Florida Seeks Court Halt on ChatGPT

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked a Highlands County judge Monday to bar OpenAI from building new AI models without independent safety approval and to cut Florida minors off from ChatGPT.

The motion escalates a June lawsuit, the first state attorney general case against OpenAI, which says the company misrepresented ChatGPT’s safety, fed information to school shooters, and coached users on self-harm. 

The filing cites breaches of U.S. and Australian government websites and an OpenAI agent’s cyberattack on developer platform Hugging Face. “If Sam Altman meant what he said about slowing down, he can join our ask to the court,” Uthmeier said in a video on Monday.

OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri said the company wants “pragmatic AI policies that apply to the entire AI industry,” not rules aimed at one company. OpenAI has paused training on its most capable models pending new safeguards.

Insurance Tops Taxes in Florida Poll

Sixty-three percent of Florida homeowners say property insurance worries them more than property taxes, a University of North Florida poll of 1,511 homeowners surveyed in July found, with 36% more concerned about taxes.

A quarter said an insurer dropped them at least once over the past five years, and 45% of those who filed a claim were initially denied.

Among homeowners in place five years or longer, 47% saw premiums jump at least 50%. Eighty-one percent said the market isn’t improving or is getting worse.

In the governor’s race, Republican Byron Donalds would shift policies away from state-backed Citizens and back to private companies; Democrat David Jolly would create a state hurricane fund he says would cut bills by up to 70%.

Starship Reaches Orbit, Flight Cut Short

SpaceX’s 407-foot Starship, the biggest rocket ever built, reached orbit for the first time Monday before flight controllers cut the test mission short after a couple of laps around Earth.

One of the ship’s engines quit on the way up, but controllers cleared it to keep going once everything else checked out. Starship then released 26 of the newest Starlink satellites one at a time, joining about 11,000 already in orbit.

The ship reentered three hours after liftoff and splashed down north of Hawaii, tipping over and bursting into flames. SpaceX said it shortened the 10-hour flight to ensure safety on Starship’s 14th full-scale launch from its Texas base.

SpaceX needs Starship certified for orbital flight ahead of NASA’s Artemis III mission next summer, and a second Starship pad is nearing completion at Kennedy Space Center.

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The written policy is that the plainest true word for an act of terror gets in the way of understanding it.

That’s not one outlet’s quirk. It’s mainstream media doctrine. And last month, you got to see where doctrine like that leads. Ahead of the 25th anniversary of September 11, reporters at another major news organization, a national public broadcaster, received a memo from the standards office: “Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks.”

The approved language for the deadliest terrorist attack in American history, in which nearly 3,000 people were murdered, was “hijackings that led to plane crashes.”

The memo leaked. Two days of daylight later, the broadcaster backed down. Sort of. They carved out an exception for 9/11, and only 9/11. The rule stands.

And their defense was telling. They didn’t argue that the rule is right. They argued that it’s the industry standard and that newsrooms everywhere follow the same practice.

The worst part is, they’re right. It is the standard. That’s the problem.

You know why we exist. The truth isn’t a barrier to understanding. It’s the only road there. The facts arrive the way we found them, in plain words, and you decide what they mean. That’s your job, and we’d never dream of doing it for you.

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We keep the spin out and trust you with the facts.

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A terrorist attack is a terrorist attack. We’d print that sentence any day of the week. No memo required.

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➤ The Miami Dolphins lost running back De’Von Achane for the season to a torn ACL, suffered on an 11-yard run in Sunday’s 24-10 loss to Kansas City. He led the NFL at 5.7 yards per carry last year. (More)

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➤ A Sumatran tiger born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom will move to another accredited zoo this fall to breed. Fewer than 600 remain in the wild. Bakso, who turned 2 Saturday, will stay on the Maharajah Jungle Trek until then. (Meet Bakso)

➤ A Sarasota nonprofit landed a $600,000 grant to buy and furnish another home for six people who have been homeless and live with mental illness. The money also covers three years of case management. Second Heart Homes runs 14 houses. (More)

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