The Guardian

Dave Eggers: ‘Once you have a machine think and write for you, you’re cooked as a species’

As his new novel is published, the US author talks about nurturing the next generation of creatives, debating Sam Altman – and why he writes on a boat in San Francisco Bay At Dave Eggers’s suggestion, ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Can Thomas Massie run as a write-in or independent candidate? What KY law says

In our Reality Check stories, Herald-Leader journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? hlcityregion@herald-leader.com. Rep. Thomas Massie ...
The Courier-Journal

Could Massie be a write-in during November election? What state law says

After incumbent U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his primary election for the 4th Congressional District seat to Shelbyville farmer and former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in Kentucky's May 19 primary election, ...
GeekWire

Microsoft will offer voluntary retirement to thousands of employees in a first for tech giant

Time to hang it up? Microsoft will be giving some employees that chance. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft is offering a one-time voluntary retirement program for the first time in its 51-year ...
USA Today

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs will still be cheap with Medicare, but there's a catch

Medicare has delayed a program for older Americans that would've required participating insurance companies to cover GLP-1 weight loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound.
CNBC

There's an 'art' to writing AI prompts for personal finance, MIT professor says

Many people are turning to artificial intelligence for personal finance advice. Writing a good AI prompt can mean the difference between receiving a reasonable or poor output, experts said. While AI ...
Today

EXCLUSIVE: New Subscription Program for Wegovy Could Save Patients $1,200 a Year — How to Access It

The maker of the GLP-1 weight-loss drug Wegovy is promising “a lower, predictable monthly price” for patients who use a new subscription program for the medication. The savings add up to $600 a year ...
Wired

Meet the Tech Reporters Using AI to Help Write and Edit Their Stories

When technology reporter Alex Heath has a scoop, he sits down at his computer and speaks into a microphone. He’s not talking to a human colleague—Heath went independent on Substack last year—he’s ...
The Conversation

College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them

Rather than hand off writing to chatbots, college students in pilots showed that they use them to brainstorm and help get started. Kriangsak Koopattanakij/iStock via Getty Images Debates about ...
Nature

Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud

All major large language models (LLMs) can be used to either commit academic fraud or facilitate junk science, a test of 13 models has found. Still, some LLMs performed better than others in the ...
Wall Street Journal

How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States

When the Trump administration targeted billions of dollars in federal welfare funds recently over fraud concerns, it singled out five Democratic-run states. An examination by The Wall Street Journal ...