Battle of Chinese and Taiwanese Chatbots and a Balloon Battle Between the Koreas Taiwan has developed a large language model artificial intelligence chat bot to compete with a product from China because of fears regarding national security. And North Korea sends garbage-filled balloons over the border into South Korea, escalating a long-standing balloon battle between…

How the pandemic gave power to superbugs A surprising outcome of the COVID pandemic has been the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections. How did that happen? Read more on NPR

Justice Alito declines to recuse himself in Jan. 6-related cases In two letters, Alito said it was his wife’s decision to fly two politically contentious flags, adding that neither he nor his wife was aware of the modern political connotations associated with the flags. Read more on NPR

American Airlines faces a discrimination suit after removing 8 Black men from flight Neither passenger knew each other, nor were they seated together on the Jan. 5 flight from Phoenix to New York. A lawsuit alleges they were removed from the flight after a complaint about body odor. Read more on NPR