Actress Scarlett Johansson said she was “shocked” and “angered” Monday after ChatGPT rolled out its voiced artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that she claims sounds “eerily similar” to her own voice. Johansson, in a statement, noted that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously reached out to her about voicing an AI for the company, but she declined....
A campaign video posted to former President Trump’s Truth Social page Monday included a note about establishing a “unified Reich” and other references to the German Empire as hypothetical headlines if he were to win the 2024 election. The video was widely criticized online, including by the Biden campaign, which said it is “echoing Nazi...
Under the best of circumstances, both Alito and Thomas should recuse themselves. If they refuse, Chief Justice John Roberts should publicly call on them to do so. If they still refuse, Congress should move to impeach them both.
Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office rested their case Monday against former President Trump, bringing the first criminal trial of a U.S. president in the country’s history nearer to a close. The defense now has the opening to present witnesses to try to persuade at least one potential skeptic on the jury that Trump...
Senate Democrats are waging a public battle with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and are questioning his impartiality after it was revealed that an upside-down American flag flew outside his home in the days surrounding Jan. 6, 2021, and President Biden’s inauguration. Alito, one of the Supreme Court’s leading conservatives, is facing mounting criticism over...
In Georgia, incumbent Justice Andrew Pinson and Democratic former congressman John Barrow are running for the state Supreme Court in an unusually heated race.
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat who is not running for reelection, addressed rumors that he might run for governor in 2024 as an independent.