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Kanye West performing in the Netherlands despite bans elsewhere for past antisemitic comments
AMSTERDAM, May 29 — US rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, is set to hold concerts in the Netherlands next month, after the country’s migration minister said there were no legal grounds to deny him entry. Dutch lawmakers had urged the government to bar…
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Bondi defends Trump administration’s release of Epstein case files as she testifies before lawmakers
WASHINGTON — Former Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi stood behind the Trump administration’s release of the case files on Jeffrey Epstein as she testified Friday before House lawmakers scrutinizing a process that was delayed and included personal information of potential victims. Bondi, who arrived Friday morning on Capitol Hill for her closed-door interview, was defiant in previous public…
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Trump move threatens ‘political suicide’ for multiple Republicans in Congress: ex-senator
According to a former US senator, the last thing Republican members of Congress want is to participate in a floor vote that would allow the US Treasury to place Donald Trump’s face on a new $250 bill at a time when Americans can’t afford to pay for food and gas. Appearing on MS NOW on…
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Pope Leo Continues Anti-AI Crusade, Says Tech Weakens Human ‘Creativity and Judgment’
The Pope tweeted out a number of anti-AI statements Friday morning, including a warning that the boundary-pushing technology poses the threat of weakening “personal creativity and judgment.” “AI can be a valuable tool and, at the same time, it calls for a measured and vigilant approach,” the Pope wrote Friday from his official X account.…
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Canadian man pleads guilty to selling lethal substances to people who killed themselves
NEWMARKET, Ontario — A Canadian man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who used them to end their own lives pleaded guilty Friday to 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide. Wearing a dark blazer and a white shirt, Kenneth Law stood in the prisoner’s box of a Newmarket, Ontario court to enter his guilty…
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Jorge Gutierrez Drops Out of Amazon’s GenAI Series After Backlash
Filmmaker, writer and animator Jorge R. Gutierrez is dropping out of Amazon MGM Studios’ GenAI Creators’ Fund initiative after receiving backlash on social media. On Wednesday, the tech giant said it was greenlighting three animated series that would be made with generative AI tools and premiere on Prime Video at a later date. One of those projects…
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We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well
Earlier this month, WIRED published an excerpt from Steve Rosenbaum’s buzzy new book, The Future of Truth, which looks at how artificial intelligence warps people’s sense of reality. Shortly thereafter, The New York Times reported that the book contained over a half-dozen made-up or misattributed quotes. In a statement, Rosenbaum, who has a master’s degree…
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Scientists Rush to Save One of the World’s Rarest Trees as It Literally Falls Off a Cliff
Scientists are desperately racing to save one of the world’s rarest tree species from disappearing — by collecting seeds from the only surviving specimen, which is literally clinging to the side of a cliff on Robinson Crusoe Island, an extremely remote island off the coast of Chile. A photo shared by the Royal Botanic Gardens…
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European Union unlocks billions in funding for Hungary after rapid reforms by new leader
BRUSSELS — The European Union will unlock approximately $19 billion in funds for Hungary, officials said Friday, after new Prime Minister Péter Magyar enacted rapid reforms to roll back the democratic backsliding that occurred under his predecessor. The release of the funds was a signal of Brussels’ embrace of the new government in Budapest after the 16-year…
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‘Not Suitable for Work’ Review: Mindy Kaling Plots Another Charming, Messy Rom-Com
In Mindy Kaling’s television world, the players are meant to be relatable: Attractive, but not distractingly so; successful, but with a healthy dose of career dysfunction; polished, but also comfortingly chaotic. Kaling’s latest show, “Not Suitable for Work,” (NSWF – get it?) explores the lives of five 20-somethings as they navigate careers and relationships in…