Wednesday, 25 January 2023

Paris Hilton welcomes her first child.

4 eating habits for a longer life. Why your tax refund may be smaller this year.

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What to know about the artificial intelligence program that has educators worried about its potential to help students cheat on exams, and all of the surprises and snubs from this year's Oscars nominations. Plus, why your tax refund might be a little smaller this year.

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🤖 What is ChatGPT and why does it have schools and universities worried about cheating?

The artificial intelligence-driven ChatGPT has educators so spooked about its potential to help students cheat on tests that the use of it has already been banned on school devices in New York City and Seattle. Launched just two months ago, ChatGPT is a chat bot created by OpenAI that can quickly respond to simple prompts — such as, "Write a poem in the style of Robert Frost" — with eerily human compositions. Researchers revealed this week that ChatGPT was able to get a B grade on a final exam for the MBA program at University of Pennsylvania's prestigious Wharton School. One Princeton student has already built a program that can detect if a piece of text has been generated by human or artificial intelligence. Here's what to know.

😮 See all the snubs and surprises from this year's Oscar nominations.

The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards came out yesterday, and we have some thoughts. "Everything Everywhere All at Once" led with 11 nominations, while "The Banshees of Inisherin" and "All Quiet on the Western Front" each earned nine nods. "Everything Everywhere" nominee Ke Huy Quan called in to TODAY with his stunned reaction, and we have a look at how a tiny indie called "To Leslie" became an Oscars dark horse backed by several A-listers. See all the nominees here, as well as our take on who should've made the cut and who crashed the party.

👶 Paris Hilton and husband Carter Reum welcome their first child.

Paris Hilton is a mom for the first time at 41 after she and husband Carter Reum announced yesterday that they have welcomed a baby boy. The announcement on Instagram shows Hilton's well-manicured hand holding her baby's hand. "You are already loved beyond words," she wrote. Hilton, who married Reum in 2021, confirmed to People that she welcomed the boy with the help of a surrogate. "It's always been my dream to be a mother," Hilton said. Read more.

Want to live longer? Follow these 4 healthy eating patterns, a study says.

A study of 119,315 individuals over 36 years that analyzed their adherence to four different dietary plans found that those with the highest adherence to at least one of the plans had a lower risk of death than those with low adherence. The four plans included the Alternate Mediterranean Diet (AMED) and the Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI). A common denominator among the plans was that 5 dietary habits — including focusing on fiber, noshing on nuts, and opting for plant protein instead of meat — can help contribute to a longer life.

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Your tax refund might be a little lighter this year due to some changes to child tax credits and more. NBC News senior business analyst Stephanie Ruhle laid out all you need to know before filing your taxes this year, as well as what effect inflation might have on your refund and how the federal government is now monitoring payments for goods and services through apps like Venmo and Cash App. You also have three more days than usual to file this year, and you can get a refund in less than 21 days if you file electronically, according to the IRS. Get up to speed on all the changes here.

What's for dinner?

Allow us to do the meal-planning for you.

A mix of creamy rice and bright citrus flavors makes this lemony chicken and rice casserole (above) from chef Jocelyn Delk Adams perfect for Sunday dinner or hearty weeknight meal. Another one of Jocelyn's go-to winter recipes is rotisserie chicken stuffed shells, which combine chicken and broccoli with a savory, creamy sauce. Get both recipes here.

Daily Delight

A little pick-me-up before you go.

This canine cop is under investigation for not being a very good boy. K-9 Officer Ice of the Wyandotte Police Department in Michigan is suspected of swiping his human colleague's lunch in a case that has dogged investigators. An officer who had to step away from his meal for a minute came back to find out his lunch had vanished. Meanwhile, Officer Ice was licking his chops on the way out of the room. A Facebook post from the department said Ice has "invoked his fifth amendment right to remain silent and quite frankly is not cooperating with the investigation." A surge in support from the public and lack of video evidence ultimately resulted in no charges for Ice. Case closed.