Wednesday, October 8, 2025

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama; The Verge, October 8, 2025

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  Hayden Field  , The Verge;  OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama " When OpenAI released its   new AI-generated video app So...

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency; The New York Times Magazine, October 6, 2025

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Emily Bazelon  , The New York Times Magazine ;  ‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency " Last year,...
Monday, October 6, 2025

How foreign powers are gaslighting Americans; The Washington Post, October 6, 2025

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    L. Gordon Crovitz , The Washington Post;  How foreign powers are gaslighting Americans " L. Gordon Crovitz, a former publisher of T...

As sports betting explodes, experts push for a public health approach to addiction; NPR, September 30, 2025

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Karen Brown  , NPR;  As sports betting explodes, experts push for a public health approach to addiction " RICHARD BLUMENTHAL: The sophi...
Sunday, October 5, 2025

OpenAI hastily retreats from gung-ho copyright policy after embarrassing Sora video output like AI Sam Altman surrounded by Pokémon saying 'I hope Nintendo doesn't sue us'; PC Gamer, October 5, 2025

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  Stevie Bonifield , PC Gamer ;  OpenAI hastily retreats from gung-ho copyright policy after embarrassing Sora video output like AI Sam Altm...

America goes gambling; Quartz, October 5, 2025

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Jackie Snow , Quartz;  America goes gambling [Kip Currier:  This Quartz article  America Goes Gambling  is a timely one  about a significant...

Fraud, AI slop and huge profits: is science publishing broken? – podcast; The Guardian, October 2, 2025

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  Presented and produced by   Madeleine Finlay ,  with  Ian Sample .  Sound design by   Ross Burns ,  the executive producer was   Ellie Bur...

Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl; The New York Times, October 4, 2025

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  Derrick Bryson Taylor , The New York Times;  Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl [Kip Currier: Here's a character-r...

The Normalization of Book Banning; PEN America, October 1, 2025

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  Sabrina Baêta ,  Tasslyn Magnusson,   Madison Markham,   Kasey Meehan,   Yuliana Tamayo Latorre, PEN America;  The Normalization of Book B...
Saturday, October 4, 2025

Opinion: Jane Goodall helped humans understand their place in the world; NPR, October 4, 2025

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Scott Simon , NPR ;  Opinion: Jane Goodall helped humans understand their place in the world [Kip Currier: Jane Goodall's 1960 keen-eyed...

I’m a Screenwriter. Is It All Right if I Use A.I.?; The Ethicist, The New York Times, October 4, 2025

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  Kwame Anthony Appiah , The Ethicist, The New York Times;  I’m a Screenwriter. Is It All Right if I Use A.I.?; " I write for televisio...

Better Safe than Sorry? Tylenol, Pregnancy, and Ethics; The Hastings Center for Bioethics, October 2, 2025

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Rita Dexter ,  Sophie Schott ,  Miranda R. Waggoner  and  Anne Lyerly , The Hastings Center for Bioethics;  Better Safe than Sorry? Tylenol,...

‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ Review: How George Came to See the World as Orwellian; The New York Times, October 2, 2025

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  Manohla Dargis , The New York Times;  ‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ Review: How George Came to See the World as Orwellian " “The opinion that art s...

How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation; The Guardian, October 4, 2025

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Interview by  Alex Clark  , The Guardian;  How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in co...

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits; The Washington Post, October 3, 2025

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Susan Svrluga ,  Danielle Douglas-Gabriel  and  Emily Davies , The Washington Post;  Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo...

Sam Altman says Sora will add ‘granular,’ opt-in copyright controls; TechCrunch, October 4, 2025

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  Anthony Ha  , TechCrunch;  Sam Altman says Sora will add ‘granular,’ opt-in copyright controls " OpenAI may be reversing course on ho...

Weber State cracks down on censorship conference; KSL.com, October 2, 2025

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P ar Kermani, KSL.com  ;  Weber Sta te cracks down on censorship conference Weber State University canceled its Unity Conference due to dive...
Friday, October 3, 2025

Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image; The Guardian, October 2, 2025

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Deborah Cole  , The Guardian;  Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image "I t is one of the most chil...

YouTube Bends the Knee; The Atlantic, October 1, 2025

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Charlie Warzel  , The Atlantic;  YouTube Bends the Knee "This is just the latest example of major tech companies bowing to Trump."

Harvard Professors May Be Eligible for Payments in $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement; The Harvard Crimson, October 1, 2025

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  Victoria D. Rengel , The Harvard Crimson;   Harvard Professors May Be Eligible for Payments in $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement "...

Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas; The Guardian, October 2, 2025

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  The Guardian;  Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas " Dressed in a bright orange lifejacket – and...

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword; KCUR, October 2, 2025

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    Zane Irwin , KCUR ;  Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword [Kip Currier: D...

California vows to ‘instantly’ cut funding to universities that cave to Trump ‘compact’; The Guardian, October 2, 2025

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Lois Beckett , The Guardian ;  California vows to ‘instantly’ cut funding to universities that cave to Trump ‘compact’ " Any California...