Air Canada Has to Honor a Refund Policy Its Chatbot Made Up

After months of resisting, Air Canada was forced to give a partial refund to a grieving passenger who was misled by an airline chatbot inaccurately explaining the airline’s bereavement travel policy. On the day Jake Moffatt’s grandmother died, Moffat immediately visited Air Canada’s website to book a flight from Vancouver to Toronto. Unsure of …

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The Doomsday Clock Keeps Ticking

The Bomb and I go way back. In Seattle, where I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, it was common wisdom that in the event of nuclear war, we were No. 2 on the target list because Seattle was the home of Boeing, maker of B-52 bombers and Minuteman missiles. In school we …

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Poison Frogs Have a Strange Behavior That Scientists Seek to Explain

Faster than Gene Kelly tap-dancing in the rain, many species of poison dart frogs tap their middle toes on their hind feet so rapidly it can look like a blur. Three laboratories in different countries recently set out independently to understand why. Their studies all suggest that the presence of prey influences these frogs’ …

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FDA approves first cell therapy to treat advanced melanoma : NPR

Amtagvi is the first cell therapy for solid tumors approved by the FDA. Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. hide caption toggle caption Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. Amtagvi is the first cell therapy for solid tumors approved by the FDA. Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel type of cancer therapy to treat …

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