AI chatbots' persuasive power can be leveraged to help combat beliefs in conspiracy theories — not just fuel them.
Why it matters: Belief in conspiracy theories can have dangerous consequences for health choices, deepen political divides and fracture families and friendships.
Smoke from three huge Southern California wildfires that have forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate was impacting air quality in many places on Thursday.
Threat level: Wetter, cooler conditions were assisting firefighters tackling the blazes, among 64 burning across the U.S. West, but the National Interagency Fire Center noted conditions were still dry in SoCal and the Bridge Fire in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties was still burning out of control.
