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Weeks later, Mr. Trump is the former President Trump. Instead, in a brief televised address shortly before 2:30 a.m., Mr. Trump furiously laid down his postelection lie. For weeks, Mr. Trump had been peppering him with tips of fraud that, upon investigation by federal authorities, proved baseless. The cavalry “is coming, Mr. President,” Kylie Kremer tweeted to Mr. Trump on Dec. 19. On Jan. 15, Mr. Trump acquiesced to an Oval Office meeting with Mr. Lindell, who arrived with two sets of documents.

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☆ Here's 9 ways to turn ChatGPT Plus into your personal data analyst with the new Code Interpreter plug-in
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Aaron Mok | Gabriel Rivera | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here's 9 ways ChatGPT Plus users have used Code Interpreter, from data analysis to game creation. Last week, OpenAI launched a beta version of its plug-in called Code Interpreter to users of ChatGPT Plus, which costs $20 a month. Thanks to the new plug-in, users may now be able to turn ChatGPT into their own personal data analyst. After that, Ker found open source code to help Code Interpreter devise a version of the game. Analyze playlistsWith Code Interpreter, there may be no need to wait all year for your Spotify Wrapped playlist.

Persons: OpenAI, Ethan Mollick, there'd, Mollick, Alex Ker, Ker, Greg Howe, Jason Gulya, Drake Surach, —, Surach, Kris Kashtanova, ChatGPT, Salma Aboukar, Midjourney, Wharton, — Salma Aboukar, Rick Astley Organizations: LinkedIn, ChatGPT, Twitter, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, Berkeley College, YouTube

July 13 (Reuters) - A group of Republican U.S. state attorney generals on Thursday warned the country's largest companies that certain workforce diversity policies could be illegal in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision effectively striking down affirmative action in higher education. The attorney generals urged the companies to abandon race-based quotas or preferences in hiring, promotion and contracting and threatened legal action "sooner rather than later" if they do not. "Companies that engage in racial discrimination should and will face serious legal consequences," the attorney generals wrote. They were joined by the attorney generals of Indiana, South Carolina and Missouri, among others. But in Thursday's letter, the attorney generals said well-intentioned race discrimination is still illegal.

Persons: Kris Kobach, Jonathan Skrmetti, Harvard University's, Neil Gorsuch, George Floyd, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Alistair Bell Organizations: Republican, U.S, Companies, Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Uber Technologies Corp, Harvard, University of North, Federal, Thomson Locations: Republican U.S, U.S ., Kansas, Tennessee, Indiana , South Carolina, Missouri, Albany , New York

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - A judge on Monday ordered Kansas to stop allowing transgender people to change the gender listed on their driver's licenses after a lawsuit filed by the state's Republican attorney general. Shawnee County District Court Judge Teresa Watson issued the temporary restraining order on Monday. Some states have banned teachers of younger children from discussing gender or sexuality, while conservative lawmakers have also proposed or passed laws restricting drag performances. In June, President Joe Biden warned of "ugly" attacks from "hysterical" people who he said were targeting LGBTQ+ Americans, especially transgender youth. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington, editing by Deepa BabingtonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Laura Kelly, Kris Kobach, Teresa Watson, Kobach, Joe Biden, Kanishka Singh, Deepa Babington Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Kansas Department of Revenue, Defamation League, Thomson Locations: Kansas, Shawnee County, U.S, Washington

☆ Retail crime is a 'spiraling problem' in Kansas, the state's AG says, as rising drug use leads to a surge in shoplifting in Wichita
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Organized retail crime is rising in Wichita, Kansas, according to a report by CNN. "To see this much retail crime, it's shocking," Captain Casey Slaughter, who leads Wichita Police Department's property crimes bureau, told CNN. Organized retail crime at retailers was 26.5% higher in 2021 than in the previous year, according to a study by the National Retail Federation. Target said organized retail crime has led to more than $400 million in profit losses in 2022. Local crime officials say that drugs, and in particular fentanyl, a synthetic drug like heroin but 50 times more potent, appear to be driving a lot of the retail crime.

Persons: —, Kris Kobach, Captain Casey Slaughter, Slaughter, Joe Sullivan, Sullivan, Cabela's, Robert Lee, Lee Organizations: CNN, Service, Kansas, Wichita Police, National Retail Federation, Target Locations: Wichita , Kansas, San Francisco, Wichita, Sedgwick, Sedgwick County

☆ Retail crime has hit a bustling Kansas metropolis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Republican Kris Kobach, Kansas’ attorney general, said retail crime is a “spiraling problem” in his state, adding that Kansas and Missouri are among the top 10 states in the nation for volume of retail crime. “There is a link between drug trafficking and organized retail crime,” Kobach told lawmakers in June. “Organized retail crime is a problem that is getting worse, not better. Organized retail crime offers criminals a business model of pure profit, “with no overhead, rent, product cost. In early June, Kobach testified before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Organized Retail Crime and the Threat to Public Safety.”“When one thinks about the explosion of organized retail crime in the United States, the State of Kansas may not intuitively jump to mind,” he told lawmakers.

