Wyoming man running as bot concedes race, launches ‘alliance’ to inject AI into politics
Victor Miller, who acted as an artificial intelligence bot called “VIC” [Virtual Integrated Citizen] Speaking in Wyoming’s capital city on Wednesday, President Trump acknowledged his attempt to make tech political history. mirror 327 votes, about 3% Ten percent of all candidates won in Cheyenne’s nonpartisan mayoral primary election Tuesday night, according to Laramie County records. […]
Wyoming newspaper editor apologizes after reporter caught fabricating quotes, writing stories through AI
A rookie reporter in Wyoming resigned and her former employer apologized after a rival newspaper discovered she had used AI to write an article. Aaron Pelzer, 40, started working at Cody Enterprises in early June with no prior journalism experience. By Aug. 9, he CJ Baker of the Powell Tribune He claimed that some of […]
85-year-old Wyoming homeowner who says he fought with, shot intruder describes scary late-night altercation
An 85-year-old Wyoming homeowner described the frightening altercation to police late Friday night, saying he struggled with an intruder and then shot him. Cowboy State Daily. Wayne Williams told the newspaper he heard punching and kicking outside his home in the 900 block of East Park Avenue in Riverton just after 11 p.m. “So we […]
Wyoming horse racer Dede Anders abandoned in Mongolia after getting too sick to ride in 620-mile Mongol Derby
A Wyoming-based long-distance jockey became too ill on a 620-mile journey across the East Asian country to compete, but was left to fend for herself in Mongolia after race organizers “never cared” about what happened to her. Dede Anders, 49, entered the Mongol Derby at the last minute, arriving in Mongolia on Aug. 1 after […]
Wyoming wildfire destroys GOP rep’s childhood home: ‘Devastating’
A raging wildfire has destroyed the childhood home of Republican Congresswoman Harriet Hageman of Wyoming. Officials say the blaze has burned more than 28,000 acres in eastern Wyoming since last week. The Haystacks Fire, which was contained Monday, reignited the next day and burned areas in the Haystack Mountains and north of Fort Laramie, Goshen […]