'How bad is California’s wildfire insurance crisis? So bad that the state can’t get coverage for its own firehouses.' politico.com/newsletters/ca…

on his podcast today, dave chang of momofuku apologized for the chili crunch trademark debacle & announced that the brand 'will no longer enforce the trademark.'

eater.com/24128813/dave-…

In this media environment it's especially refreshing to see an outlet thrive on a diet of original reporting & reader support. Congrats!

'Increasingly it's union contracts & labour actions that are setting the terms under which AI is going to be deployed in the real world,' Sarah Myers West told me.

The next battleground: contract negotiations for Hollywood animators & visual effects workers.context.news/ai/hollywood-a…

The US organizes voting data on a bunch of random local spreadsheets & PDFs, many aren't even online.

This makes answering basic questions about voting rights a herculean task of data compiling, cleaning.

There has to be a better way, writes Dara Gold: boltsmag.org/election-data-…

I couldn't help but wonder: how did the youth become such boring scolds?

Are you having trouble Googling California news?

The search giant is blocking some California journalism today as it escalates fight v ⁦Buffy Wicks⁩ bill charging tech platforms that feature stories — a favored tactic for Google politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

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'Increasingly it's union contracts & labour actions that are setting the terms under which AI is going to be deployed in the real world,' Sarah Myers West told me.

The next battleground: contract negotiations for Hollywood animators & visual effects workers.context.news/ai/hollywood-a…

EXCLUSIVE: Swiggy, one of India's largest delivery platforms, gamifies health insurance by taking away the health benefits when delivery riders don’t meet their quotas

Varsha Bansal spoke to 40 riders across India for this report.

restofworld.org/2024/swiggy-he…

Instagram boosts Modi AI image ads ahead of elections, raising questions on AI disclosure

An Al Jazeera English review found Instagram boosted 50 political ads with AI images of Modi without sufficient disclosures, showing gaps in the enforcement of its AI policies…

Our friends at L.A. TACO🌴🌮 have been trying to do local journalism in a new way. But they’re furloughing staff because a lot has gone wrong, including Google AI stripping their work without sending traffic back. lataco.com/facing-immedia…

A study by CVL Economics (commissioned by labor groups representing animators, cartoonists and other Hollywood artists) found 75% of industry bosses had eliminated, reduced, or consolidated jobs after introducing AI into their workplaces. context.news/ai/hollywood-a…

New: TikTok has started pitching advertisers on an in-development generative AI tool that would create AI avatars to star in their ads—potentially competing with creators for brand deals in the process.

scoop with Jing Yang and Juro Osawa: theinformation.com/articles/tikto…

“About a tenth of the world’s residential property by value is under threat from global warming—including many houses that are nowhere near the coast.” economist.com/leaders/2024/0…

The subtext here is that the Daily Caller is perhaps not familiar with the practice of reaching out to people for comment about stories?

In north Nigeria, families are forced to keep girls home from school because of an epidemic of kidnapping by criminal gangs & jihadists.

There have been at least 735 mass abductions since 2019.

My colleauges Bukola Adebayo & Noah Anthony Enahoro report: context.news/socioeconomic-…

'Children now choose between school and staying alive'

We spoke to families waiting for their niece's release, Nigerians who have contributed to ransoms in the kidnap scourge that has befallen schools since the Chibok girl's abduction 10 years ago.

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