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Cancel Culture Comes for Artists Who Posted About Charlie Kirk's Death

WIRED

Cancel Culture Comes for Artists Who Posted About Charlie Kirk's Death A episode was taken off air, a DC comic series was canceled, and several artists were fired in the aftermath of the shooting. Almost immediately after she posted about the shooting of Charlie Kirk, author and transwoman Gretchen Felker-Martin started having second thoughts. Felker-Martin, who wrote the latest iteration of DC Comics' series, said "thoughts and prayers you Nazi bitch" on Bluesky in response to the killing of Kirk, a right-wing influencer and Trump ally who was staunchly anti-trans rights. "Hope the bullet's okay after touching Kirk," she added. Kirk died after being shot at a stop on his American Comeback Tour organized by the conservative youth organization he founded, Turning Point USA.


Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here's What They Mean

WIRED

Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like and online furry role-play, not a legible political ideology. On Friday, Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah native, was identified by federal law enforcement as a suspect in the murder of Charlie Kirk . During Friday's press conference, officials said that several bullet casings recovered from a hunting rifle found near the crime scene had messages inscribed on them. During the press conference, officials appeared to take the inscriptions literally, to the extent they ascribed meaning to them at all.


Outrage erupts after Amazon sells book about Charlie Kirk's assassination HOURS after the shooting

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Red-flag speech Charlie Kirk's'assassin' gave at family dinner Stephen King deletes post and apologizes for his'lies' about Charlie Kirk Fired MSNBC analyst DEFENDS vile Charlie Kirk comments as network bosses address'unacceptable' on-air remarks Grandma of Charlie Kirk's'assassin' breaks silence to reveal why the FBI MUST have the wrong man Denise Richards' ex Aaron Phypers shares photos of their $3.5M mansion that is CLUTTERED with junk I ran the Trump shooting task force. I was shocked by all the security blunders at Charlie Kirk's event... here are the crucial steps they missed Outrage erupts after Amazon sells book about Charlie Kirk's assassination HOURS after the shooting SCOTT JENNINGS: My friend Charlie Kirk is dead because of the Left's hateful speech... and they dare tell us to be silent. Tearful meteorologist's emotional plea to fans as it is revealed she's been laid off Shoppers rushing to Dollar Tree for $1.50 bargain they say looks straight out of Williams Sonoma AMANDA PLATELL: William and Kate have become the Prince and Princess of Boring. This is why they need to stop skulking around and take a leaf out of Harry's book - or risk Charles's wrath'They could be married before Christmas': Chris Hughes' father reveals what the family really think of his son's controversial relationship with JoJo Siwa... and why couple could be about to take huge step Bannon torches Kash Patel for undeserved'glazing' after Kirk killer turned HIMSELF in Outrage erupts after Amazon sells book about Charlie Kirk's assassination HOURS after the shooting Outrage and online conspiracy theories spread after a book about Charlie Kirk's assassination was listed for sale on Amazon. On Wednesday, social media users shared images of a book available on Amazon titled ' The Shooting of Charlie Kirk: A Comprehensive Account of the Utah Valley University Attack, the Aftermath, and America's Response.'


I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books--I Do Now

WIRED

I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books--I Do Now Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement for authors whose books were used to train its AI model. As an author who fits that description, I've come around to the idea. A billion dollars isn't what it used to be--but it still focuses the mind. At least it did for me when I heard that the AI company Anthropic agreed to an at least $1.5 billion settlement This came after a judge issued a summary judgement that it had pirated the books it used. The proposed agreement--which is still under scrutiny by the wary judge--would reportedly grant authors a minimum $3,000 per book.


Vital ocean upwelling FAILS to emerge for the first time on record - and it could have catastrophic consequences for life

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Powerful moment Charlie Kirk's widow Erika holds hands with Usha Vance on his final journey on Air Force Two REVEALED: The truth about the'vanishing plane' five miles from Charlie Kirk's assassination... as private jet owner is unmasked Charlie Kirk's incredible welcome to young gay man who wants to join his conservative movement And the armed militia mystery. FBI terror hunter blows the lid on search for Charlie Kirk's assassin... and the vital clue cops are desperate for Kristin Chenoweth fans surprised over her grieving comment on Charlie Kirk's final video about abortion Charlotte Tilbury reveals the secrets behind the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders' flawless look Go inside the killing that has rocked America - on Daily Mail's podcast The Assassination of Charlie Kirk Charlie Kirk's gesture to my son tells you everything about the man: JILLIAN MICHAELS on her unlikely camaraderie with the conservative giant Joe Rogan is speechless as he learns of Charlie Kirk's assassination on his podcast McDonald's fans disgusted by what customer thinks is'parasite' found in Filet-O-Fish READ MORE: Scientists finally discover what is inside mysterious'halo barrels' The failure of a vital ocean upwelling has sparked concerns of catastrophic effects for life, according to scientists. Every year, between December and April, northerly winds create a rising current in the deep waters of the Gulf of Panama. This upwelling brings cold, nutrient-rich waters to the surface, protecting vulnerable coral reefs and triggering an explosion of ocean life. However, researchers now say the Panama Pacific upwelling has failed for the first time in over 40 years of records - and it could be a permanent change.