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☆ James Beard Award 2023 winners announced
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Marnie Hunter | Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The awards have been presented in the Windy City since 2015 and are set to remain there through 2027. Like last year, much of the 2023 show was focused on showcasing the new push for greater diversity. The James Beard Foundation has been mired in controversy over the past few years. The winner of the South category, Natalia Vallejo, is the first Puerto Rican native to win a James Beard Award. Here’s the full list of the 2023 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards nominees.

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Kashtanova received a copyright in September, and declared on social media that it meant artists were entitled to legal protection for their AI art projects. Copyright Office suddenly reversed itself, and Kashtanova became the first person in the country to be stripped of legal protection for AI art. A spokesperson for the copyright office declined to comment. Copyright Office, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court and has a patent case before the U.K. Supreme Court. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 1 2 3 4Meanwhile, many artists and companies that own creative content fiercely oppose granting copyrights to AI owners or users.

Copyright Office issued new guidance on Wednesday to clarify when artistic works created with the help of artificial intelligence are copyright eligible. "The answer will depend on the circumstances, particularly how the AI tool operates and how it was used to create the final work," the office said. Generative AI systems like Midjourney, ChatGPT and DALL-E, which create text and images in response to human instructions, have recently skyrocketed in popularity. The office reiterated Wednesday that copyright protection depends on the amount of human creativity involved, and that the most popular AI systems likely do not create copyrightable work. The office also said that copyright applicants must disclose when their work includes AI-created material, and that previously filed applications that do not disclose AI's role must be corrected.

☆ Pink Slips for the Tort Bar
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

One mystery of modern politics is why so many Republican-led states employ trial lawyers who file junk lawsuits and donate to their political opponents. This week comes a glimmer of hope that those habits are changing. On Tuesday, new Attorneys General Brenna Bird of Iowa and Kris Kobach of Kansas each fired Florida-based personal-injury law firm Morgan & Morgan, which had been working for their states on a contingency-fee basis.

☆ Walgreens' mixed messaging on abortion pills landed it in the political crossfire, and its clarifications may not be enough to avoid a boycott
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Walgreens says it will sell abortion ills in states where it is "legally permissible to do so." She said Walgreens "does not intend" to sell Mifepristone at any of its locations in the state. The move sparked a backlash from abortion rights supporters, specifically in states where abortion is still legal, with California Gov. By Monday, Walgreens had put out a new statement that assured customers it would sell Mifepristone at locations in states where it was legal. Walgreens did not respond to questions asking in which states it would sell Mifepristone.

☆ US Copyright Office rejects trademark of AI-generated book images: They are 'not the product of human authorship'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An author used AI-generated images in a recently published graphic novel. The US Copyright Office ruled that while the book is protected, the AI-generated images are not. The office said the images weren't protected because they are "not the product of human authorship." The Copyright Office, however, said Kashtanova did not inform it of the use of AI-generated images in the initial copyright application and requested that she update the application or risk losing the copyright. After months of review, the office ruled on Tuesday that the book would keep it's copyright protection, but the the AI-generated images would not because they are "not the product of human authorship."

☆ AI-Generated Comic Book ‘Zarya of the Dawn’ Keeps Copyright But Key Images Excluded
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( James Hookway | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Copyright Office supported a copyright registration for a comic book created with the help of an artificial intelligence program, but said that individual AI-generated images couldn’t be granted protection, the latest development in a closely watched case that has become a barometer for how AI art might be treated in the eyes of the law. New York-based author and software developer Kris Kashtanova initially obtained copyright protection for the 18-page graphic novel “Zarya of the Dawn” last year. Kashtanova, who uses a gender-neutral honorific and pronouns, used a series of written prompts to guide the AI software Midjourney to create the images in the book, which describes the voyage of young person through several futuristic worlds and was the subject of an article in The Wall Street Journal last month.

☆ Who Owns AI-Generated Art? A Comic Book Draws the Battle Lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( James Hookway | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kris Kashtanova says doing the art for the graphic novel “Zarya of the Dawn” was like conjuring it up with a spell. “New York Skyline forest punk,” the author typed into an artificial intelligence program that turns written prompts into pictures. Then came the tinkering with the wording to get the right effect. “Crepuscular rays. Epic scene.”

