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Google announces new AI program named Bard, in wake of viral ChatGPT
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images(MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.) -- If you ever needed artificial intelligence's help to plan a friend's baby shower, your time has come, as Google officially unvei...
Teddy Grant, ABC News Feb 06, 2023

United Airlines faces possible $1.15M fine from FAA over pre-flight system check
Gary Hershorn/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- United Airlines is facing a possible $1.15 million fine after allegedly conducting flights with planes that hadn't undergone a certain safety check, federal reg...
Amanda Maile, ABC News Feb 06, 2023

FTX's new CEO tells bankruptcy court independent investigation would be a waste of money
Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- FTX's new chief executive told a bankruptcy court Monday there is "a danger" to authorizing an independent investigation of the crypto exchange's collap...
Aaron Katersky, ABC News Feb 06, 2023

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen rejects recession fears, says economy is 'strong'
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen rejected recession fears in an interview with ABC News' Good Morning America on Monday, saying the economy remains "strong and resilient." A block...
Max Zahn, ABC News Feb 06, 2023

Why the job market is booming despite high-profile layoffs
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The job market is booming despite high-profile layoffs at companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter and Goldman Sachs. The economy added a staggering 517,000 jobs...
Max Zahn, ABC News Feb 03, 2023

Unemployment rate dips to 3.4% as 517,000 jobs added in January
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs to their payrolls in January, the latest figures released Friday by the Labor Department show. The number of jobs added far ...
Jeanette Torres-Perez, ABC News Feb 03, 2023

Households plunge into debt amid inflation and high interest rates
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Karissa Warren lost her job as a kitchen manager in December, she worried about how she and her husband would continue to pay off over $10,000 in credit car...
Max Zahn, ABC News Feb 03, 2023

Families sue Snapchat parent company over drug delivery deaths
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Nearly two years ago in June 2021, mom Fran Humphreys got a phone call at work that no parent wants to receive. "I was called at work and came home to the chaos and the grief," t...
GMA Team, ABC News Feb 03, 2023

'Father of Peeps,' Hot Tamales candy inventor dies at 98
Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ira "Bob" Born, known lovingly as the "Father of Peeps," the famed marshmallow candies, has died at 98. Just Born Quality Confecti...
Kelly McCarthy, ABC News Feb 02, 2023

Senator calls on Apple, Google to remove TikTok from app stores
5./15 WEST/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The push on Capitol Hill to rein in China-owned social media network TikTok has set its sights on tech giants Apple and Google. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-CO, sent a...
Max Zahn, ABC News Feb 02, 2023
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