VIRAL WORK TREND – "The big talk," a viral career trend, is taking place of the small talk of old as Gen-Zers and millennials focus on showing their vulnerability. 'LIFE AFTER POWER' – A bestselling author is revealing lessons from the life of William Howard Taft. 'MORAL TEACHINGS' – Kirk Cameron has announced a new TV series and says America's parents are "sickened" by woke Hollywood. "Adventures with Iggy and Mr. Kirk" will star Cameron as Mr. Kirk and Leigh-Allyn Baker, who will play the role of Creative Leigh. Iggy the Iguana will be puppeteered by John Kennedy, known for two decades of starring roles in shows like "Sesame Street" and "Muppets."

AI technology has been catapulted into popular discourse in recent months with the rise of natural language processing like ChatGPT. Computer vision, though, is even older. It is used in Roomba vacuums and surgical settings, according to Kris Hauser, a computer science professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign whose research specializes in open-world robotics. But this is one of the first AI robots to be used in the consumer beauty space, Hauser said.