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The Allen Institute of AI launches Bolmo 7B and Bolmo 1B, claiming they are "the first fully open byte-level language models", built on its Olmo 3 models (Emilia David/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/bolmos-architecture-unlock…

Reminder - if your software is 'a little bit proprietary', it's entirely proprietary. It's like claiming to be a little bit pregnant.

McClatchy sues Google, claiming Google illegally monopolizes the online ad market and deprives McClatchy of ad revenue, echoing Penske Media's earlier lawsuit (Sofia Saric/Miami Herald)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article314325407.html

The surprising sunny weather has triggered a Spring Cleaning Compulsion. There are items actually drying on the line outside, both the kitchen and the loo have had a thorough scrub, and smallest is out front washing windows.
Madness.

Ars claiming the AI article that just made up quotes was a one off. Seems legit.
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/

Donald Trump’s approval rating hit a new low this month,
but there’s one group that still staunchly stands by him.
According to a recent Pew poll,
69 percent of white evangelical Christians approve of his job performance.
That number has dropped slightly from last year,
but the investment Trump made in winning over religious conservatives continues to pay dividends.
The question is what any self-proclaimed religious person gets out of the deal.
Du…

Trump is clowning his evangelical base
He's not even bothering to pretend anymore.

Werde gerade darauf aufmerksam gemacht, dass Clemens Meyer das Drehbuch für den #Polizeiruf110 geschrieben hat
https://www.zdfheute.de/panorama/schriftstell…

"Schande": Schriftsteller Meyer schimpft auf Buchpreis-Jury
Schriftsteller Clemens Meyer hat wohl damit gerechnet, dass sein Werk mit dem Deutschen Buchpreis ausgezeichnet wird. Aber es kam anders. Der Autor zieht jetzt Konsequenzen.

The Pulitzer Board is demanding Trump's taxes, financials & medical history if he’s claiming damages in his #defamation #lawsuit.
✅ #Pulitzer Prize Board members dump broad discovery …

Pulitzer Prize Board members seek discovery of Trump finances, psych records, prescription meds
Pulitzer Prize Board members filed a litany of broad discovery demands in an attempt to beat back Trump's defamation suit over Russia probe reporting awards.

Google's TIG says Gemini has been inundated by "commercially motivated" actors who are trying to clone it, including one campaign that prompted it 100K times (Kevin Collier/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/google…

Google: Gemini hit with 100,000+ prompts in cloning attempt
Google says its flagship AI chatbot, Gemini, has been inundated by “commercially motivated” actors who are trying to clone the chatbot.

Condé Nast owner Advance Publications and Vox Media sue Google over its ad market monopolization, following Penske, The Atlantic, and McClatchy (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/five-us-p…

Five US publishers sue Google over 'deceptive and manipulative' adtech practices
Five US publishers have filed lawsuits against Google claiming its adtech practices seriously limited their potential revenue.