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I’m moving off kbin to lemmy, so I won’t be posting from here (unless kbin social gets it together).
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Anthony Levandowski Reboots Church of Artificial Intelligence (www.bloomberg.com)
The self-driving car pioneer said there are “a couple thousand people” coming together to build a spiritual connection between humans and AI...
Questions Arise as Indigenous Curator Suddenly Departs Toronto Museum (hyperallergic.com)
Art Gallery of Ontario curator Wanda Nanibush’s departure came after a pro-Israel group complained about her social media posts.
WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters (mainichi.jp)
GENEVA (AP) -- Chinese officials say they did not detect any "unusual or novel diseases" in the country, the World Health Organization said Thursday, following an official request by the U.N. health agency for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children.
Derailed train sparks molten sulphur fire in Kentucky (www.theguardian.com)
Democrats who swept Moms For Liberty off school board fight superintendent’s $700,000 exit deal (www.politico.com)
The battle in Pennsylvania is part of years of infighting.
Japan ordered to compensate wartime 'comfort women' (www.bbc.com)
A South Korean court has ordered Japan to compensate a group of women who were forced to work in wartime brothels.
Dublin riot live updates: Clashes after earlier knife attack - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
The Irish police chief blames the unrest on a "hooligan faction" which gathered after the earlier incident.
Former Obama adviser in custody, faces hate crime charges after halal cart confrontation (abc7ny.com)
The owners of the cart say there have been several ugly confrontations at the cart over the last two weeks amid conflict in the Mideast.
Study: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Behind a Spate of Anti-Protest Bills (www.motherjones.com)
Corporate lobbying has protected 60 percent of oil and gas operations, Greenpeace reports.
Judge on Trump NY Fraud Case Receives ‘Serious and Credible’ Death Threats From MAGA (www.rollingstone.com)
Judge Arthur Engoron and his staff received a barrage of death threats and antisemitic attacks after Donald Trump targeted them on social media.
The “Harvard Law Review” Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza (www.thenation.com)
The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here.
Former state department official loses job after Islamophobic tirade at New York street vendor (www.theguardian.com)
Halal food worker might soon be able to take legal action against the explicit and racist abuse after the attacker’s firm offered free representation
ChatGPT generates fake data set to support scientific hypothesis (www.nature.com)
Researchers say that the model behind the chatbot fabricated a convincing bogus database, but a forensic examination shows it doesn’t pass for authentic.
French Senate debates compensation for gay men jailed under homophobic laws (www.france24.com)
An estimated 60,000 gay men were convicted by French courts between 1942 and 1982 under homophobic laws that were repealed just four decades ago. On Wednesday, French senators will discuss a bill acknowledging…
French pilot sentenced for decapitating skydiver with wing of plane (www.bbc.com)
Nicolas Galy, 40, died after being struck by the aircraft he had jumped out of seconds before.
Study undercuts premise for excluding women from medical research (www.washingtonpost.com)
Women’s body temperatures are no more variable than men’s, researchers found.
The women soldiers who warned of a pending Hamas attack – and were ignored (www.haaretz.com)
Over the past year, the Israel Defense Forces’ spotters situated on the Gaza border, all women, warned that something unusual was happening. Those who survived the October 7 massacre are convinced that if it had been men sounding the alarm, things would look different today
Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds (www.theguardian.com)
Advertising Standards Authority says Hilux poster and video condone driving that disregards ‘impact on nature’
Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect (www.reuters.com)
A Florida judge found "reasonable evidence" that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other managers knew the automaker's vehicles had a defective Autopilot system but still allowed the cars to be driven unsafely, according to a ruling.
Monsanto hit with $165 million verdict over PCBs in Seattle school (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. jury has ordered Bayer's Monsanto to pay $165 million to employees of a school northeast of Seattle who claimed chemicals made by the company called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, leaked from light fixtures and got them sick.
Hanover County (VA) schools bans 75 more books, including "Wicked" and "The Handmaid's Tale" (www.axios.com)
Hanover County school administrators on Friday instructed teachers and librarians to remove a list of 75 books from shelves, including an array of well-known titles....
OpenAI brings Sam Altman back as CEO less than a week after he was fired by board (ground.news)
'Dude, don't touch the bear!': Video of animal encounter in Campbell River, B.C., causing outrage (www.cbc.ca)
Social media video of a black bear being pestered by people while feasting on fish on the shores of the Campbell River has sparked outrage online and among locals....
OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims (futurism.com)
OpenAI chief scientist and board member Ilya Sutskever reportedly likes to burn effigies and lead ritualistic chants at the company.
New Lawsuit Ropes Microsoft Into OpenAI’s Legal Battle With Authors Over Training Data (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
The suit alleges that the tech giant has been "deeply involved in the training, development, and commercialization" of OpenAI's GPT-based products.
Facebook Approved an Israeli Ad Calling for Assassination of Pro-Palestine Activist (theintercept.com)
After the Israeli assassination ad, digital rights group 7amleh tested the limits of Facebook and Meta’s machine-learning moderation.
Flipboard stops tweeting, launches new podcast about decentralized social apps | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Social magazine app Flipboard had already committed to joining the "fediverse" -- the decentralized social web, which includes apps like Mastodon. Now, it’s doubling down on those ambitions with an announcement that it will stop tweeting while also launching a new podcast devoted to exploring the topic of decentralized social...
Microsoft preparing San Francisco offices for OpenAI employees, even as chaos lingers (www.cnbc.com)
Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Tops 13,000 as Israel Repeatedly Strikes U.N. Schools Housing Refugees (www.democracynow.org)
Over the weekend, at least 82 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Jabaliya refugee camp, including multiple United Nations schools sheltering Palestinians. At least 85 incidents of Israeli bombing have impacted 67 facilities run by the United Nations relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in the last two months....
Facing pressure in India, Netflix and Amazon back down on daring films (www.washingtonpost.com)
Hindu nationalists aligned with the BJP government use mass public pressure and the threat of criminal cases to shape or entirely block films produced by Netflix and Amazon, resulting in a culture of self-censorship.
Elon Musk’s X sues media watchdog Media Matters over report on pro-Nazi content on the social media site (www.cnn.com)
After a devastating advertiser exodus last week involving some of the world’s largest media companies, X owner Elon Musk is suing the progressive watchdog group Media Matters over its analysis highlighting antisemitic and pro-Nazi content on X — a report that appeared to play a significant role in the massive and highly...
X/Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Shares “Truth” On Antisemitic Posts Next To Ads On Platform Following Media Fallout: “Data Wins Over Manipulation Or Allegations” (deadline.com)
Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is calling for users to stand by them after media companies pulled their ad dollars out over antisemitic posts being …
Google to weaken ad blockers on Chrome in a push for security (cybernews.com)
Starting June 2024, adblockers such as uBlock Origin and many other extensions on Chrome will no longer work as intended. Google Chrome will begin disabling extensions based on an older extension platform, called Manifest V2, as it moves to the more limited V3 version.
YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)
Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."
Big Insurance Met Its Match When It Turned Down a Top Trial Lawyer’s Request for Cancer Treatment (www.propublica.org)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer. But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.
Judge rejects Elon Musk’s attempt to kill Twitter/FTC privacy settlement (arstechnica.com)
Court cannot grant X Corp.'s flawed legal motion, magistrate judge rules.
Right-Wing 'Moms for Liberty' Organizer Is a Convicted Sex Offender (www.rollingstone.com)
Kotaku Asks: How Soon Is Too Soon For A Video Game Remaster Or Remake? (kotaku.com)
When should developers go back and remaster or remake their most popular games?