Google has confirmed it is restricting the types of election-related questions users can ask its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini. In a blog post, it said the policy had been rolled out in India, which will hold elections from later in April. It comes as the firm aims to avoid more controversy over AI technology. […]
Google has confirmed it is restricting the types of election-related questions users can ask its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini. In a blog post, it said the policy had been rolled out in India, which will hold elections later in April. It comes as the firm aims to avoid more controversy over AI technology. Gemini […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal courts moved Tuesday to make it harder to file lawsuits in front of judges seen as friendly to a point of view, a practice known as judge shopping that gained national attention in a major abortion medication case. The new policy covers civil suits that would affect an entire state or […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The amount of time people spend in jail before trial could be in the hands of voters this November. Some lawmakers are pushing for a new initiative on this year’s ballot that would restrict pretrial release. Just a few years after Senate Bill 48 was passed in the 2021 legislative session, […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate endorsed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to limit a governor’s end-of-term pardon powers, reflecting the outrage still burning over pardons granted by the state’s last Republican governor on his way out of office in 2019. The measure seeks to amend the state’s constitution to suspend a governor’s […]
Lawmakers in the Florida House said on Wednesday they didn’t know public school officials could still use corporal punishment to discipline students. That practice, which is in use in nearly a third of school districts, could be restricted under a proposal that’s getting bipartisan support this legislative session. Short of banning school officials from paddling […]
The Florida House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a bill aimed at barring children aged 16 and younger from social media platforms, following similar action in several states to limit online risks to young teenagers. Passed by a bipartisan vote of 106 to 13, the measure would require social media platforms to terminate the accounts […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks. Ashton Colby, 31, fears the clinic where he gets the testosterone he has taken since age 19 would no […]
Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youths — and in some cases, adults — returning to the issue the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law and sparked lawsuits. As legislatures begin their work for the year, lawmakers in several states have proposed enacting […]
Facebook and Instagram are to start hiding more types of content for teenagers as part of an effort to better protect younger users from harmful material online. As part of the changes, teenager users will no longer see posts from others discussing their personal struggle with thoughts of self-harm or suicide – even if they […]
Several Chicago suburbs are moving to pass policies that would restrict buses seeking to drop off migrants unannounced in their communities as Texas continues to send thousands of undocumented immigrants to the area. The proposed policies would require bus operators to seek approval before they unload people. Chicago, which has been struggling to house the […]
MBARARA, Uganda (AP) — At least once a week, Girino Ndyanabo’s family converges around a pit in which bananas have been left to ripen. The bananas are peeled and thrown into a wooden vat carved like a boat, and the patriarch steps in with bare feet. The sweet juice he presses out is filtered and […]