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What can Google’s AI-powered Bard do? We tested it for you

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

To use, or not to use, Bard? That is the Shakespearean question an Associated Press reporter sought to answer while testing out Google’s artificially intelligent chatbot. The recently rolled-out bot dubbed Bard is the internet search giant’s answer to the ChatGPT tool that Microsoft has been melding into its Bing search engine and other software.During several hours of interaction, the AP learned Bard is quite forthcoming about its unreliability and other shortcomings, including its potential for mischief in next year’s U.S. presidential election. Even as it occasionally warned of the problems it could unleash, Bard repeatedly emphasized its belief that it will blossom into a force for good. At one point in its recurring soliloquies about its potential upsides, Bard dreamed about living up to the legacy of the English playwright that inspired its name. Bard explained that its creators at Google “thought Shakespeare would be a good role model for me, as he was a master of...

Villanova All-American Siegrist declares for WNBA draft

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Villanova star and AP All-American Maddy Siegrist will not return for a fifth season and has declared for the WNBA draft.Siegrist led Villanova to a 30-7 overall record and the Sweet 16 for the second time ever this season. She led the country in scoring at 29.2 points per game and averaged 9.2 rebounds. She’s the two-time Big East Player of the Year.Siegrist played four seasons and is the career leading scorer in Villanova basketball history for both men and women with 2,896 points. She also became the career leading scorer in Big East history for men and women with 1,693 points, in regular-season conference games only.“I can’t thank Villanova enough for welcoming me into the greatest community on Earth,” Siegrist said. “From the first day I stepped on campus, I knew this would be my forever home. My college basketball career was everything that I dreamed of and more. However, when I look back on my career it is the people at Villanova and th...

Massive protests, strike erupt in Israel over court reforms

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

For nearly three months, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to Israel’s streets weekly to demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary.The plan, coming as Netanyahu himself is on trial for corruption, has divided an already highly polarized country and galvanized a fractured opposition that was still reeling from defeat in November’s elections, Israel’s fifth in under four years.After taking office in December, Netanyahu and his allies announced they would pass a series of laws to limit the Supreme Court’s powers and give politicians greater control over judicial appointments.The protests have drawn from a broad swath of Israeli society: young and old, religious and secular, residents of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and beyond.With “Handmaid’s Tale” costumes, sharp-witted signs and the ubiquitous blue-and-white national flag, the protesters have blocked main highways, disrupted daily life and taken the fight to Netanyahu’s ultranati...

DPS employee arrested with loaded handgun

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A paraprofessional for Denver Public Schools was arrested earlier this month after he was found with a gun.The investigation started on Feb. 28 around 10:24 a.m. at Bruce Randolph School at 3955 N. Steel St.According to arrest documents, police said they responded to the school on a report that a student was armed with a gun. The student claimed he had the gun because he was being threatened or harassed online. However, documents showed the student ran away inside the school while he was being searched and police were called. DPS superintendent: Armed officer to be posted at all comprehensive high schools By the time the school found the student, no weapon was found on him.When police arrived and searched the school, no weapon was located inside the school.Later that day, an officer was dispatched to the school after a gun was recovered and a teacher was detained.The DPS employee, identified as Dante Quint 25, was a paraprofessional at the school. 3 children, 3 ...

Aurora may be next city to ban TikTok on city devices and some personal devices

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- City of Aurora councilmembers will decide Monday night if TikTok will no longer be allowed on city-issued devices and personal devices with access to the city's network. "If you have TikTok on your personal device there is still a vulnerability according to our IT team so we want to avoid TikTok on those devices," Dustin Zvonek, an Aurora City Councilman At Large said. Zvonek, the councilmember sponsoring the resolution said this was first discussed during a study session meeting last week. He said there was no pushback or objections and will be discussed during Monday's city council meeting. “There are thousands of city-issued devices and we can control what is downloaded on there and we want to protect the information on there so this is one step in that direction," Zvonek said. Aurora interim police chief: ‘Juvenile crime is a huge issue’ Zvonek said he asked for a waiver of reconsideration which means the resolution wouldn't have to go through a second...

