Five Jokes: 3-18-2025
Arizona A.I., How Amazon Echo's Tattletale, Federal Contract Fine Print, Canadian Egg Prices, and Celebrities Against A.I.
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Arizona’s highest court has created a pair of AI-generated avatars to deliver news of every ruling issued by the justices, marking what is believed to be the first example in the U.S. of a state court system tapping artificial intelligence to build more human-like characters to connect with the public. However, one celebrity believes he has grounds to sue the court, as their debut avatar looks like he could be dubbed “Arizona Ice-T.”
Everything you say to your Echo device will soon be sent to Amazon, and you can’t opt out. Worse: The people tasked with listening to audio of you asking “Where is Funky Town?” are also packaging your toilet paper.
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts. Insiders report The White House has already commissioned signs for the Oval Office labelled “Oranges Only.”
Just over the U.S. border, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada — and sitting at the center of this international turmoil is political activist Humpty Dumpty.
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Former Beatle Paul McCartney, Ava DuVernay, Taika Waititi, Cate Blanchett, Natasha Lyonne, Alfonso Cuaron, Matrix co-creator Lilly Wachowski, Ben Stiller, Carrie Coon, and Lily Gladstone are among over 400 entertainment industry power players who want the Trump administration to hold the line when it comes to Artificial Intelligence and tech companies’ desire to weaken copyright rules. Despite this, DOGE is condensing their message for the president by utilizing A.I. to combine their faces into one being who — woah, not again!!
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