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Mid-Hudson Valley business calendar for the week of Jan. 27, 2025

March 8: Networking Mixer Celebrating Ulster Women In Leadership, 5-7 p.m., Kingston City Hall, 420 Broadway, Kingston. Register at https://bit.ly/3m9OExj. March 10: Ribbon cutting and grand opening of Dream Dog Training Center, 51 Industrial Drive, Saugerties. 11 a.m. RSVP to Jess Davis, jess@ulsterchamber.org or call (845) 338-5100, extension 4. March 17: Chamber’s 53rd Annual Peter […]

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Graham Splits With Trump on Jan. 6 Pardons

Asked Sunday if he’s OK with President Trump’s pardons of rioters convicted of violently assaulting officers who were defending the Capitol, a staunch ally answered “No.” Appearing on CNN, Sen. Lindsey Graham said: “When you pardon people who attack police officers, you’re sending the wrong signal to the public at… Source : For further details, […]

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A Mother Says an AI Startup’s Chatbot Drove Her Son to Suicide. Its Response: the First Amendment Protects “Speech Allegedly Resulting in Suicide”

Content warning: this story discusses suicide, self-harm, sexual abuse, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. In October of last year, a Google-backed startup called Character.AI was hit by a lawsuit making an eyebrow-raising claim: that one of its chatbots had driven a 14-year-old high school student to suicide. As Futurism’s reporting found afterward, the behavior […]

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