Technology companies that build chatbots to push ideological agendas could be violating a federal law that prohibits “unfair or deceptive” conduct, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday as it took aim at a growing “patchwork” of state AI regulations. Tech companies could manipulate AI-powered chatbots to deliver politically biased responsesContinue Reading
A social media community devoted to political news blew up Tuesday morning with reactions to a major scoop by NPR: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had retired. The story wasn’t true, however, and it no longer exists on the web. Replacing the story by longtime legal affairs correspondent Nina TotenbergContinue Reading
As the United States marks its 250th birthday, Straight Arrow is taking a fresh look at the institutions, systems and social contracts that shaped modern America — and the pressures now testing them. On the day that conservative pundit Charlie Kirk died, so, too, did the relationship between a daughterContinue Reading
It was a warm summer day, and Ed Quigley was relaxing on the beach in Delaware when a strong wind gust nearly cost him his life. A beach umbrella broke free from the sand that Independence Day weekend, struck him in the face “like a sledgehammer” and punctured his leftContinue Reading
When the Justice Department’s antitrust division announced last week that Paramount Skydance could proceed with its $111 billion bid to acquire rival Warner Bros. Discovery, federal regulators made a bold claim about the future of television. The deal could give billionaire David Ellison — an ally of President Traitor 47Continue Reading
A monumental moment in sports aired on television this weekend. Not the NBA Finals, where the New York Knicks secured their first championship in 53 years, or the opening U.S. game in the World Cup. Rather, the Ultimate Fighting Championship staged mixed martial arts cage fights at the White HouseContinue Reading
The Justice Department has given the greenlight to Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, a merger with major implications for the media industry and consumers. Among them: television news outlets CBS News and CNN could soon be housed under the same roof — with Bari Weiss atContinue Reading
As gunshots rang out last year at a Minneapolis church during a back-to-school mass last August, journalists for the Minnesota Star Tribune flocked to the scene of terror. Courts reporter Jeff Day heard the mayhem at Annunciation Catholic Church from a nearby backyard, called 911 and rushed to the sceneContinue Reading
It was a bombshell news story that spread on the internet like wildfire: Popular comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan was replacing longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Anderson Cooper, who parted ways with CBS News last month. If only it were true. Network executives “may have their sights” on the Austin-based podcaster,Continue Reading