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ChatGPT is getting banned from New York City public schools

TechSpot

ChatGPT, the machine learning-based chatbot which is taking the internet by storm, will be persona non grata in New York City public schools. School officials have confirmed that the AI tool will not be accessible through the district network or devices, as they fear students could use it to easily.

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New York City police plan to utilize UAVs for broadcasting weather alerts

TechSpot

After weeks of persistent rainfall and extreme weather conditions in New York City, local police finally had the opportunity to put their new emergency broadcasting system to the test. Read Entire Article

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DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats sue New York City over restaurant fee caps

The Verge

Delivery service platforms DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats are suing New York City for capping the amounts they can collect in fees from restaurants. A spokesperson for Grubhub said in an email to The Verge that the company had “worked hard during the pandemic to support restaurants in New York City and across the country.”

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This neighborhood in Queens has a brilliant plan to turn a busy street into a park

Fast Company Tech

The 34th Avenue Open Street emerged out of a New York City-sanctioned program in the early days of the pandemic that allowed neighborhood groups to temporarily close streets to car traffic and use the space for outdoor recreation and other purposes. . “It is hard, but it is not impossible.”

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Will NJ Transit go on strike? New warning as Friday midnight deadline nears

Fast Company Tech

New Jersey Transit urged riders to reach their destinations before the end of the day Thursday or risk being stranded, as last-minute talks continued in a bid to avert a rail strike by train engineers that would affect some 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City.

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This guy has a quick fix for the crisis on Brooklyn’s busiest highway—and few are paying attention

Fast Company Tech

New York City’s Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is falling apart. The BQE is overseen by both the state of New York and New York City, among others, with the city in charge of the 1.5-mile Built between 1946 and 1964, the urban highway runs 12.1

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Nonprofits get $10 million grant from Google to expand AI

Mashable Tech

Channeled through community foundations in Atlanta, Austin, Columbia, New York City, and San Francisco, more than $10 million in grants have been awarded to technical nonprofits that will then supply individualized AI support to organizations in their communities.

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