☆ Newly-elected Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach fined $30,000 by FEC for illegal contribution from 'WeBuildTheWall' scam organization
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kris Kobach was fined $30,000 by the Federal Election Commission for accepting an illegal contribution. He was just elected Kansas Attorney General. "We Build The Wall," the group that contributed to Kobach's Senate campaign, has a colorful history of its own. But Bannon now faces similar charges from the New York State Attorney General and was arrested again in September 2022. The incoming state attorney general, who served as Kansas secretary of state from 2011 until 2019, rose to national prominence during the Trump administration for his anti-immigration views and claims of voter fraud.

☆ Santa's 25-acre North Pole home is now worth over $1 million — and it has hot cocoa on tap, according to Zillow
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Santa's fictional cabin is once again available for viewing on real estate site Zillow. The 25-acre property was valued at $650,000 in 2016 and is worth an estimated $1.1 million in 2022. Santa's house is one of Zillow's most viewed homes, according to the company. According to the off-market listing, Santa's home is a three-bedroom, two-bathroom cabin built in 1822 and "steeped in Old World charm." Santa's helpers have their own living quarters in "Elf Village," according to Zillow.

☆ Will 'Emancipation' set Will Smith free from 'the slap?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Three things to watch‘Emancipation’Will Smith (center) in a scene from "Emancipation." Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for the next decade, but he is still eligible for nominations. ‘Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?’Idina Menzel attends the American Music Awards on November 20, 2016 in Los Angeles. A Boogie wit da Hoodie performs at the Rolling Loud Los Angeles festival on December 15, 2019 in Los Angeles. Something to sip onNick Cannon attends an event at the GRAMMY Museum on June 25 in Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON — Republican Kris Kobach has won the race to serve as Kansas's attorney general, NBC News projected Thursday. As the state's attorney general, Kobach will have the power to prosecute voter fraud and enforce other election laws. He told the Associated Press in October that “there’s no question” voter fraud occurred in 2020 and that Americans will never know “how many fraudulent ballots were cast." As the vice chair of Trump's election commission, he was charged with investigating claims of voter fraud in the 2016 election. The panel found no major evidence of voter fraud and the committee was dissolved in 2018.

Laura Kelly has won re-election to a second term, NBC News projects, defeating Republican challenger Derek Schmidt. Kelly was the only Democratic governor running for re-election in a state won by Donald Trump in 2020. Any path to victory for Kelly was always going to rely almost entirely on her ability to appeal to Republican voters. In Kansas, registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats nearly 2 to 1 (Republicans make up 44% of registered voters, Democrats 26%, and unaffiliated voters 29%). Her ads during the race focused heavily on how she had done just that during her four years in office.

The first election to put abortion rights to the test after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade appears unlikely to reshape the map of abortion access — at least not overnight. States that protect abortion access Mixed results New protections Existing protections Results pending States that restrict abortion access Results pending New restrictions likely Mixed results Existing restrictionsResults pending in races affecting abortion Arizona Montana Nebraska PennsylvaniaMany of the most competitive state-level races with consequences for abortion were too close to call on Wednesday. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel, both Democrats who pledged to protect abortion rights, won re-election. But two candidates for the State Supreme Court who were backed by anti-abortion groups did not win their races. Mr. Cooper, a Democrat, opposes abortion restrictions, and Republicans failed to secure a supermajority in the Legislature that would have allowed them to override his veto.

☆ Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vies for reelection against Republican Derek Schmidt in Kansas
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Grace Panetta | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Laura Kelly is seeking a second term as governor of Kansas. Laura Kelly is running for a second term against Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt in Kansas. Kansas' gubernatorial candidatesKelly, a moderate Democrat first elected in 2018, is seeking a second term in office, running on her record in leading Kansas through the COVID-19 pandemic. Her opponent, Attorney General Derek Schmidt, has hammered Kelly over issues including Kansas' educational and foster care systems. Kansas' gubernatorial race also follows Kansas voters in August decisively rejecting a ballot referendum that would have eliminated the right to abortion from the Kansas Constitution.

Laura Kelly, a Democrat, is fighting a tough re-election battle— the issue is almost nowhere to be seen. “What Kelly is doing makes perfect sense," said Bob Beatty, a political science professor at Washburn University in Topeka. “I think the abortion vote is possibly very instructive nationally, and for other states, but not for Kansas,” Beatty said. Doing so also allows Kelly and her campaign to avoid wading into the violent history surrounding abortion rights activism in the state. Still, at a debate between the two candidates at the Kansas State Fair earlier this month, Schmidt accused Kelly of supporting abortion “up until the moment of birth,” which is not accurate.

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