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Tom Llamas Will Take Over For Lester Holt On ‘NBC Nightly News’

“Anchoring “NBC Nightly News” is a profound honor and one that carries tremendous responsibility,” Llamas said in a news release. “I look forward to working with the world class journalists at ‘Nightly News’ and ’Top Story′ to bring viewers the most important stories every night.” Llamas called Holt, who is stepping down to go full time at NBC’s “Dateline,” a “great man” and “one of the most trusted broadcasters.” Llamas said he will be “devoted” to viewers and “dedicated to the truth,” “just like” Holt. Llamas began his career with NBC News 25 years ago. He rejoined NBC News in 2021 as a senior national correspondent. He is a regular fill-in anchor on “NBC Nightly News” and a reporter on “Today.” Previously, he worked as ABC’s chief national affairs correspondent and anchored the wee...
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You’ve heard all about artificial intelligence and its amazing capabilities. Here’s how you can put it to work in your home

ChatGPT brought artificial intelligence into the mainstream. It's one of the fastest-growing apps of all time, and has led the way for millions of other AI products to emerge. AI has fundamentally changed the way we search online, with Google's lucrative top front page real estate now dedicated to the AI Overview -- and people are even using ChatGPT to answer their queries instead of Google. AI chatbots like ChatGPT will continue to transform how we consume, create and communicate online. While AI innovation is progressing quickly, it's important to understand the fundamentals of how ChatGPT works to navigate the ecosystem of tools. With that in mind, here's your ChatGPT 101 class. 
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Retired teacher, firefighter, police officer or recipient of a public pension? You’ll be getting big bucks from new benefits of Biden’s Social Security Fairness Act

Millions of retired teachers, firefighters, police officers and others with public pensions will be reaping the benefits of the recently passed Social Security Fairness Act sooner than first projected, federal officials announced. The Social Security Administration (SSA) said it was immediately beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly payments starting in April to the more than 3.2 million people affected by a law signed in January by former President Biden, who said it would mean an average monthly increase of $360 for more than 2.5 million Social Security recipients. Decades in the making, the Social Security Fairness Act expanded benefits for millions by eliminating two federal policies that barred employees with a public pension from collecting their full be...