Rather than validating decisions after the fact, these models surface risk upstream, shaping procurement choices before commitments are made.
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Alyn Franklin,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
In a study published in the journal Science, researchers at Stanford tested 11 popular AI systems and found that AI chatbots were prone to flattering and validating the feelings of users, affirming a user’s actions 49% more often than humans did.
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Cathy Bussewitz,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
As officials inch closer to certifying primary election results in the race for California's next governor as well as the mayor of its largest city, frontrunners appeared to continue to emerge in two of the state's key races.
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Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Los Angeles County election officials are expected to continue updating vote totals in the coming weeks before certifying the election.
The mayor himself will arrive this morning ahead of his afternoon one-on-one with Leo, the first American — and Chicago-born — pope, whose advocacy on immigrant rights and historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery will be top of the list for Johnson to discuss.
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Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
Strong suggests legitimizing and standardizing station tattoos, making a design readily available if deputies want to pay homage to their workplace, as other departments across the nation do.
Both resolutions, ratifying the clerk-treasurer’s office policies and procedures and the public comment policy, will be brought back up at the council’s July meeting.
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Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2026
The museum’s security staff organized separately, in 2022, ratifying their inaugural contract in 2024 following a twelve-day strike.
In March 2024, the New England Commission of Higher Education, which is responsible for accrediting colleges and universities in the Northeast, created guidelines for colleges that want to implement these programs.
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Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2026
Though framed as a request for information, Levine’s letter signals that Florida’s campaign against accrediting bodies — once focused on general university oversight — is expanding into medicine, one of the most tightly regulated sectors of higher education.
Still, even with the Justice Department approving the WBD merger late last week without any concessions, the Paramount Skydance’s CEO’s happy face masked some spikey obstacles to the merger from overseas and in state houses over Ellison’s strategic bear hug with the ex-Apprentice host.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
The judge also ruled that the board had acted unlawfully in approving a two-year closure of the institution for renovations.
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