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In a troubling sign of the times, armed violence reached an Ohio gubernatorial campaign this week when Amy Acton, a candidate for governor, was attacked by an armed man, leaving several people injured. The incident raises urgent questions about political security and the climate surrounding public figures in American life.
Shifting to a quieter but meaningful development in the developer community, Nitter and XCancel have resumed service following legal consultation. The privacy-friendly Twitter front-ends had gone dark amid uncertainty over legal exposure, and their return is being welcomed by the hundreds of users who rely on them to browse social media without tracking or algorithmic interference.
And in a dispute that cuts to the heart of the AI industry's relationship with creative work, authors are pushing back against publishers and literary agents who appear to be claiming a disproportionate share of payments from Anthropic's copyright settlement. Writers say the intermediaries who negotiated on their behalf are now taking more than their fair share, raising hard questions about who actually benefits when tech companies are held accountable for training on protected work.
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