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New Vatican document offers AI guidelines from warfare to health care

Jan. 28, 2025 20:35 PM EST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican document released Tuesday offers wide-ranging ethical guidelines for the application of artificial intelligence in sectors from warfare to health care, with an underlying call that the burgeoning technology must be used as a tool to complement, and not replace, human...

Huge health challenges face Gaza residents returning to their homes

Jan. 27, 2025 16:26 PM EST

Hospitals and clinics destroyed. Millions of tons of debris contaminated with toxic substances, unexploded ordnance and human remains. Tens of thousands of people with injuries that will require a lifetime of care. As Gaza's residents return to what is left of their homes, they face...

Screen breaks and the right desk setup offer relief from work-related eye strain

Jan. 23, 2025 07:59 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The trouble started every day at around 3 p.m., after Cathy Higgins had spent five or six hours staring at an array of computer screens at her desk. Her university job overseeing research projects involved peering closely at numbers and details on contracts, applications and...

How to organize your financial life ahead of natural disasters

Jan. 21, 2025 12:23 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — If you live in a part of the world prone to wildfires, floods, blizzards, tornadoes, or earthquakes, there are ways you can make sure you're financially prepared for disaster, beyond insurance. The Federal Emergency Management Association and the Red Cross advise...