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May 28, 2023, 3:19 AM

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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
A New York lawyer faces sanctions after his legal brief, written using ChatGPT, had “bogus judicial decisions, with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations”  —  A lawyer representing a man who sued an airline relied on artificial intelligence to help prepare a court filing.
Wes Fenlon / PC Gamer:
The developers behind open-source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin say Nintendo sent Valve a DMCA takedown notice to block Dolphin's impending release on Steam  —  The GameCube & Wii emulator developers say the Steam release is “indefinitely postponed.”  —  On Friday, the developers behind …
Bloomberg:
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US “won't tolerate” China's ban on Micron chips and calls the decision an “economic coercion”  —  Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US “won't tolerate” the recent decision by Chinese authorities to ban chips …
Andrew Logan / Texas Monthly:
A profile of Tapbots founders Paul Haddad and Mark Jardine; ex-Twitter exec Amir Shevat says ~17% of engagement on Twitter historically was via third-party apps  —  After Elon Musk killed their Twitter app, two software developers in the North Texas suburbs are trying to shape the future of social media.
Cam Thompson / CoinDesk:
DappRadar: Blur's NFT lending marketplace Blend amassed 169,900 ETH, or about $308M, in volume since its May 1 launch, taking 82% of total lending volume market  —  Since NFT lending marketplace Blend launched May 1, it has amassed 169,900 ETH, or about $308 Million in volume.
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Associated Press:
AGs from Washington DC and 48 US states file a lawsuit against Avid Telecom, accusing the firm of making 7.5B+ robocalls to people on the Do Not Call Registry  —  Attorneys general across the U.S. joined in a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls …
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Brazilian lawmakers file a complaint against Google for letting users download “Slavery Simulator” game on Google Play for about a month before taking it down  —  For about a month, Google Play users in Brazil could download a game that simulated what the South American nation looked …

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