Is Google’s artificially intelligent chatbot generator LaMDA showing signs of sentience?  Most likely not, but, AI, in general, is getting awfully good at fooling humans.

Jack Dorsey and Jaz-Z are teaming up to launch a bitcoin-focused financial literacy program.  The Bitcoin Academy will launch in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects, have free in-person and online classes, and provide participants with MiFi devices and smartphones.

And, is Congress finally positioned to do something meaningful on user privacy?  A bipartisan draft bill called the American Data Privacy and Protection Act would provide a national standard on what data companies can gather from individuals and how they can use it.

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