Google has paused its artificial intelligence image generator’s ability to create pictures of people to repair its representation of race after it stoked controversy by injecting minorities inappropriately into images. Google’s Gemini chatbot, released to the public last week, drew widespread criticism for misrepresenting historical figures as different races. For example, Gemini presented white historical […]
Republicans are facing another political headache in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, this time involving in vitro fertilization procedures, that could spell disaster for the party heading into the 2024 election. The latest hurdle comes out of Alabama after the state Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos are legally […]
Though Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) endorsed former President Donald Trump after dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, he has taken several opportunities to snipe at his former rival. DeSantis, first seen as the most viable alternative to Trump, fought a savage campaign against the former president, who focused much of his attention and attacks […]
(The Center Square) – Recently enacted legislation intended to help app-based delivery drivers receive fair wages is instead hurting delivery drivers, business owners and customers. Seattle’s App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance and the App-Based Worker Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance went into effect on Jan. 13. The App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance requires network companies to pay the […]
(The Center Square) – How do racial views impact Americans’ views of gun control and gun ownership? Margaret Kelley, professor of American studies at the University of Kansas, examined the connection between these issues in a new paper titled “Cognitive and Apathetic Racism in Patterns of Gun Ownership and Gun Control Attitudes.” Her research concluded that […]
(The Center Square) — Florida students could be required to learn about communism and other socio-political and economic systems after a bill advanced in a House committee on Wednesday. A revised early learning bill also passed the House Education & Employment Committee. HB 1349 is co-sponsored by state Rep. Robert “Chuck” Brannan, R-Macclenny and state Rep. James Buchanan, […]
(The Center Square) – Arkansas’ maternal death rate is nearly double the national average, panelists heard during a roundtable discussion on maternal health Wednesday. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, U.S. Sen. John Boozman, U.S. Rep. French Hill and medical professionals across the state discussed some of the challenges facing maternal health in Arkansas. “Nationally, 24 women […]
March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in just over a week. The payment will go out a week from Friday, March 1, and is the second payment for 2024 since no payments went out in January due to a scheduling quirk in […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is facing pressure from Republicans to hold a full impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas when the House sends over the impeachment articles at the end of the month. The House voted last Tuesday to impeach Mayorkas, whom Republicans have accused of refusing to enforce existing federal […]
Fallout from campus antisemitism continued at Harvard University this week as the school was forced to condemn a cartoon and a professor resigned from a pro-Palestinian group that shared the image. The image included a hand adorned with a Star of David and a dollar sign clutching nooses tightened around the necks of Arab and […]
