The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s James Causey writes that artifical intelligence is being used to produce fake videos and images, depicting deceased figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Robin Williams in an unflattering light. It presents a danger of misinformation to the country, he warns.
Local newspapers need our support, says Caffeinated Politics blogger Gregory Humphrey. He’s disturbed by reports that show local papers in trouble. He adds that the decline of local journalism will have real consequences. To read a local newspaper is to engage in a democratic ritual, he insists.
Blogger Dave Cieslewicz, who took a lot of heat for his criticism of the No Kings protests, now has second thoughts. After observing how it all came off, his worries that it might work against the protesters, were for naught. He says it took a lot of chutzpah on Speaker Mike Johnson’s part to call it a hate America rally…