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UCLA PhD student Dylan Kupsh, who was a pro-Palestinian campus protester, is suing UC over its student discipline process. The lawsuit alleges viewpoint discrimination and due process violations. UCLA said it will respond to the suit in court.

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When the rapper Fenix Flexin débuted a new accent on his single "Rubberz," he stumbled into a century-old fight over musical fraudulence. Startups including Suno allow users to create songs with A.I., and some A.I. entities have started to attract followings on Spotify. Earlier this summer, a small night club in Passaic, New Jersey, hosted a brief performance by one of the year's most talked-about musicians. A post on Instagram had promised attendees "an unforgettable night," although not necessarily a long one: the only assurance was that the Los Angeles rapper known as Fenix Flexin would be "performing his viral hit'Rubberz' live!" Until recently, Fenix was known for high-spirited and slightly mush-mouthed hip-hop tracks, but "Rubberz," which was released in June, marked a dramatic change: it was sad but sprightly synth pop, like an unheard outtake from the nineteen-eighties; the vocals were crisp, with a hint of vibrato and a faintly British accent. Listeners seemed to delight in the incongruity--a semipopular rapper suddenly sounded nothing like himself.