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Trump’s trial date for classified docs case could interfere with presidential campaign
A trial date has been set for former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case and it’s being called a compromise. The government requested the trial begin in December, but Trump’s team asked to push the proceeding until after the 2024 election. A federal judge met the two sides in the middle, setting the proceedings for… -
500 days of war: Journalist speaks on civilian life in Ukraine
A Russian missile attack in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv killed five people on Thursday, July 6. The strike hit a residential building in Lviv, which is about 40 miles from the border with Poland. The city of Lviv has been a hub for humanitarian aid and refugees since the start of the war,… -
Nearing ‘theory of mind’: The 4 types of AI
Americans interact with artificial intelligence (AI) products daily, from talking to Amazon’s Alexa to scrolling through Netflix recommendations. However, artificial intelligence is a broad term that encompasses a range of technologies. Here are four types of AI, from the most basic to the entirely theoretical. Reactive AI Reactive AI is the most basic form of… -
AI’s role in hiring practices in the spotlight amid bias concerns
Artificial intelligence (AI) likely played a role in securing some applicants’ current jobs or excluding them from consideration for the position they missed out on. Human resources departments have been using automated tools to assist in recruitment for some time now. However, in February of 2023, one of the first allegations of discrimination based on… -
DOJ, ODNI don’t have Trump’s declassification ‘standing order’
Former President Donald Trump has insisted for months that he had a “standing order” that would declassify documents as soon as they were removed from the White House. The order, he claimed, would exonerate him in the ongoing criminal case regarding his alleged mishandling of classified documents. Now, both the Department of Justice and the… -
States take the lead in regulating artificial intelligence
As the federal government continues to deliberate on how to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), states are taking action. Here are some examples of bills and laws that states have introduced and passed to regulate AI. Colorado Colorado’s law, SB21-169, is called Protecting Consumers from Unfair Discrimination in Insurance Practices. The law, which took effect in… -
4-day school week’s popularity could backfire on rural schools
The hallways are empty, rooms are dark and chairs are on top of desks at Weeping Water High School on Mondays. Students do not arrive until Tuesday. Weeping Water Public Schools in eastern Nebraska is one of a growing number of districts across the country that have switched to a four-day school week. The move… -
Oklahoma board approves nation’s first publicly funded religious school
Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved what could become the nation’s first publicly funded religious school on Monday, June 5. The Archdiocese of Oklahoma had applied to establish the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School. According to Straight Arrow News’ exclusive Media Miss tool, the vast majority of sources covering this story are… -
US Navy comes to aid of ship being ‘harassed’ by Iran
The U.S. Navy reported Monday, June 5, that sailors came to the aid of a merchant ship the Navy said was being harassed by Iran Revolutionary Guard vessels. The United Kingdom Royal Navy also came to the ship’s aid. The incident happened in the Strait of Hormuz, located off Iran’s southern coast. According to the… -
This AI tool may let news reporters get back to journalism ‘out there in the world’
A B2B SAAS company, HeyWire AI, is in the process of developing an AI news engine that could free up journalists to focus on original reporting. HeyWire AI founder and CEO Von Raees said the product is called Wells in honor of 19th century journalist Ida B. Wells. Raees said that Wells will be able… -
House GOP threatens to hold FBI chief Wray in contempt over Biden document
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) wrote a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, threatening to put him in contempt of Congress. The threat has to do with an unclassified document that allegedly details a bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national. The FBI has refused to hand over the… -
Poll: 18% of Americans satisfied with state of nation, gov’t named top problem
A new Gallup poll found just 18% of Americans are satisfied with the state of nation. That’s about half of the historical average for American satisfaction. While low, May’s satisfaction was actually slightly up from the 16% satisfaction reported in April. It was also higher than the 13% satisfaction reported in June and July of… -
The EU is close to regulating AI. What about us?
The rollout of commercial AI tools in recent months has shown that the technology can make mistakes. It can hallucinate, show bias and discrimination and it can be misused by humans. These fears have sent governments scrambling to form regulation about a technology that many don’t fully understand yet. The European Union is already prepared…
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