Denver Zoo offers free access to East High School students, staff and family

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) – Following last week’s shooting at Denver East High School, the Denver Zoo is offering students, staff and family members free access.The zoo, which is located just across City Park from East High School, posted on Twitter saying, “As the school’s next-door neighbor, we stand in solidarity with the Angels community and offer our support. ‘It keeps getting closer and closer’: Students react to shooting at Denver East High School In the announcement, the zoo said those who are part of the school community can present their East High School ID at the main entrance for unlimited free access until May 1.“It’s our sincerest hope that we serve as a place of comfort, safety, gathering and healing for everyone in our beloved community, and especially those coping with acts of senseless gun violence,” the zoo said on Twitter.

2 headliners for 2023 Colorado State Fair announced

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you are looking to see live music this summer, there are several opportunities to do so across the Centennial State.The Colorado State Fair will take place from Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 in Pueblo. On Monday, two of the headliners for the fair were released. Country music group Lady A had previously been announced as one of the performances. Full list of concerts at Red Rocks in 2023 Concert lineup for Colorado State Fair Here is a look at who is scheduled to perform at the fair:Aug. 31: Gabrielle "Fluffy" IglesiasSept. 1: Lady A with special guest Kat & AlexSept. 2: Lil' JonOther concerts this summerIn addition to the state fair, the lineups for Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Greeley Stampede have already been announced.Red Rocks, Empower Field, Ball Arena and other concert venues all have full schedules as well.

Woman kills 3 kids, 3 adults at a Nashville Christian school

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.Police said they believe the 28-year-old shooter was a former student at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school founded in 2001. Police shot and killed her. Investigators were searching her Nashville-area home.https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1640383339893800964?s=20The attack at The Covenant School — which has about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade, as well as roughly 50 staff members — comes as communities around the nation are reeling from a spate of school violence, including the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last year; a first grader who shot his teacher in Virginia; a...

Family of Tamarac couple kidnapped in Haiti plea for release

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nikese Toussaint was at church, so she didn’t see the text message from her sister.All she knew at that point was that their brother and his wife, who live in the U.S., had landed safely in Haiti to visit ailing relatives and prepare for Rara, a colorful and boisterous festival born out of the dark days of slavery.It wasn’t until Toussaint got home and her sister followed up the unread text with a phone call that she learned her warnings had materialized: their brother, an accountant; his wife, a social worker; and another person were snatched off a public bus amid a surge in gang-related kidnappings.Toussaint took a deep breath. Not again, she thought.Seventeen years earlier, gangs had kidnapped two of her cousins in the capital of Port-au-Prince. They were eventually released but remain traumatized.This time, the gang that kidnapped her brother, wife and another person is demanding $200,000 — each.“How are we ever going to come up with that money?” Tou...

Surveillance video shows suspect stealing luxury cars from Southwest Ranches home

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:33 GMT

A life of luxury was short-lived for thieves who took off with cars worth nearly half a million dollars each. Two cars were stolen from a Southwest Ranches home, and the owners now want their cars back. A Rolls Royce Cullinan was captured on surveillance video being taken out of the home, Sunday. “One vehicle was stolen at about 1:30 a.m. and the second one at about 3 a.m.,” said Linda, a spokesperson for the victims. “That is a video of the Cullinan being backed out from the driveway.”Linda said that a red Tesla pulled up to one of the gates around 1:30 a.m.“We believe the red Tesla dropped off the perpetrators, they jumped the walls, stole one vehicle and then decided to come back an hour and a half later and take the second vehicle,” Linda said.At least one man jumped the home’s security wall, knew there were cameras, and at one point, was seen looking right at them. “There’s a concrete wall, there’s gates, there are sec...