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Tech and disability, the French Murdoch, and more media flashes

Can artificial intelligence destroy the climate?

A crisis moment for media

How close are large language models to achieving general intelligence? Observers offer diametrically opposed answers. But both skeptics and boosters may be too sure of themselves.

Banning TikTok is a bad idea

TikTok, AI, iPad and Black Twitter

A student paper beats mainstream media to every punch

Supreme Court Update: It's as Bad as You Think. Rainbow Connection (Donald Trump Song Parody). The Next Worker Uprising: Daimler Truck & Thomas Built. Wait! I Said DE-Escalate! Can AI Help Us Talk to Whales?

The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal.