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Chapter 1: What is the AI spiral and its implications?
This week on Consider This, it's called an AI spiral. When a person communicating with an AI chatbot loses touch with reality. When I thought I was communicating with the digital god, I got dopamine from every prompt. Artificial intelligence, human consequences. This week on Consider This, listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Department of Justice says the key suspect in the 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi is now in U.S. custody. Attorney General Pam Bondi says Zubar Al-Bakoush was flown to Joint Base Andrews early this morning.
Abacush will now face American justice on American soil. We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law. He'll face charges related to murder, terrorism, arson, among others.
U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the attack that quickly became a political flashpoint. Republicans blamed the Obama administration and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not doing enough to protect the compound. A final report from a Republican-led congressional panel cited security lapses and a slow response from the U.S.
military, but ultimately found no wrongdoing by Clinton. The clock is ticking for the Department of Homeland Security. One week from today, the agency is due to run out of funding. Members of Congress are in talks for a bipartisan deal to avert a shutdown. NPR's Claudia Grisales reports it's still unclear if lawmakers are close to a deal.
Top Democrats released a 10-point plan for DHS immigration law enforcement agents in their continuing response to the deaths of Rene Good and Alex Preddy in Minneapolis last month. In addition to agents' removal of masks, they want the mandatory use of body cameras, they want officers to adhere to uniforms with identifying information and standardized equipment, and expanded training.
Democrats want to ensure officers are using judicial warrants and that basic rights are protected, such as immediate access to legal representation for those who are taken into custody and charged.
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Chapter 2: What recent developments have occurred in the Benghazi case?
But Republicans say some of these are non-starters and that could give way for another stopgap bill that kicks the can down the road for a few more weeks. Claudia Grizales, NPR News.
The European Union's executive arm has charged social media app TikTok with breaching online content rules, NPR's Rob Schmitz reports.
The European Commission's charges came as part of its preliminary findings of a year-long investigation into TikTok under the EU's Digital Services Act, which requires online platforms to do more to address harmful content. The commission said TikTok is violating EU rules through what it called addictive app features that include infinite scroll, autoplay, and push notifications.
And it ordered TikTok owner ByteDance to change the design of the app in the EU or risk a fine of as much as 6% of its global turnover. TikTok called the findings, quote, categorically false and entirely meritless. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
This is NPR News in Washington. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons this week recommended delaying gender-related surgeries until the age of 19. NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin reports the Trump administration celebrated the move in a press release and described it as a watershed moment.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons takes the position that there isn't enough evidence of benefit to outweigh the risks and recommends that patients wait until age 19 for surgery. The group tells NPR that is not a reversal of previous guidance.
Kellen Baker of the LGBTQ Think Tank Movement Advancement Project says the recommendation to wait until adulthood for surgery is already standard of care for trans youth.
I am looking at this and I'm like, OK, thank you for telling me that water is wet and the sky is blue.
Federal health officials praised the ASPS document. The Trump administration has moved aggressively to restrict all gender-affirming care for youth all over the country with the goal of ending it altogether. Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
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