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Commentary: The key to regaining trust in the era of AI
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (476+ words) Published 6:30 am Wednesday, February 25, 2026 By Gautam Mukunda, Bloomberg Opinion Your grandmother trusted her doctor. Your mother trusted Consumer Reports. You trust the 4.7-star rating from 2,300 strangers. But if you've recently used the internet to look at reviews for a stroller,…...
Local patient info accessed in data breach
3+ week, 5+ day ago (180+ words) Published 10:49 am Thursday, January 29, 2026 A data breach at a third-party provider did not compromise Deschutes County Health Services, Best Care and the La Pine Community Health Center systems, but may have involved patient data. A data breach at TriZetto Provider…...
Studies find Oregon ranks high for alien close encounters, robot fears
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (478+ words) Published 12:30 pm Wednesday, January 14, 2026 By DAVID JASPER, The Bulletin As a longstanding, ostensible journalist here at The Bulletin, I receive a LOT of emails. Some are from local contacts, others from acquaintances or the occasional fan email of this column…...
Deschutes libraries back to normal following cyberattack | The Bulletin
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (329+ words) Published 8:36 am Wednesday, December 24, 2025 People utilize the Deschutes Public Library in Bend Tuesday." (Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin) Deschutes Public Library operations have returned to normal following a cybersecurity attack on one of its servers that held its public relations information....
Commentary: Thoughts on Frankenstein and AI
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (314+ words) Published 7:51 am Monday, December 8, 2025 By Kelly McKinney, Chicago Tribune We are nearing a tipping point with artificial intelligence. Scientists call it the singularity " the moment when machine intelligence surpasses our own. Some experts warn that it could come as soon…...
Commentary: AI will likely delete these four jobs
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (234+ words) Published 7:56 am Thursday, November 20, 2025 By Sheldon H. Jacobson, Tribune News Service Here is a list of four such tasks that place their associated jobs at risk. While most human translators have a limited set of languages that they can translate from…...
Commentary: What will AI automation mean for patients?
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (162+ words) Published 7:50 am Wednesday, November 19, 2025 By Dr. Cory Franklin, Tribune News Service Artificial intelligence is upon us, and just as other historical breakthrough technologies have proved, it is not a matter of how it will accommodate us but how we must…...
Commentary: AI chatbots are a danger to children
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (545+ words) Published 7:47 am Wednesday, August 13, 2025 By Annie Chestnut Tutor and Autumn Dorsey, Tribune News Service Right now, something in your home may be talking to your child about sex, self-harm, and suicide. That something isn't a person'it's an AI companion chatbot....
Drones becoming more advanced for ag uses, but also more expensive
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (593+ words) Published 7:00 am Friday, August 1, 2025 HOOD RIVER " Drone expert Mike Davis said the devices were evolving at warp speed, becoming far more advanced and capable every growing season " but they're also getting more expensive. Sensors the drones can carry are more…...
Oregon educators work to expand computer science
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (558+ words) Published 4:32 pm Wednesday, July 30, 2025 Around 20 principals, counselors and other K-12 education leaders from across Oregon discussed how to teach computer science in the classroom and in different school settings at a symposium at Oregon State University-Cascades Tuesday. Educators shared that they…...