Google faked Gemini AI output in Super Bowl ad

Google appears to have faked AI output in a commercial set to run during the Super Bowl. The ad shows a business owner using Gemini to write a website description, but the text portrayed as generated by AI has been available on the business’s website since at least August 2020, as shown on this archived…

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Trump admin appeals ruling blocking birthright citizenship order

The Trump Justice Department appealed a Thursday order blocking the president’s birthright citizenship order, hours after the ruling was issued.  The Justice Department filed its appeal to the Ninth Circuit on Thursday evening. The move came shortly after U.S. District Judge John Coughenour extended a temporary restraining order he had previously issued. Coughenour notably scolded…

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CBS staffers upset over ’60 Minutes’ drama, admit Kamala Harris interview edits were an ‘unforced error’

CBS News staffers are reportedly becoming increasingly upset about the drama unfolding over the “60 Minutes” Kamala Harris interview at the center of a major legal controversy.  Puck News reported Wednesday about the “mixed emotions” from staffers following comments made by “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens, who told his colleagues at Monday’s meeting that…

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Elon Musk’s computer coup

Elon Musk and the team at the Department of Government Efficiency figured out one thing really fast: if you control the computers, you control everything. And so Musk and his merry band of engineers have spent the last week or so parading into various US government agencies and taking control of their systems. There’s so…

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