Going to pin my Signal user name here, and encourage anyone with a tip to reach out! (NO PR.) Right now, I’m mainly covering how AI and other emergent tech is changing the internet, media, and entertainment industries.

NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports. Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more. w/ @telliotter https://t.co/iBzT0CPrf3

Arianna Sofia Veraza, a one-year-old, and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window. They were

At an event for reporters yesterday, MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle talked about how valuable Lahut’s coverage has been. “If you asked me who is Jake Lahut 9 months ago, I don’t know, a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills? Now the guy’s writing the smartest stuff,” Ruhle said.

I was one of the four people who got canned. In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC this weekend:

"No, I wasn't stealing your IP, I was jerking off" is quite the defense.

my latest investigation for @ConsumerReports is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day — some by more than 10 times !

SOUTHSIDE CHICAGO — Windy City residents run off immigration agents to save a man mid-abduction at 63rd and Kostner Ave.

One thing I saw this morning at Broadview ICE detention center was federal agents firing tear gas at a crowd that included 3 children. I talked to their mom, who confirmed they were present during the time of the attack, and they range in age from 3 to 6.

The initial wave of Chicago River Swim participants is getting ready to jump in the water, for the first time in almost a century

obsessed with Bob Dylan’s new dripped out look wearing a North Face with the hood up on stage

Albania has appointed an AI-generated government minister who will avoid getting corrupted.

BREAKING: Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors in class action lawsuit for pirating their works

Totally, no one works more than 40 hours a week or gets merit based raises now

BREAKING: At least 3 CDC leaders have resigned tonight: Dan Jernigan, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Deb Houry, chief medical officer Demetre Daskalakis, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Possibly more TK

Any authors who were eligible to be part of the class action against Anthropic, I'm eager to hear your thoughts on the settlement. Happy to talk on background—Signal me at kateknibbs.09

The details of the settlement aren't public yet. Extremely curious to see how much per infringed work, and how many authors are ultimately involved. Also curious if there will be pushback from the class a la Google Books

NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead:

https://t.co/YDuOVdDCek

the twelve words every girl wants to hear

so so excited that we were able to excerpt Seth Harp's (@sethharpesq) incredible new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel, which was one of the most jaw-dropping reading experiences I've had this year.