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 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced an investigation into OpenAI and its ChatGPT chatbot. The probe cites national…
An 18-year-old college freshman was blinded in his right eye by a federal agent during the Los Angeles “No Kings”…
In brief OpenAI is joining Anthropic in locking down its most powerful cyber AI, according to a new report. Frontier…
from the damn-copyright-trolls dept Copyright law is supposed to encourage creativity. Too often, it’s used to extract payouts from others.…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the current secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), but like so many (too many) political…
In brief Google is rolling out an AI avatar feature for YouTube Shorts creators. Users can generate videos of themselves…
President Donald Trump was reelected, in part, because he reached new voters by vowing to “Make America Healthy Again.” It’s…
In brief Enterprise AI agents drive 40% of OpenAI revenue, according to its chief revenue officer. Multi-agent systems replace simple…
from the gee-who-could-have-the-incentive-to-do-that? dept We’ve talked for years about how the DMCA’s notice-and-takedown system is ripe for abuse. The legal…
Courtney Williams never made her gripes with the military a secret. In the mid-2010s, she filed a discrimination complaint with…
In brief Researchers from the Google Cloud AI team have unveiled PaperOrchestra, an AI system that converts scattered research materials…
from the they-can’t-kill-us-all dept Forgive me for this digression. I know it’s usually left to Mike Masnick to lift us…