Given a list, the sorts of things Americans are comfortable with AI doing tend to be impersonal or even boring tasks, as well as those that less directly impact them, like proofreading or searching online.
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Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
This includes a comic scene about proofreading the monotonous legal documents that clerks like Bartleby were paid pennies to copy, and a scene at the end where a jail cook rattles off all the former occupations of its now-nameless inmates.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
Kids get into all sorts of things on the internet, but no parent wants young children perusing adult websites, so a number of US states and several countries have implemented age-verification laws that require websites to confirm that their visitors are not minors.
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Chloe Albanesius,
PC Magazine,
18 Apr. 2026
Mix and Mingle When perusing your options, don’t stress over the type of blossom.
The sheriff’s office is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death, and the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office is trying to determine the cause and manner of death, Deputy Chief Investigator Jess Dillard said.
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Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
In a note to the 2009 Moonwalk edition, co-editor Shaye Areheart said Jackson almost canceled the project after reviewing a copy.
Limon was studying geography, environmental science and policy, and Bristy is studying chemical engineering.
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Claudia Lauer,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
Show more Yazbek is studying medicine and is living with her family among strangers in the refugee camp, trying to study on her iPad while kids play tag in the halls.
The study creates new criteria for deciphering old dice and allows archaeologists to further explore how games have evolved over time, researchers say.
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Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
The clicks are part of a growing sperm whale phonetic alphabet that researchers at CETI are deciphering.
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