MORE: Russell Brand’s book deal hits a snag after assault allegations; Amazon to crack down on self-publishers using AI-generated content; Report by Congress shows “pervasive degradation” of First Amendment rights at colleges; John Grisham and other top authors sue over AI copyright violations.
MORE: Rehired coach quits after alleged bullying by co-workers; Government violated First Amendment over Covid censorship on social media; Tech company says it can predict future crimes based on social media posts; Skeptical journalist shocked by what he found in a children’s book; Scientist admits he left relevant info. out to get a paper published; White House sends out letter trying to sway media reporting on his legal problems; Another journal must retract story written by AI; and People rating AI content are the ones who will sway the results in the future.
MORE: Did court clerk in Alex Murdaugh case overstep her role to land a book deal?; Coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on field quits, claims retaliation; Startling revelation about Biden’s in a new book; Mexican parents gather to burn textbooks; Can a foreign country order U.S. tech companies to censor U.S. citizens?; Two men arrested for reading Bible verses in public; ChatGPT making up fake Bible verses; and FTC to sue Amazon later this month.
MORE: Maryland court says parents can NOT opt their children out of lessons they’re too young to hear about; School district charges parents’ group $18K to fulfill public records request; Gannett sued for reverse racism; Elementary teacher fired after posting bizarre social media claims about psychosis and Satan; Newspaper blasted for using AI with disastrous results; Some large companies are now refusing to allow employees to us AI; and AI may fill the Internet with garbage, lies, and material that was never fact checked.
MORE: Op-ed sexual harassment allegation leads to lawsuit; Man gets physically removed from school board meeting for reading aloud a book with strong s*xual content made available to children; School board members not allowed unannounced school visits? What are they hiding??; As writers’ strike continues, studios are posting jobs for AI experts paying up to $1M/year; Bloomsbury Publishing exec, 45, dies in boating accident; Teacher fired for reading inappropriate book to fifth graders; Judge rules AI-created art isn’t copyrightable; Kansas reporter accused of breaking law before controversial Marion County newspaper raid; Nursery pulls book shown to four-year-olds that depicts men kissing in bondage; AI to binge LAPD bodycam footage to weed out rude tone, aggressive language; and Amazon Prime show allegedly used woman’s story, but did not credit her.
MORE: Was raided newspaper investigating police chief for sexual misconduct allegations? Activists who allegedly attacked journalist win civil suit; White House kicks out more reporters; Some professors will allow ChatGPT while others will not; Subject of movie The Blind Side launches public accusations against family who helped him; Man caught “sniffing” women at Barnes & Noble has long rap sheet; and School rescinds student’s suspension of memes; Witnesses (not victims) in shooting sue gun manufacturers AND social media.
MORE: Judge blocks law allowing criminal charges against librarians; Australians are about to lose even MORE free speech rights; Reporter sucker punched, doused in beer by stranger; During Covid, our government didn’t think you were smart enough to make your own decisions, so they and Facebook made them for you; Judge tells reporter to reveal her source for series of stories she did in 2017; Musician says he writes his best lyrics on the toilet; Kirk Cameron’s books give children joy, hope and inspiration, all things that are in short supply in our world these days; Kirk Cameron’s event cancelled by library…but the library immediately reversed its decision after a strongly worded letter from a law firm.
MORE: Penguin Random House layoffs; Traditionally published authors claiming mental health issues???; Social media posts about councilman lead to defamation lawsuits; CNN sued for $37M; Google’s news writing AI isn’t doing a great job!; and Journalist in Rwanda dead, accusations of botched police investigation.
MORE: Gov. Abbott signs new law about ‘s*xually explicit’ school books; Bookforum is back in business; More copyright claims against AI; Student who reported rape can be sued for defamation; and FTC sues Amazon for ‘tricking and trapping’ people in Prime subscriptions
MORE: Trump’s lawsuit against his niece to proceed; Record number of media jobs cut so far this year; Facebook ordered to pay $50K to man whose account was terminated; and Library book returned 81 years late!
