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The logo for OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, appears on a mobile phone, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and The Associated Press said Thursday that they've made a deal for the artificial intelligence company to license AP's archive of news stories. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Hype and hazards: Artificial intelligence is suddenly very real

AI has been with us for years, quietly controlling what we see on social media, protecting our credit cards from fraud and helping avoid collisions on the road. But 2023 was transformative, with the public showing an insatiable appetite for anything with the AI label.

December 24, 2023
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas attends a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on worldwide threats to the United States on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

GOP to begin impeachment of Mayorkas after latest border numbers

Illegal immigration at the southern border ticked up again in November, continuing the Department of Homeland Security's string of disastrous months and fueling Republicans' calls for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

December 22, 2023
Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas began flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 20, a week after the city took a tougher stance on the buses that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has been sending north since last year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

DHS retreats on closing border freight train crossings

Homeland Security on Friday said it will restart freight rail traffic at two Texas border crossings with Mexico after an outcry from Congress and complaints that it was draining money from the economy.

December 22, 2023
A vehicle passes the Colony Ridge office sign Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Cleveland, Texas. The booming Texas neighborhood is fighting back after Republican leaders took up unsubstantiated claims that it has become a magnet for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and that cartels control pockets of the neighborhood. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FILE**

DOJ sues company behind Texas illegal immigrant shantytown

The Biden administration on Wednesday sued the developers behind a massive migrant shantytown in Texas, arguing the company that runs Colony Ridge promised Hispanic newcomers move-in ready homes but delivered flood-prone houses and economic ruin.

December 20, 2023
Gov. Greg Abbott signs three bills into law at a border wall construction site in Brownsville, Texas on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, that will broaden his border security plans and add funding for more infrastructure to deter illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)

Abbott signs law making illegal immigration a state crime in Texas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Monday making illegal immigration a state crime in a bid to give police and National Guard troops more power to fight the surge of illegal immigrants that has swamped the state since the start of the Biden administration.

December 18, 2023