OpenAI’s viral Studio Ghibli moment highlights AI copyright concerns

It’s only been a day since ChatGPT’s new AI image generator went live, and social media feeds are already flooded with AI-generated memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, the cult-favorite Japanese animation studio behind blockbuster films such as “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away.” In the last 24 hours, we’ve seen AI-generated images representing … Read more

Lawsuit over Trump administration’s Signal group chat assigned to judge in deportation case

Five Cabinet members are facing a federal lawsuit over the use of Signal to coordinate military strikes in Yemen, with the case presided over by the same judge handling the case against the Trump administration over its deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is overseeing the deportation case, which … Read more

US projected to default this summer absent congressional action

The Congressional Budget Office warned on Wednesday that the government could run out of money to pay its bills as early as August or September if lawmakers fail to address the debt limit. “The government’s ability to borrow using extraordinary measures will probably be exhausted in August or September 2025,” the nonpartisan CBO report predicted. … Read more

Former intel officials: Signal chat did put troops at risk

The White House doubled down Wednesday on its insistence that its top national security officials did nothing wrong when they discussed a pending military strike in Yemen over a commercial messaging app known as Signal. Former military and intelligence officials, though, say there’s little doubt such exchanges never should have happened that way and warned … Read more

Trump and The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg have gone back and forth for years

The fallout from the purported Signal group chat between top national security officials that inadvertently included a journalist is the latest chapter between President Donald Trump and The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who once reported that Trump referred to fallen military members as “suckers” and “losers.” “He is as you know is a sleazebag, but … Read more

Arsenal Women 3 – 0 Real Madrid Women

An Arsenal onslaught with three goals in 13 second-half minutes saw the Gunners overturn Real Madrid’s 2-0 first-leg lead to set up a Champions League semi-final with Lyon following their 3-2 aggregate victory. The Gunners blew their visitors away from the first whistle following the interval. Even with Real kicking off, it took only 44 … Read more

ChatGPT’s new AI image feature is delayed for free users

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on Wednesday that the rollout of ChatGPT’s viral new AI image features to free users would be delayed, citing significantly higher demand than the company expected. “Images in ChatGPT are wayyyy more popular than we expected (and we had pretty high expectations),” Altman said in a post on X on … Read more