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2023-04-05

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ChatGPT
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ChatGPT

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ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. It was released in November 2022. It uses generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs), such as GPT-5.2, to generate text, speech, and images in response to user prompts. It is credited with accelerating the AI boom, an ongoing period marked by …

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2023 American animated adventure comedy film based on Nintendo's Mario video game franc…

XXX: Return of Xander Cage
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XXX: Return of Xander Cage
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XXX: Return of Xander Cage is a 2017 American action spy film directed by D.J. Caruso and written by F. Scott Frazier. T…

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On This Day

10 events
2018
United_States_Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement
Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 Hispanic workers in one of the largest immigration raids in the history of the U.S.
2010
Coal_mining
An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners in the United States' worst mining disaster in 40 years.
2009
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
The North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 was launched from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.
2002
Data_breach
In the first reported data breach, 250,000 social security numbers collected by the State of California were stolen from a data center.
2000
2000_UEFA_Cup_semi-final_violence
Fan violence broke out before a UEFA Cup semifinal in Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in two Leeds United supporters being stabbed to death and Galatasaray supporters being banned from attending the second leg in England.
1998
Akashi_Kaikyo_Bridge
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (pictured), then the world's longest suspension bridge, linking Awaji Island and Kobe in Japan, opened to traffic.
1986
West_Berlin_discotheque_bombing
The Libyan secret service bombed a discotheque in West Berlin, resulting in three deaths and 229 others injured.
1979
Boston_University
Faculty members, clerical workers, and librarians at Boston University went on strike.
1966
Buddhist_Uprising
During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese military prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempted to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.
1955
Winston_Churchill
Aware that he was slowing down both physically and mentally in his old age, Winston Churchill retired as prime minister of the United Kingdom.

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