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By KELVIN CHAN LONDON (AP) — Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters. Deezer, based in Paris, is grappling with a surge in music on its platform created using artificial intelligence tools it says are being wielded to earn royalties fraudulently. The app will display an on-screen label warning about “AI-generated content” and notify listeners that some tracks on an album were created with song generators. Deezer is a small player in music streaming, which is dominated by Spotify, Amazon and Apple, but the company…
Nineteen cats were discovered living in filthy conditions inside a reportedly stolen U-Haul truck in Monrovia, prompting an emergency rescue by Pasadena Humane and a temporary waiver of cat adoption fees to make room for the animals. Monrovia police contacted Pasadena Humane Friday morning after towing the vehicle and finding the cats inside, according to shelter spokesperson Kevin McManus. The cats had been kept in crates surrounded by feces and maggots. Animal control officers from Pasadena Humane were called by Monrovia police after a U-Haul full of cats in filthy conditions was found. (Courtesy of Pasadena Humane) The exact location…
By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” when she previously said that the U.S. believed Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon, and he suggested that it would be “very hard to stop” Israel’s strikes on Iran in order to negotiate a possible ceasefire. Trump has recently taken a more aggressive public stance toward Tehran as he’s sought more time to weigh whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility. Buried under a mountain, the facility is believed to be out of the…
The world according to Jim: • It has taken long enough – way, way too long, actually – for the Dodgers to take a stand, make a statement, and have their community’s back in light of the events of the last two weeks in L.A., especially given the makeup of their fan base. … • Consider this from Orel Hershiser a couple of weeks ago, as told to former Cleveland Indians teammate Carlos Baerga on his podcast and reported by the Dodgers Nation fan site: “I think the Dodgers crowds are the way they are because we have such a…
By GREGORY BULL SAN DIEGO (AP) — About a dozen religious leaders from the San Diego area visited federal immigration court Friday to serve as witnesses to “what goes down” as some cases arising from the Trump administration’s migration crackdown are heard, an organizer said. Some migrants have been arrested at the court by federal immigration officers. The Rev. Scott Santarosa, a Jesuit priest who was lead organizer of the group, said the purpose of the visitation “is more than anything just to provide some sense of presence.” “People are longing for people of faith to walk with vulnerable migrants,”…
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer OKLAHOMA CITY — Game 6 of the NBA Finals had been over for only about 10 or 15 minutes, and the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder were turning the page. What happened over the previous couple of hours in Indianapolis had already been deemed irrelevant. The only thing on their minds: Game 7. “A privilege,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “A great privilege,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. A back-and-forth title matchup – Indiana led 1-0 and 2-1, Oklahoma City led 3-2 – will end on Sunday night with an ultimate game, the…
Los Angeles lawyer Olu Orange launched a telephone hotline in mid-June for people looking to avoid appearing in immigration court where federal agents might detain or deport them. Staffed by university student volunteers, the hotline has logged thousands of calls, often 10 calls a minute, from people seeking to switch their appearances from in-person to online. Also see: ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses Orange said he was motivated to create the lifeline after learning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were detaining and arresting people awaiting immigration hearings. Social media posts, he said, are filled…
Vice President JD Vance is visiting Los Angeles on Friday, but Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the focus of the trip to be on wildfire devastation rather than immigration. Related: Vice President JD Vance is coming to LA today In a video message ahead of the vice president’s trip, the Democratic governor implored Vance to meet with victims from the deadly January fires that devastated communities in Altadena and the Palisades. Newsom also asked Vance to lobby President Donald Trump, on behalf of Californians, for the federal disaster relief aid Newsom requested in February. “It’s also important … that you sit…
About three dozen people rallied outside the California Interscholastic Federation executive meeting in Costa Mesa on Friday before asking the CIF board to ban transgender females from competing in girls’ sports. Sophia Lorey, from a Christian advocacy group that organized the rally, also delivered to the board a petition she said was signed by nearly 20,000 Californians in support of repealing a bylaw that allows students the opportunity to participate in CIF activities in a manner consistent with their gender identity. Sophia Lorey, a former CIF and collegiate athlete and current Outreach Director for California Family Council, urges the California…
By SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. The ruling on Friday marked a major win for civil liberties groups who say the mandate violates the separation of church and state, and that the poster-sized displays would isolate students — especially those who are not Christian. The mandate has been touted by Republicans, including President Donald Trump, and marks one of the latest pushes by conservatives to incorporate…