In an effort to increase transparency and inform the public, the Alexandria City School Board wants to launch its own website. The School Board will discuss the development at its meeting tomorrow (Thursday). According to a draft proposal, Board Chair Michelle Rief would designate two board members to be co-editors to manage content, and that all content not republished from the Alexandria City Public Schools website would have to be approved by the school system’s attorney before publication. Prohibited content includes: Supporting campaigns of individual board members or political parties – Content that directly conflicts with or calls into question other ACPS-published material – Disclosure of confidential information – Disclosure of personnel records – Disclosure of identifiable student information without the written permission of a parent or adult student – False information – Information that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act allows ACPS to withhold, such as advice of division counsel, information shared in closed meetings, safety and security plans, medical records and personnel investigations
A Manhattan judge has ordered OpenAI to provide the Daily News and other news outlets with millions of anonymous chats between ChatGPT and its users in a major ongoing copyright infringement case. In a nine-page order made public Wednesday, Manhattan Magistrate Judge Ona Wang denied OpenAI’s request to reconsider her November ruling requiring the tech giant to hand over 20 million ChatGPT output logs to the media outlets. The newspapers want to analyze a sample of ChatGPT’s consumer logs to test its language-learning model to see whether and how it’s propagating journalists’ work. The ruling comes in a major consolidated class-action lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI initiated in 2023, in which The New York Times, The News and affiliated outlets with Tribune Publishing and MediaNews Group allege the artificial intelligence company is stealing and distorting their copyrighted works. The Authors Guild and a litany of best-selling writers are also parties in the complex litigation.
Jordon Hudson stepped straight into the center of North Carolina football headlines after filing a public records request that raised eyebrows around Chapel Hill. The request targeted Senior Associate Athletic Director Robbi Pickeral Evans, and she wanted every email tied to CBS, “60 Minutes,” or longtime producer Draggan Mihailovich between December 1, 2024 and April 29, 2025. She also asked for any messages connected to interview requests for new UNC head coach Bill Belichick. The move surprised many across the college football world since Hudson rarely involves herself in administrative matters, yet the language in the filing suggested she wanted every detail. The request came at the same time Hudson started firing back at reports about her relationship with the program. Earlier this year, Pablo Torre said school sources told him Hudson could not enter team facilities and did not have access to the field. He also said her presence became a concern for people inside the building. “I don’t think you’ll be hearing much from Jordon moving forward,” one UNC figure told Torre.
