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OpenAI, Meta, tech giants sign effort to fight AI election interference

A group of 20 tech companies announced Friday that they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive artificial intelligence content from interfering with elections around the world this year. The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can create text, images, and videos in seconds in response to prompts, is helping more than […]

Biden administration expands effort to help underserved communities get access to sewage infrastructure funds

The Biden administration is expanding efforts to help underserved communities access wastewater infrastructure. The administration announced Tuesday that it would expand the pilot to 150 additional communities, up from 11 when it started, and help them access federal wastewater funds. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), approximately 2 million people in the United States […]

Jauan Jennings’ historic Super Bowl 2024 effort for naught in 49ers loss

LAS VEGAS — Call this play the “San Fran Special” and call Jauan Jennings a potential MVP. Jennings on Sunday became the second player to throw and catch a touchdown pass in the same Super Bowl, executing a trick play late in the second quarter and breaking the goal line early for the game-winning point. […]

Progressive California mayors back effort to amend crime laws amid ‘rampant’ drugs and theft

Progressive mayors are backing efforts to undo certain policies from California’s decades-old crime referendum. Critics say the referendum lowers penalties for petty theft and drug possession, emboldening criminals. The 2014 law in question, Proposition 47, reclassified many felonies as misdemeanors, including retail and property theft. Under Proposition 47, petty theft of merchandise valued at less […]

Axelrod slams effort to keep Trump off the ballot: ‘It worries me’

CNN commentator David Axelrod, who served as an adviser during the Obama administration, denounced efforts by several states to keep former President Trump from voting in 2024, calling it “very destructive” and ” “It will cause a huge reaction,” he said. “I think it’s going to have a big reaction. And that worries me. I […]

Sen. James Lankford Mocks Mayorkas Impeachment Effort

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) defended Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas against impeachment, hours before the months-long pro-immigration border deal effort was expected to come under fire. Asked about the House’s efforts to impeach the embattled secretary in the midst of an unprecedented border crisis that began on Lankford’s watch, Lankford said, “To use House terminology, […]