Don Lemon Seeks Dismissal Of Federal Charges Over Minnesota Church Protest

Saudi Coalition Intercepts Drone Headed Toward Mecca Update(2145ET): Drone attack on Mecca from unknown location being reported overnight, though the Saudi coalition has been prompted to blame Yemen's Shia Houthis: Saudi Arabia and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation have condemned what they described as a “heinous” Houthi attack targeting Mecca. A Houthi official, however, rejected Saudi Arabia’s account that its forces had shot down a drone heading toward the holy city, calling the report “a worn-out lie.”- AFP And emerging reporting via Al Jazeera: The Saudi-led coalition spokesperson, Turki al-Maliki, said Royal Saudi Air...

No Real People Were Polled: AI Is Now Fabricating What "The Public Thinks" The other day Axios ran a piece that cited "findings" that a majority of people trusted their doctors and nurses. Turns out, those "findings" were completely fabricated by a company called Aaru - using AI (causing Axios to issue an editor's note and 'clarification')Aaru uses something they call "silicon sampling," where large language models (the AI) can emulate humans at a fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling, the NY Times reports. Silicon sampling isn’t polling. It is the outright fabrication of public opinion by...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believes Russia has shared technology for producing jet-powered drones with North Korea. The remarks come on the heels of the South Korean president warning that Ukraine is attempting to bring war to the Korean Peninsula. Zelensky was asked if ⁠Russia had shared with North Korea the technology behind its […]