Freedom IndexMedia & Culture
Media & Culture explores how journalism, entertainment, and creative industries influence—and are influenced by—free speech. From press freedom to artistic expression, this category highlights the cultural impact of censorship and the ongoing struggle for open dialogue.
In brief The new MiniMax M2.7 matches top closed models in benchmarks. The model underwent a quite license shift to…
Last year, President Donald Trump sued The Wall Street Journal, claiming the newspaper had defamed him by reporting that he contributed…
In brief StarkWare became the latest firm building on Ethereum to reduce its headcount in the name of achieving greater…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the collapse of ceasefire talks with Iran and President Donald Trump’s…
In brief Crypto.com will co-present UFC Freedom 250 at the White House on June 14, marking America’s 250th birthday. The…
[I wrote earlier today about the TRO motion that requested the order; but I wanted to repost some of that,…
In brief SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony each took 10%+ in a new AI development company, joined by major banks…
from the government-cheat-codes dept The government’s reliance on grand juries to bring charges against activists, protesters, and the president’s personal…
From today’s opinion by Judge Darrin Gayles (S.D. Fla.) in Trump v. Dow Jones & Co, Inc.: On January 15,…
In brief The UK’s AI Safety Institute found that Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview can autonomously execute complex cyber attacks. It…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept We have all wanted to learn a language at some point but it’s hard to get…
At last Friday’s University of Virginia Federalist Society Originalism Symposium on “Originalism and Article III,” I participated in a Rupe…