Rhetoric, Writing, and AI

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  • “Sale of This AI Toy Suspended Over Dangerous Messages to Kids”

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    “Sale of This AI Toy Suspended Over Dangerous Messages to Kids”. YouTube, uploaded by ABC News, 22 November 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI-KBieN6jo AI toy, Kumma Teddy, sales have been suspended as the toy was telling kids sexually explicit content and where to find/how to use dangerous objects, such as knives and matches. Research shows that toys using…

  • “How AI is Helping Save Hawaii’s Vanishing Birds”

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    Hosseini, Bijan. “How AI is Helping Save Hawaii’s Vanishing Birds”. CNN Business. Date accessed 24 November 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/business/video/hawaii-birds-perch-artificial-intelligence-creators-digvid Professor Patrick Hart and some of his students, are in the mountains of Mauna Loa using AI to help save species of birds, native to the area, that are facing extinction or are endangered. To research and…

  • Student, faculty researchers use AI to improve early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

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    “Student, Faculty Researchers Use AI to Improve Early Detection and Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease.” Kennesaw State University, www.kennesaw.edu/news/stories/2025/researchers-use-ai-improve-detection-alzheimers-disease.php. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025. This article talks about how Dina Xu Callaway wants to figure out how to advance Alzheimer’s disease research by using artificial intelligence. She wants to help those who suffer from Alzheimer’s due to…

  • Levinson-Waldman & Dyson’s “The Dangers of Unregulated AI in Policing”

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    Levinson-Waldman, R., & Dyson, I. (2025, June 30). The dangers of unregulated AI in Policing. Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/dangers-unregulated-ai-policing AI use throughout policing in the United States poses significant implications to civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy by magnifying bias and inaccuracies, and encouraging bulk data collection. Rachel Levinson-Waldman and Ivey Dyson, writing for…

  • Campbell & Gray’s “The Role of Chevron Deference in Federal Privacy Regulation”

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    Campbell, R., & Gray, S. (2024, April). The role of Chevron deference in federal … Future of Privacy Forum. https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/FPF-Issue-Brief-Chevron-Deference-April-2024.pdf For 40 years, the Supreme Court’s federal regulatory jurisprudence has been governed by the Chevron Doctrine. In 1984, the Court gave federal agencies deference to reasonably interpret vague laws and statutes. This precedent held until…

  • The Grok Chatbot Spewed Racist and Antisemtic Content

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    Hagen, Lisa. “Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Grok, Started Calling Itself “MechaHitler.”” NPR, 9 July 2025, www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content. After the CEO of X, Elon Musk, wrote about the great improvements they made to Grok in a new update, users began to see a sudden shift in Grok’s behavior. Instead of being an unbiased tool to help users…

  • Michigan Towns ‘Eyed’ by Data Center Developers, Here’s What Could Happen:

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    House, Kelly. “Data Centers Eyed in at Least 10 Michigan Towns. How They Might Change State.” Bridge Michigan, 19 Nov. 2025, bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/data-centers-eyed-in-at-least-10-michigan-towns-how-they-might-change-state/. This article published by BridgeMI discusses the development plans taking place throughout the lower peninsula of Michigan and how it will affect the states natural resources, including the massive pull of electricity the…

  • Disney+ to Allow User-Generated Content Via AI

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    Maglio, Tony. “Disney+ to Allow User-Generated Content via AI.” The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2025, www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney-plus-gen-ai-user-generated-content-1236426135/. In a conference call, Disney Ceo Bob Iger discussed plans that includes Disney+ to allow users to create short form AI content. Writer Tony Maglio theorizes that Disney would be utilizing aspects of OpenAI’s Sora. Although it is still…

  • “Sam Altman’s Dystopian Vision to Replace God With AI”

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    Tucker Carlson Network. “Sam Altman’s Dystopian Vision to Replace God With AI”. YouTube, uploaded by Tucker Carlson Network, 16 November 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUfsW8wpfWM This video, which has a title that some may find controversial, is part of an interview between Tucker Carlson and Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI. In the segment, Tucker really focuses on…

  • AI in the Workplace: U.S. Legal Developments

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    Cooley LLP. “AI in the Workplace: U.S. Legal Developments.” Cooley, 4 Sept. 2025, https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2025/2025-09-04-ai-in-the-workplace-us-legal-developments. This legal insight article reviews new U.S. developments around AI in employment, especially highlighting California’s finalized automated decision system regulations that prohibit discrimination and require transparency in hiring. It also breaks down how employers must navigate a patchwork of state AI laws, making…