordability goal for utility bills. For some, help can’t come soon enough.
Karen Johnson Moore and her husband Columbus Moore are working hard to lower their DTE Energy bill, which topped $500 in February for gas and electric combined.
Years ago, they paid to have solar panels installed — but the couple said they never worked. They try to use as little electricity as possible, unplugging applianc ... (full story)
AI chatbots hit the dating scene, becoming the lovelorn's modern-day Cyrano
Marie Lansley recently started a new job in a new city while searching for a new partner. In her dating pursuits, the freshly minted San Franciscan said she’s been “trying everything”— including some help from artificial intelligence.
AI chatbots have become — for her and many others — de fact ... (full story)
AI companies should release environmental impact, commit to clean energy, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on June 23 called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used to power their operations.
While urging action in an address at London Climate Action Week, Guterres proposed the AI Env ... (full story)
Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on June 22 ruled that a recently revamped version of a federal tool central to the Trump administration’s efforts to nationalize elections can no longer be used.
U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the recent upgrades to the program, ... (full story)
Points of Light to unveil new strategy that it hopes will ignite a volunteerism boom
Americans overwhelmingly want to volunteer. Nonprofits desperately need them. The problem, according to the nonprofit Points of Light, is connecting the two.
The organization, founded by former President George H.W. Bush to encourage service, is set to unveil plans to improve that connection at its annual conference in Washingto ... (full story)