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In December 2022, the Federal Reserve announced the seventh consecutive increase to the federal funds rate and indicated it intented to continue raising interest rates going forward. The Fed has ...

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Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston ...