Voters widely oppose taxpayer-funded gender surgeries, revealing Democrat Party’s vulnerability: poll

Taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries remain a vulnerable issue for the Democratic Party that most voters oppose, according to a recent survey by the American Principles Project (APP) targeting likely midterm voters. “We wanted to help educate Americans, but mostly legislators, about where Americans or how Americans feel about funding for gender identity programs, specifically in…

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U.S. News & World Report retracts AP article about veteran Zachary Young, but AP stands by the story

U.S. News & World Report has retracted a republished Associated Press report at the center of a high-stakes defamation lawsuit brought by U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young, but the AP continues to stand by its reporting.  Young, who successfully sued CNN for defamation earlier this year, alleged that CNN smeared him by implying he illegally profited when helping…

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Meta AI will soon train on EU users’ data

Meta has announced that it’s preparing to train AI on the data of EU users of its apps, including Facebook and Instagram. The company says that includes things like public posts, comments, and their chat history with Meta AI, but won’t include “private messages with friends and family.” It also only applies to those who…

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OpenAI debuts new flagship AI model

OpenAI has introduced GPT-4.1, a successor to the GPT-4o multimodal artificial intelligence model launched by the company last year. During a livestream on Monday, OpenAI said GPT-4.1 is better than GPT-4o “on just about every dimension.” Two smaller model versions are also included in this rollout: a lightweight GPT-4.1 Mini model that, like its predecessor,…

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