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OpenAI partners with Malta's AI for All initiative to give citizens a free year of ChatGPT Plus if they complete a University of Malta AI literacy course (Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/openai-partners-with-malta-to-g…

OpenAI and Malta Partner to Give All Citizens Free ChatGPT Plus Access
OpenAI has partnered with the Maltese government to offer all citizens free ChatGPT Plus for one year following completion of an AI literacy course, marking the first national deal of its kind.

How many cases of prompt injection in legal cases are we unaware of because they succeeded?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/suspecting-court-of-using-ai-man-injected-prompts-in-filings-to-try-to-win-case…

Felonious Chunk
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This is for tee hee, not treason: please don't torture me.
#satire #potus45

Rich people showing off their new cars to others in the same apartment through insurance ads by not filling in unit number in their registration address.

Court filing: Google says it is ready to add third-party app stores in Google Play in the US on July 22, as Google and Epic withdraw their joint motion (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/965792/google-ep…

Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week
Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit changing how Android app stores work in the United States.

Just another place we visited in the Fränkische Schweiz. We just walked along a little stream and suddenly passed through this rock-gate with all the lush green on either side.
Just beautiful.
https://www.franzgraf.de/blog/2026/caves-and-meadows-d…

A University of Cambridge professor who quit after plagiarism allegations has been found dead at home; police say the death is not being treated as suspicious (Suha Kidwai/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jason-arday-found-…

Jason Arday, former Cambridge university professor, found dead after resigning following plagiarism row
The academic was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea on Friday

“…most notable change is…shutdown of BET . Paramount Skydance announced…the standalone streaming service will cease operations in June 2026, &…library will be folded directly into Paramount . BET programming, including series, films & specials, will move to a BET section within Paramount .”
Can’t imagine why Ellisons would shut down BET , what could the reason B? Don’t wanna guess, I wanna get this white.

The Future of Paramount+: What Streamer Skydance Is Shutting Down
Paramount Skydance announced the closure of BET+.

Xreal launches $299 A01 Plus AR glasses, weighing just 62 grams and featuring 1080p micro OLED panels with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 50-degree field of view (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/963465/xreal-a01-plus-xbx-ar-glasses-hands-on…

Xreal’s new AR glasses are way cheaper and almost just right
The A01 Plus are flimsier and have fewer features than the 1S, but they might deliver exactly what you’re looking for.

Source: White House AI advisor Sriram Krishnan plans to leave his role at the end of June; sources: Krishnan plans to start a pro-Trump AI policy institution (Leo Schwartz/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/white-house-ai-po…

White House AI Policy Advisor Sriram Krishnan to Leave Position
Sriram Krishnan, a top AI policy advisor in the Trump administration, plans to leave his position at the end of June, according to a person with direct knowledge of the move and a statement viewed by The Information. Krishnan has discussed starting a policy institution following his time in the ...