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Apple Has To Pull Its “AI” News Synopses Because They Were Routinely Full Of Shit

7 months 1 week ago
While “AI” (language learning models) certainly could help journalism, the fail upward brunchlords in charge of most modern media outlets instead see the technology as a way to cut corners, undermine labor, and badly automate low-quality, ultra-low effort, SEO-chasing clickbait. As a result we’ve seen an endless number of scandals where companies use LLMs to create entirely […]
Karl Bode

Can We Count on the Supreme Court?

7 months 1 week ago
Today on TAP: That will depend on whether two justices, Chief John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, are offended by a whole new level of dictatorial overreach.
Robert Kuttner

Tragic Night In Freeburg: Pedestrian Struck And Killed

7 months 1 week ago
FREEBURG — A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in Freeburg at 10:29 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, according to the Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 8. The incident occurred on Illinois State Route 13, where a 2012 black Jeep Wrangler was traveling south when a 35-year-old male pedestrian from Freeburg entered the roadway. The vehicle struck the pedestrian, who sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to a regional hospital. He was later pronounced deceased at the hospital. The driver of the Jeep, a 31-year-old female also from Freeburg, reported no injuries at the scene. ISP is actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash, and no further information is available at this time.

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Missouri utilities push legislation to charge customers upfront costs to build gas plants

7 months 1 week ago
Missouri’s two largest electric utilities want the state’s permission to charge customers for natural gas power plants before they’re completed. Both Evergy and Ameren Missouri asked the Missouri House Utilities Committee on Wednesday to support legislation that would allow them to charge customers for natural, or methane, gas power plants even before they’re completed, saying […]
Allison Kite

Second federal judge seems to be prepared to block Trump spending pause

7 months 1 week ago
WASHINGTON — A second federal judge appears ready to issue an order blocking the Trump administration from freezing funding on grant and loan programs, despite a move by the Office of Management and Budget to rescind a controversial memo Wednesday just before the hearing. Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court […]
Jennifer Shutt