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by Kandiss Edwards December 11, 2025 The inability of artificial intelligence to identify the complexity of Black hair reveals implicit bias in AI training. Bianca Burch, a Spelman College AI Innovation scholar, is leading an effort called “In the Context of Curls: to improve how artificial intelligence approaches Black hair.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son’s “paranoid delusions” and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her. Police said Stein-Erik Soelberg,
Jennifer Shah, a former star on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” has been moved from a federal prison into a community confinement program after serving less than half of her sentence for defrauding thousands of people. A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson confirmed that Shah was transferred Wednesday morning from
The power of Whitney Houston cannot be denied. Thirteen years after her untimely passing, the iconic singer holds the No. 1 and No. 3 spots on Billboard’s Gospel Streaming Songs chart with two of her classic Christmas songs. Houston’s take on “Do You Hear What I Hear?” ascended from No.
Six months after her daughter’s death, April Newkirk is still reliving the moment she learned her daughter, 31-year-old nurse Adriana Smith — then nine weeks pregnant with her second child — had been declared brain-dead. And yet, because her fetus still had a heartbeat, doctors kept Smith’s body on life
Less than two years after winning the national championship in college football, Michigan is again searching for a new head coach. Sherrone Moore, who served as offensive coordinator for the school’s 2023 national championship team before being named the head coach for two seasons, was fired Wednesday (Dec. 10). His
This year, Black communities grieved the loss of legendary talents like D’Angelo and Angie Stone. However, while social media users shared a collective grief, their son Michael Archer II, also known as Swayo Twain, carried the inexplicable weight of losing not one but both parents within months of each other.
After Washington, D.C. officials announced that the Black Lives Matter mural would be no more, South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace has suggested a new name for Black Lives Matter Plaza. In a bill introduced on the House floor, Mace suggested that the corridor between 16th Street Northwest and H and
President Donald Trump on Tuesday revived remarks he reportedly made about African nations and Haiti seven years ago during a rally-style event in Pennsylvania. Trump, who ran his re-election campaign largely focused on tough immigration enforcement, touted his administration’s recent update to a list of countries, mostly from Africa, that
Almost a decade later, Colin Kaepernick does not regret his activism in the NFL. In 2016, Kaepernick’s impact was felt beyond the football field when he decided to take a knee during the national anthem, which is played at the beginning of every NFL game. Since making this small yet
by Kandiss Edwards December 11, 2025 The inability of artificial intelligence to identify the complexity of Black hair reveals implicit bias in AI training. Bianca Burch, a Spelman College AI Innovation scholar, is leading an effort called “In the Context of Curls: to improve how artificial intelligence approaches Black hair.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son’s “paranoid delusions” and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her. Police said Stein-Erik Soelberg,
Jennifer Shah, a former star on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” has been moved from a federal prison into a community confinement program after serving less than half of her sentence for defrauding thousands of people. A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson confirmed that Shah was transferred Wednesday morning from
The power of Whitney Houston cannot be denied. Thirteen years after her untimely passing, the iconic singer holds the No. 1 and No. 3 spots on Billboard’s Gospel Streaming Songs chart with two of her classic Christmas songs. Houston’s take on “Do You Hear What I Hear?” ascended from No.
Six months after her daughter’s death, April Newkirk is still reliving the moment she learned her daughter, 31-year-old nurse Adriana Smith — then nine weeks pregnant with her second child — had been declared brain-dead. And yet, because her fetus still had a heartbeat, doctors kept Smith’s body on life
Less than two years after winning the national championship in college football, Michigan is again searching for a new head coach. Sherrone Moore, who served as offensive coordinator for the school’s 2023 national championship team before being named the head coach for two seasons, was fired Wednesday (Dec. 10). His
This year, Black communities grieved the loss of legendary talents like D’Angelo and Angie Stone. However, while social media users shared a collective grief, their son Michael Archer II, also known as Swayo Twain, carried the inexplicable weight of losing not one but both parents within months of each other.
After Washington, D.C. officials announced that the Black Lives Matter mural would be no more, South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace has suggested a new name for Black Lives Matter Plaza. In a bill introduced on the House floor, Mace suggested that the corridor between 16th Street Northwest and H and
President Donald Trump on Tuesday revived remarks he reportedly made about African nations and Haiti seven years ago during a rally-style event in Pennsylvania. Trump, who ran his re-election campaign largely focused on tough immigration enforcement, touted his administration’s recent update to a list of countries, mostly from Africa, that
Almost a decade later, Colin Kaepernick does not regret his activism in the NFL. In 2016, Kaepernick’s impact was felt beyond the football field when he decided to take a knee during the national anthem, which is played at the beginning of every NFL game. Since making this small yet