Tourism in Mongolia, Matthew Perry Overdose, Chatbot privacy

Ashley Thompson and Mario Ritter, Jr. are the hosts of the VOA Learning Podcast for Thursday, August 22, 2024.
00:54 The program starts with a report about Mongolia by John Russell. Like most countries, Mongolia's tourism industry was hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has since launched a “Welcome to MonGOlia” campaign to gain more visitors. At least 437,000 foreign visitors came in the first seven months of this year, up 25 percent over the same period last year. And they get a chance to learn about the country’s nomad culture. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
06:48 An investigation into the death of American actor Matthew Perry has led to criminal charges against five people. Perry, a star of the popular television series Friends, died suddenly last October. Doctors who examined his body after death said Perry died from an overdose of the powerful drug ketamine. Caty Weaver explains what ketamine is in this Health report.
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11:02 In today’s Technology Report, Bryan Lynn offers tips for users who want to keep personal information used in chatbot requests not be saved or used to develop or train AI systems. The tips explain how to keep information from several platforms, including Google Gemini, Meta AI, Microsoft Copilot, Anthropic's Claude AI and ChatGPT. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
18:34 Bryan then joins Ashley in the studio. Bryan further explains how some platforms make it much harder to opt-out. But there might be legislation to deal with that in the future.
20:05 Ashley and Caty then take listeners for a tour of Biscayne National Park in southern Florida. They say if you enjoy water, Biscayne is the park for you. Ninety-five percent of the park is water. Many kinds of animals live in these waters. Some of them are threatened or endangered. You will find the huge, gentle West Indian manatee, the less gentle American crocodile, several kinds of sea turtles, more than 500 species of fish, and shipwrecks. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
Ashley and Mario then sign off.
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