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Internal tests show WaPo launched its AI podcast feature despite 68% of generated scripts failed its standards, saying it would "iterate through" the issues (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/14/2025

Exclusive: ‘Iterate through’: Why The Washington Post launched an error-ridden AI product
Between 68% and 84% of AI-generated scripts failed the Post’s own internal testing, but the paper launched the AI podcast feature anyway.

In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises "significant antitrust problems" (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/12/2025/opposition-to-netfli…

Opposition to Netflix-Paramount deal grows in Washington
Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican with close ties to the White House, joined the mounting opposition in Washington to Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros.

Il fait sombre lŠ-dedans... #noir

In an internal memo, Axios CEO Jim VandeHei warns that the US is in "a post-news era" where "everyone has their own individual reality" (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/14/2025/axios-ceo-us-is-in-post-news-era

Exclusive: Axios CEO: US is in ‘post-news’ era
Jim VandeHei wrote in an internal memo that what matters is information, not “the news.”

Wenn der #Schnee zu früh oder sehr spät nochmal fällt, haben die #Laubbäume evtl. ein Problem. Solche Wettersituationen können zu üblem #Schneebruch führen.

Tennessee's elite #Vanderbilt University is taking over a #SanFrancisco art school campus and erecting a #WestCoast edu site to serve 1000 prospective students. The deal for the art school site apparently finishes off th…

Vanderbilt University to establish full-time academic campus in San Francisco
Vanderbilt University today announced plans to establish an academic campus in San Francisco beginning in 2027, subject to necessary regulatory approvals. This is a significant expansion of the university’s national presence and reinforces its commitment to innovative education, interdisciplinary collaboration and global engagement. The planned San Francisco campus expects to serve about 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students and support sustained faculty, staff and academic activity. It r…

iOS 26: Liquid Glass bremst scheinbar Annahme aus
Apple-Nutzer wechseln oft schnell auf neue iPhone-Betriebssysteme. Bei iOS 26 war das nur eingeschränkt so.
https://www.heise.de/news/iOS-26-L…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Fred again..:
🎵 you’re a star
#Fredagain
https://fredagainagain.bandcamp.com/track/youre-a-star-feat-amyl-the-sniffers
https://open.spotify.com/track/017erFbOyCrdz0yburnVGZ

Singapore-based ChemLex raised a $45M funding round led by Granite Asia to build an AI-powered, automated chemistry lab to accelerate drug discovery (Rachyl Jones/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/12/2025/singapore-startup-b…

Singapore startup builds AI-powered, self-running chemistry lab
The self-driving lab consists of AI software and robots that design experiments, run them, and gather data, with limited human intervention.

In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises "significant antitrust problems" (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/12/2025/opposition-to-netfli…

Opposition to Netflix-Paramount deal grows in Washington
Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican with close ties to the White House, joined the mounting opposition in Washington to Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros.