As the longest month ever continues to churn on (it's still January?!) the News AF team is back to bring you this week's most interesting news on January 26, 2021. Rob Cesternino, Tyson Apostol, and Danny Bryson, are back to talk about robots, more robots, target monkeys, and balloon boy. Today's cover story comes from IndieWire about deceased people living on as AI chatbots. As life begins to turn more and more into an episode of Black Mirror, does this news really surprise you? Grab some coconut milk, talk to your AI chatbot, and get ready for this week's News AF update!
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SHOW LINKS:
Can microsoft turn deceased into chat bots?
https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/microsoft-black-mirror-deceased-people-chatbots-1234610894/?fbclid=IwAR3tdzvEDlJbsg8rrEwYoKBFlyolpH3xiUTN5Mjwjq4gYrXn1lLbvyejBlA
Mass robot rollout is coming:
https://news.trust.org/item/20210125000015-alez1
Jetpack guy:
https://onemileatatime.com/lax-jetpack-theories/
Ballon Boy Pardon:
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/24/950074173/balloon-boy-parents-pardoned-by-colorado-governor-for-2009-hoax
Woman stabs husband after finding picture of him with another women (it was her when she was younger)
https://yucatanmagazine.com/confused-jealous-wife-stabs-husband-after-seeing-her-younger-self-in-old-photos/
Most Jealous states:
https://wflanews.iheart.com/content/2021-01-26-list-of-the-most-jealous-states-in-the-united-states/?fbclid=IwAR0_uniGv3sJ8o4re4axiRwsWHiger2pMbX1jn1RUyo7btIiwSRosPXXIDw
Target sells coconut milk made with forced monkey labor:
https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/target-pulling-products-allegedly-made-with-forced-monkey-labor/