Colorado Republicans tell parents to take kids out of school over fears they ‘turn more kids trans’ (www.advocate.com)
Great Job, Internet: Google’s AI feeds people answers from The Onion (www.avclub.com)
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Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue (www.404media.co)
Who is Edan On? UCLA Police arrest 18-year-old accused of attacking protesters at campus encampment (haor.org)
Edan On (age 18, born on January 27, 2006) has been identified as a suspect involved in an altercation at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),
Arizona lawmaker says ChatGPT helped draft new deepfakes law (thehill.com)
Republican state Rep. Alex Kolodin said he used ChatGPT to write a subsection of House Bill 2394, which tackles AI-related impersonations of people by allowing Arizona residents to legally assert they are not featured in deepfake videos....
Man is fined after trying to 'body slam' killer whale (www.nbcnews.com)
Pope Francis is gearing up for the first millennial saint, a web developer known as 'God's influencer' (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Carlo Acutis, a teenage website developer, was attributed a second miracle by Pope Francis, advancing his path to becoming the first millennial saint.
'Atlas' movie review: J.Lo battles space robots in new Netflix film (www.usatoday.com)
I thought it was a joke when I saw this poster:...
Arkansas AG Threatens New York Abortion Clinic Over Service It Doesn't Offer (www.jezebel.com)
Tiny plastic shards found in human testicles, study says (www.cnn.com)
American Airlines backtracks on filing that blamed 9-year-old for being filmed in bathroom (abcnews.go.com)
“We do not believe this child is at fault,” the airline said Wednesday.
Eventbrite Promoted Illegal Opioid Sales to People Searching for Addiction Recovery Help (www.wired.com)
‘Deadpool’ Co-Creator Just Had Hilarious Beef With ‘Ancient Aliens’ Guy (www.huffpost.com)
GPT-4o’s Chinese token-training data is polluted by spam and porn websites (www.technologyreview.com)
Of the 100 results, only three of them are common enough to be used in everyday conversations; everything else consisted of words and expressions used specifically in the contexts of either gambling or pornography. The longest token, lasting 10.5 Chinese characters, literally means “_free Japanese porn video to watch.” Oops....
Tucker Carlson launches show on Russian state TV (www.newsweek.com)
California grocery store selling a limited-edition pineapple for $400 (www.independent.co.uk)
‘Mean Girls’ Party Barred Server Due to Weight, Suit Alleges (www.thedailybeast.com)
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)
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OpenAI says Sky voice in ChatGPT will be paused after concerns it sounds too much like Scarlett Johansson (www.tomsguide.com)
The company says the voices in ChatGPT were from paid voice actors. A final five were selected from an initial pool of 400 and it's purely a coincidence the unnamed actress behind the Sky voice has a similar tone to Johansson....
Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate (thehill.com)
Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate....
Jeff Bezos revealed his secret to Amazon’s success 25 years ago: ‘I asked everyone around here to wake up terrified every morning, their sheets drenched in sweat’ (fortune.com)
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