BuzzFeed compiled 19 \"giant lies\" sold to entire generations — get a degree and you'll be set, work hard and you'll get ahead, starter homes are just a few years away — and the comments are full of people adding smaller ones that stick just as much. Also: New Orleans has confirmed AI has been answering some 911 calls since 2023, triggering a national debate — but what it's actually doing is considerably more limited and more defensible than the headline suggests, which raises its own questions. And a new eight-year study of nearly 13,000 adults published in the journal Neurology finds that people under 60 who consume artificial sweeteners regularly showed cognitive decline 62% faster than the lowest-consumption group. Plus 90,000 rubber ducks in the Chicago River, a hotel bathtub full of potatoes, a locust swarm in Russia, and a bar banning Meta smart glasses.
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