Animal shelter will name cat litter tray after your ex
And other stories from the stranger side of life
An animal shelter in the US is offering to name a cat litter box after your ex, reported UPI. In a unique fundraiser as a lead-up to Valentine’s Day, the Animal Friends Humane Society in Ohio said the vengeful gesture costs just $5. “Don’t spend this Valentine’s Day down in the dumps,” it said. “For a $5 donation we will write your ex’s name in a litter box and give it to the cats, to let them do what they do best!”
Judge uses ChatGPT for ruling
A judge in Colombia has admitted he used the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT for a ruling. Juan Manuel Padilla, a judge in Cartagena, used to bot to decide whether an autistic child’s insurance should cover all of the costs of his medical treatment, concluding that the costs should be paid by his medical plan. Asked about the development by The Guardian, the bot said: “Journalists should exercise caution when using quotes generated by ChatGPT in their articles.”
Oldest living dog is named
A 30-year-old dog in Portugal has been named as the world’s oldest ever by Guinness World Records, smashing a record that stood for a century. Bobi is a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo - a breed that has an average life expectancy of 12 to 14 years. He has broken the record set by Australia’s Bluey, who died in 1939 at the age of 29 years and five months. Bobi’s owner told the BBC that the secret to his longevity is the “calm, peaceful environment” he lives in.
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.
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