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NYTIMES (Joseph Goldstein) - Pedro Lives in a Hospital. His Nurses Are on Strike. He Misses Them.

Pedro, a 2-year-old, needs a new heart and has spent months in a New York hospital. With his nurses on the picket line, replacement workers care for him.

AI:A two-year-old boy named Pedro, who requires heart surgery, is currently being cared for by replacement workers at a New York hospital while his regular nurses are on strike.Open

NYTIMES (Pete Wells) - How One Food Critic Overcame His Negative Relationship With Alcohol and Sugary Drinks

In the last part of a monthlong series, Pete Wells and experts suggest how to sidestep the perils of alcoholic or sugary beverages.

AI:Food critic Pete Wells explores ways to reduce consumption of alcohol and sugary drinks, offering expert suggestions for healthier beverage alternatives.Open

NYTIMES (Anatoly Kurmanaev) - In Venezuela, Freeing the Economy, but Nothing Else

Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez is liberalizing the economy without dismantling her predecessor’s repressive apparatus, raising questions about her aims.

AI:Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez is implementing economic liberalization measures in Venezuela while maintaining the previous administration's repressive political apparatus, leading to uncertainty regarding the true intent of these reforms.Open

NYTIMES (Cade Metz) - Silicon Valley Wants to Build A.I. That Can Improve A.I. on Its Own

Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to automate the creation of artificial intelligence.

AI:Silicon Valley companies are working toward developing "recursive" AI capable of improving itself. Among these efforts is Ricursive Intelligence, a startup founded by two former Google researchers that is currently valued at $4 billion.Open

NYTIMES (Cade Metz) - Yann LeCun, an A.I. Pioneer, Warns the Tech ‘Herd’ Could Hit a Dead End

Yann LeCun helped create the technology behind today’s chatbots. Now he says many tech companies are on the wrong path to creating intelligent machines.

AI:AI pioneer Yann LeCun warns that current technological approaches used by many companies may be a "dead end" in the pursuit of creating truly intelligent machines.Open

NYTIMES (Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko) - A Winter Lull in the Fighting? Not in the Age of Drone Warfare.

Shifts in tactics and technology in Ukraine mean that the pace of fighting is no longer decided by whether tanks can navigate frozen fields.

AI:The evolution of drone warfare is changing battlefield dynamics in Ukraine, ensuring that combat continues regardless of winter weather conditions or ground accessibility.Open

NYTIMES (Kim Bhasin and Sophia June) - Brisk Sales at Goodwill Suggest Wary Shoppers in an Uncertain Economy

Consumers are still spending, but they’re looking for ways to stretch their dollars as far as possible.

AI:Brisk sales at Goodwill suggest that while consumers continue to spend, they are increasingly looking for ways to save money amid economic uncertainty.Open

NYTIMES (Lisa Lerer, Ruth Igielnik and Camille Baker) - Voters See a Middle-Class Lifestyle as Drifting Out of Reach, Poll Finds

Concerns about the affordability of education, housing, health care, having a family and retirement are driving economic anxieties, a New York Times/Siena poll found.

AI:A New York Times/Siena poll finds that voters increasingly view a middle-class lifestyle as unattainable due to rising costs for education, housing, healthcare, family planning, and retirement.Open

NYTIMES (Alexis Soloski and Nathan Cyprys) - In ‘Memory of a Killer,’ Patrick Dempsey Takes the Wheel

The actor has spent a decade dismantling his McDreamy persona from “Grey’s Anatomy.” He stars as an assassin in a new Fox thriller.

AI:Patrick Dempsey stars as an assassin in the new Fox thriller *Memory of a Killer*, marking a departure from his well-known "McDreamy" persona from *Grey's Anatomy*.Open

NYTIMES (Andrew Duehren) - Trump Hobbled the I.R.S. This C.E.O. Now Has to Make It Work.

Frank Bisignano is the first chief executive of the I.R.S., where there’s hope he will end a chaotic stretch at the agency. The tax filing season, which started Monday, is his first test.

AI:Frank Bisignano has been appointed as the first chief executive of the IRS, taking over during a challenging period following administrative shifts under the Trump administration. His leadership faces an immediate test with the commencement of the current tax filing season.Open