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AI technologies are more riddled with marketing hype than actual capabilities, new book suggests

AI technologies are more riddled with marketing hype than actual capabilities, new book suggests

Alex Hanna and Emily Bender, coauthors of "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want," say current AI systems aren't democratizing creativity and labor, but rather cheapening it, while also preventing consumers from owning the data collected on them.

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The GOP is working towards a package that extends Trump's 2017 tax law  — leaving food assistance programs and Medicaid on the cutting room floor.

Congressional committees start work on massive GOP package to extend 2017 tax cuts

The package of bills seeks to pay for the extended tax cuts by making controversial reductions to entitlement programs and food aid.