Conor Friedersdorf on the fired University of Wisconsin-LaCross president: "First Amendment law can tell us only so much. How should Gow’s superiors have responded to this exhibitionist sexagenarian’s pornography? They should simply ignore it." - The Atlantic
"Ahead of the special, a voice calling itself 'Dudesy the comedian AI' tells viewers that what they are about to hear is not Carlin, but instead, an impression." Carlin's family is not impressed. - CBC
A Marvel critic "called the two characters 'repetitive' because both are of Native American descent and have similar powers" - you know, just as a critic would worry when Marvel introduced two white male superheroes. - Los Angeles Times
The former FOX News host who hard-core supported this very book censorship legislation wrote on X/Twitter, "Things are getting crazy with book banning in #Florida." - Yahoo News (Salon)
Why cancel Yale School of Art professor Samia Halaby's show? Well, she's Palestinian, and she's vocal in her support of the Gazans under attack from Israel. If that isn't the reason, she wonders, "Why did they not speak up during the three long years of preparation?" - Hyperallergic
Although it would set generative AI back in the short term, a responsible rebuild could also improve the technology’s standing in the eyes of many whose work has been used without permission, and who hear the promise of AI that “benefits all of humanity” as mere self-serving cant. - The Atlantic
The announcement, last October, that out-of-province students would see their annual tuition fees double comes on the heels of repeated government efforts to chip away at the English community’s long-standing academic institutions. - The Walrus
"Last Friday, the National Park Service (NPS) announced plans to remove the statue, as well as a model of Penn’s original home, from Welcome Park, ... located a few blocks from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. That decision was met with swift criticism, which eventually reached President Joe Biden." - Smithsonian Magazine
To build algorithms that more effectively predict user preferences and better enhance consumer well-being and social welfare, organizations need to employ ways to measure user preferences that take into account these biases. - Harvard Business Review
"OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT and text-to-image generator DALL-E, … (told Britain's House of Lords that) 'limiting training data to public domain books and drawings created more than a century ago might yield an interesting experiment, but would not provide A.I. systems that meet the needs of today’s citizens.'" - Artnet
The authors of a petition signed by more than 4,000 people "are concerned the addition of this clause as a prerequisite for funding will silence critics of the state of Israel and undermine freedom of expression." - Artnet
First was the original ‘world order’ created by Genghis Khan (and his house) in the 13th century. If there is indeed an ‘East’ that is distinct from the ‘West’, one of the points of separation can be placed here. - Aeon
The Artspace is the latest manifestation of a resurgence of Native cultural traditions and ceremonies and the increased national and international visibility of Indigenous artists. - The New York Times
Following the 2021 merger of the orchestra with the organization that operates its concert hall and three other venues (and presents shows in a fourth), ticketholders sometimes didn't know which theater to go to. So the umbrella organization has taken a new name that doesn't include a venue. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
“Amazing work happens at the grassroots level, but how can an organization and people with positional sway and a multimillion-dollar budget do that without losing their values?” - The New Yorker
