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For publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: removal is cumbersome, and some are hiring tech companies to take them down (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/books/a

Publishing’s Latest Piracy Problem: Audiobooks on YouTube
Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.

"Think before you flush: expert advice on how and when to save water at home"
#Water #Environment

Think before you flush: expert advice on how and when to save water at home
The heatwave in May meant people started to use more water to stay cool, and on their plants.

Beloved Ex-Cowboys WR Has Stern Advice for George Pickens https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/patrick-crayton-advice-george-pickens/

Chatbots fueled by artificial intelligence bear disclaimers saying they cannot dispense medical advice or diagnose conditions,
-- but they still field millions of queries from users who are sick, trying to decipher medical records or understand their treatment options.

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans have turned to the bots for health information, according to a recent survey by KFF,
a nonpartisan health policy and education organization.

AI companies are rushing to meet thi…

1 in 3 Americans use chatbots for health advice. These 6 patients explain why.
They say cost, speed and other considerations drove them to AI. They are also learning what to believe and what to take with caution.

DNC autopsy author was previously part of another Democratic humiliation (Nick Reisman/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/22/dnc-autopsy-author-was-previously-part-of-another-democratic-humiliation-00934115
http://www.memeorandum.com/260522/p45#a260522p45

Spotify says it has 1M subscriptions to Audiobook , which is on track for $100M in ARR, and unveils an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook self-publishing tool (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/spotify-launches-an-elevenlabs…

Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool | TechCrunch
Spotify is releasing new audiobook plans later this year

"A staffer at the Maine SOS office said more than 12,000 signatures supporting the measure’s inclusion should be invalidated, because signature gatherers did not adhere to collection procedures, according to the Maine Morning Star. If those signatures are rejected, the proposal would fall below the threshold required to appear on ballots this November."
Maine conservatives’ anti-trans ballot measure push unraveling after signature controversy | Advocate.com
https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/maine-bathroom-ban-ballot-invalidated

AI advice suppresses people’s willingness to say “I don’t know”, even when the advice is wrong and accuracy is incentivized.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.13562v1

AI advice suppresses people's willingness to say "I don't know", even when the advice is wrong and accuracy is incentivized
Knowing when to say "I don't know" is fundamental to human judgment, yet AI assistants offer a fluent answer to almost any question. In five experiments (N = 3,132; four preregistered, one direct replication), participants answered difficult questions and could always decline to respond. We engineered the questions so that AI advice was wrong, separating AI use from its accuracy. Merely having access to AI nearly eliminated participants' willingness to suspend judgment, and this held whether th…

Spotify says it has 1M subscriptions to Audiobook , which is on track for $100M in ARR, and unveils an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook self-publishing tool (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/spotify-launches-an-elevenlabs…

Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool | TechCrunch
Spotify is releasing new audiobook plans later this year

'It has undermined whatever credibility the DNC had left': Dems fret over chair after autopsy (Lisa Kashinsky/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/23/dems-fret-over-chair-after-autopsy-00934813
http://www.memeorandum.com/260523/p17#a260523p17