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View More NewsI blogged last year about the $6K sanctions imposed earlier in this case for AI hallucinations, as well as about the earlier order identifying the hallucinations and the lawyer’s response; here’s a follow-up, from today’s Order on Post-Trial Motions by Judge Nina Wang (D. Colo.): Before concluding, the Court must address Frankspeech’s brief in response to Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Final Judgment. Troublingly, given the background of this case, Frankspeech’s response brief misattributes a district court case to the Tenth Circuit. On the first page of its brief, Frankspeech states that “[t]he 10th Circuit recognized in Capital Solutions, LLC v.…
Are young boys everywhere on the verge of being pulled down into the abyss of online gambling? If you’ve been reading the news lately, you might be tempted to think so. Young men are all addicted to sports betting, and now the industry’s incessant advertising is luring in kids, so say some media outlets. If something isn’t done to limit ads for gambling apps, some argue, kids will continue to be taken advantage of. These dire predictions have reached Colorado lawmakers, who are now considering Senate Bill 26-131, which would place major restrictions on sports betting in the state. In…
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“Tonight,” said Donald Trump to the people of Iran on 28 February, “bombs will be dropping everywhere. … When we are finished, take over your government.” These words seemed to evoke a single apocalyptic night, after which the Iranian people would emerge from their shelters, blinking in the light of a new day, to discover that the IRGC, the Artesh, the Basij, and the hated morality police were all buried under the rubble, America’s planes had departed, and Iran was free at last.Four weeks was the President’s actual timeline, but that’s looking doubtful now. Trump was warned that the Iranian…
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