British walkers are urged to look out for meteorite fragments after space rock exploded over Scotland in a dramatic fireball

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Powerful moment Charlie Kirk's widow Erika holds hands with Usha Vance on his final journey on Air Force Two REVEALED: The truth about the'vanishing plane' five miles from Charlie Kirk's assassination... as private jet owner is unmasked Charlie Kirk's incredible welcome to young gay man who wants to join his conservative movement And the armed militia mystery. FBI terror hunter blows the lid on search for Charlie Kirk's assassin... and the vital clue cops are desperate for Kristin Chenoweth fans surprised over her grieving comment on Charlie Kirk's final video about abortion Charlotte Tilbury reveals the secrets behind the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders' flawless look Go inside the killing that has rocked America - on Daily Mail's podcast The Assassination of Charlie Kirk Charlie Kirk's gesture to my son tells you everything about the man: JILLIAN MICHAELS on her unlikely camaraderie with the conservative giant Joe Rogan is speechless as he learns of Charlie Kirk's assassination on his podcast McDonald's fans disgusted by what customer thinks is'parasite' found in Filet-O-Fish Walkers and hikers have an exciting opportunity to find meteorite fragments that scattered over Scotland this summer, scientists say. The bright meteor was witnessed by some Scots as it streaked across the sky in the early hours of Thursday July 3. It is believed to have exploded over northern Scotland, with the'fall zone' straddling Loch Treig in Lochaber, Highland. The aerial event was captured on some cameras and shared on social media, showing a big yellow spark soaring through the dark sky.


An Ontology-Driven Graph RAG for Legal Norms: A Structural, Temporal, and Deterministic Approach

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems in the legal domain face a critical challenge: standard, flat-text retrieval is blind to the hierarchical, diachronic, and causal structure of law, leading to anachronistic and unreliable answers. This paper introduces the Structure-Aware Temporal Graph RAG (SAT-Graph RAG), an ontology-driven framework designed to overcome these limitations by explicitly modeling the formal structure and diachronic nature of legal norms. We ground our knowledge graph in a formal, LRMoo-inspired model that distinguishes abstract legal Works from their versioned Expressions. We model temporal states as efficient aggregations that reuse the versioned expressions (CTVs) of unchanged components, and we reify legislative events as first-class Action nodes to make causality explicit and queryable. This structured backbone enables a unified, planner-guided query strategy that applies explicit policies to deterministically resolve complex requests for (i) point-in-time retrieval, (ii) hierarchical impact analysis, and (iii) auditable provenance reconstruction. Through a case study on the Brazilian Constitution, we demonstrate how this approach provides a verifiable, temporally-correct substrate for LLMs, enabling higher-order analytical capabilities while drastically reducing the risk of factual errors. The result is a practical framework for building more trustworthy and explainable legal AI systems.


Enabling Regulatory Multi-Agent Collaboration: Architecture, Challenges, and Solutions

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Large language models (LLMs)-empowered autonomous agents are transforming both digital and physical environments by enabling adaptive, multi-agent collaboration. While these agents offer significant opportunities across domains such as finance, healthcare, and smart manufacturing, their unpredictable behaviors and heterogeneous capabilities pose substantial governance and accountability challenges. In this paper, we propose a blockchain-enabled layered architecture for regulatory agent collaboration, comprising an agent layer, a blockchain data layer, and a regulatory application layer. Within this framework, we design three key modules: (i) an agent behavior tracing and arbitration module for automated accountability, (ii) a dynamic reputation evaluation module for trust assessment in collaborative scenarios, and (iii) a malicious behavior forecasting module for early detection of adversarial activities. Our approach establishes a systematic foundation for trustworthy, resilient, and scalable regulatory mechanisms in large-scale agent ecosystems. Finally, we discuss the future research directions for blockchain-enabled regulatory frameworks in multi-agent systems.


PromptGuard: An Orchestrated Prompting Framework for Principled Synthetic Text Generation for Vulnerable Populations using LLMs with Enhanced Safety, Fairness, and Controllability

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

The proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) in real-world applications poses unprecedented risks of generating harmful, biased, or misleading information to vulnerable populations including LGBTQ+ individuals, single parents, and marginalized communities. While existing safety approaches rely on post-hoc filtering or generic alignment techniques, they fail to proactively prevent harmful outputs at the generation source. This paper introduces PromptGuard, a novel modular prompting framework with our breakthrough contribution: VulnGuard Prompt, a hybrid technique that prevents harmful information generation using real-world data-driven contrastive learning. VulnGuard integrates few-shot examples from curated GitHub repositories, ethical chain-of-thought reasoning, and adaptive role-prompting to create population-specific protective barriers. Our framework employs theoretical multi-objective optimization with formal proofs demonstrating 25-30% analytical harm reduction through entropy bounds and Pareto optimality. PromptGuard orchestrates six core modules: Input Classification, VulnGuard Prompting, Ethical Principles Integration, External Tool Interaction, Output Validation, and User-System Interaction, creating an intelligent expert system for real-time harm prevention. We provide comprehensive mathematical formalization including convergence proofs, vulnerability analysis using information theory, and theoretical validation framework using GitHub-sourced datasets, establishing mathematical foundations for systematic empirical research.


Effort-aware Fairness: Incorporating a Philosophy-informed, Human-centered Notion of Effort into Algorithmic Fairness Metrics

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Although popularized AI fairness metrics, e.g., demographic parity, have uncovered bias in AI-assisted decision-making outcomes, they do not consider how much effort one has spent to get to where one is today in the input feature space. However, the notion of effort is important in how Philosophy and humans understand fairness. We propose a philosophy-informed approach to conceptualize and evaluate Effort-aware Fairness (EaF), grounded in the concept of Force, which represents the temporal trajectory of predictive features coupled with inertia. Besides theoretical formulation, our empirical contributions include: (1) a pre-registered human subjects experiment, which shows that for both stages of the (individual) fairness evaluation process, people consider the temporal trajectory of a predictive feature more than its aggregate value; (2) pipelines to compute Effort-aware Individual/Group Fairness in the criminal justice and personal finance contexts. Our work may enable AI model auditors to uncover and potentially correct unfair decisions against individuals who have spent significant efforts to improve but are still stuck with systemic disadvantages outside their control.