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The president of Glendale Community College was pelted with a chorus of furious boos
after an AI tool tasked with reading graduating students’ names completely flunked the assignment.
As local outlet AZFamily reported, students and families at the Phoenix-area school were left disoriented when the names being read over the ceremony’s loudspeakers failed to match those of the students actually walking across the stage.
The names displayed on the ceremony’s jumbotron were also…

AI system fails during Glendale Community College graduation ceremony
An AI system malfunctioned during Glendale Community College's commencement, misreading graduate names and pausing the ceremony multiple times.

Internal chats: in March, xAI offered employees $420 in exchange for completed tax filings as training data for Grok, but the bonuses haven't been paid out (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

The right wing think tank "Manhattan Institute", is in the midst of a yearlong campaign to pass state-level legislation
reclassifying minor crimes like vandalism, blocking a roadway, or trespassing during a protest as felonies that would carry 18-month prison sentences as punishment.
The push to criminalize forms of nonviolent disobedience as a form of terrorism comes amid a broader Trump administration effort to crack down on leftist organizations, causes, and social m…

The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests
The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.

Reed Hastings departs Netflix's board following the June 4 annual shareholders meeting; Jay Hoag, Netflix's lead independent director, is named chairman (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-board-reed-hastings-jay…

Reed Hastings Officially Leaves Netflix Board, Jay Hoag Named Chairman
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has officially left the board. Jay Hoag has been named chairman to replace him.

Let the Fat Loser & bootlicking chairman Brendan Carr their intimidation & anti-free speech attacks are trash.
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SEC filing: Cerebras upsizes its IPO to 30M shares at $150-$160 each, up from 28M shares at $115-$125, aiming to raise up to $4.8B at an up to $34.4B valuation (Carmen Reinicke/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

There are days when suddenly everything is worthwhile.
We had the graduation of our BFA students on Friday, where we have a films screening and diploma ceremony during the day, and a party with speeches in the evening. Generally the party gets loud and sentimental, as the students thank their teachers and the teachers praise their (now former) students and welcome them into the industry as colleagues. Keywords: laughter, tears, and hugs. It’s a very intense 3-year programme, and the ca…

Mexico will request criminal charges over 17 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump administration, officials said Thursday.
Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco’s announcement Thursday morning further escalated tensions with the United States,
as Mexico’s government has sharply criticized the treatment of its citizens under U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to increase deportations.
The request, which carries no lega…

Mexico to request criminal charges over deaths following shooting of Houston man by ICE
Mexico plans to request criminal charges over the deaths of 17 Mexicans in ICE custody or during immigration operations under the Trump administration. Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco announced this Thursday, escalating tensions with the U.S. The request, which carries no legal weight, will be submitted to state prosecutors and the U.S. Department of Justice. It will be accompanied by civil lawsuits against the companies that operate the detention centers. President Claudia Sheinbaum s…

Paramount expects "significantly lower theatrical revenue" in 2026 due to lower average box office per film, despite committing to 30 annual releases with WBD (Todd Spangler/Variety)
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Paramount CEO David Ellison Reiterates 30-Film Slate With Warner Bros.
David Ellison, Paramount Skydance's chairman and chief executive officer, said the company is "firmly committed" to releasing 30 films theatrically per year once it merges with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Eight activists are facing federal charges for their Palestine solidarity activism in Michigan.
On Wednesday morning, the FBI raided the homes of seven of the activists, and prosecutors unsealed an indictment against them and another activist following their arrest.
The federal government is charging the activists – most of whom attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor – with carrying out a “criminal intimidation campaign” against university administrators in an attempt t…

DOJ Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges
The charges follow escalating repression by the University of Michigan against pro-Palestine students since 2024.