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I make art that’s totally mine because I did it through AI. imgur.com/a/Rhgi0OC
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For the Women Who Accused the Trump Campaign of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment (www.propublica.org)
Nearly eight years ago, convinced that she’d been treated unfairly, Jessica Denson sued Donald Trump’s campaign for workplace harassment....
Political consultant behind fake Biden AI robocall faces charges in New Hampshire | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
New Hampshire prosecutors filed criminal charges against the political consultant behind a robocall that used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden and urged voters not to participate in the state’s primary this year....
When profit-driven clinics kick "noncompliant" patients off dialysis, is anybody watching? (www.motherjones.com)
Federal rules prohibit dialysis providers from retaliating against patients because of complaints or “noncompliance.” So Tommy was shocked when, one August day in 2021, a DaVita rep told him he was no longer welcome because he’d brought a gun into the clinic and threatened people. Except Tommy insisted he had done no such...
Justice Department says illegal monopoly by Ticketmaster and Live Nation drives up prices for fans (apnews.com)
The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America — squelching competition and driving up prices for fans....
Teslas can still be stolen with a cheap radio hack despite new keyless tech (arstechnica.com)
In a video shared with WIRED, researchers at the Beijing-based automotive cybersecurity firm GoGoByte demonstrated that they could carry out a relay attack against the latest Tesla Model 3 despite its upgrade to an ultra-wideband keyless entry system, instantly unlocking it with less than a hundred dollars worth of radio...
These bricks conduct electricity and combine to create a powerful thermal battery | Backed by federal funding, MIT spin-off Electrified Thermal Solutions says its bricks can replace fossil fuels. (www.fastcompany.com)
Using Google whilst Duck Duck Go is down. How long has Google been this bad?
So ddg is down, so I visit Google. It’s been some years....
The Google AI isn’t hallucinating about glue in pizza, it’s just over indexing an 11 year old Reddit post by a dude named fucksmith.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/70425187-6d2b-4c3b-907f-c71de53919db.png...
House Democrat Banned From Speaking for Simply Listing Trump’s Trials (www.thedailybeast.com)
McGovern took issue with being admonished for mentioning that Trump is on trial, while a Republican had previously referred to Trump’s ongoing hush-money trial as a “sham” without any pushback from the chair....
Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees (www.vox.com)
On Friday, Vox reported that employees at tech giant OpenAI who wanted to leave the company were confronted with expansive and highly restrictive exit documents. If they refused to sign in relatively short order, they were reportedly threatened with the loss of their vested equity in the company — a severe provision that’s...
Judge blocks Florida law criminalizing transport of undocumented immigrants into state (www.miamiherald.com)
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the enforcement of a Florida law that makes it a felony to transport undocumented immigrants into the state, putting in question the fate of a key part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ immigration agenda....
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Private Jets (gizmodo.com)
An amendment in the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill that was passed last week will allow private aircraft owners to anonymize their registration information. President Joe Biden signed the FAA bill into law on May 16th, after it passed in the Senate 88-4 and the House 387 to 26....
FCC to consider rules for AI-generated political ads on TV, radio, but it can't regulate streaming (www.cbsnews.com)
The head of the Federal Communications Commission introduced a proposal Wednesday that would require political advertisers to disclose when they use AI-generated content in broadcast TV and radio ads....
Uvalde school shooting victims' families announce $2 million settlement with Texas city and new lawsuits (www.cbsnews.com)
In the settlement announced Wednesday, the city of Uvalde will pay a total of $2 million to the families of 17 children killed in the shooting and two children who survived, according to a statement from the families’ attorneys....
'Undeniable Wrongdoing': Congressional Democrats Ask DOJ to Investigate Big Oil | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
The report, based on a three-year investigation, found that the industry has deceived the public about climate change since at least the 1960s, with its strategy shifting over the decades from outright denial to disinformation and doublespeak. It was authored by the Senate Committee on the Budget, chaired by Whitehouse (D-R.I.)...
Biden administration canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers (apnews.com)
The latest relief will go to borrowers in three categories who hit certain milestones that make them eligible for cancellation. It will go to 54,000 borrowers who are enrolled in Biden’s new income-driven repayment plan, along with 39,000 enrolled in earlier income-driven plans, and about 67,000 who are eligible through the...
Classified files found in Trump bedroom at Mar-a-Lago (www.bbc.com)
In the Trump case, a newly unsealed filing said the former president’s lawyers had turned over four additional documents with classification markings that were found in December 2022, four months after the FBI raid at the property....
After backlash, Trump pulls social media post with reference to 'unified Reich' (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump has taken down a video posted to his Truth Social account that included reference to a “unified Reich” after President Joe Biden’s campaign and others criticized the use of language often associated with the Nazi regime....
Donald Trump removes video on Truth Social with ‘unified reich’ reference (www.theguardian.com)
Trump campaign said video using Nazi-era language was posted by staffer who didn’t see wording, yet it stayed up for 15 hours...
Scarlett Johansson Says She Warned OpenAI to Not Use Her Voice (gizmodo.com)
Johansson went on to explain that OpenAI didn’t want to take down the voice....
Trump trial: Judge reprimands Trump witness Robert Costello over groans (www.bbc.com)
“You don’t say ‘jeez’. And then if you don’t like my ruling, you don’t give me side eye, and you don’t roll your eyes,” he told the witness....