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· Carl Samson
A man who allegedly used ChatGPT to generate news about a fake train crash has been detained in China, marking the country’s first known arrest in connection with the use of the AI chatbot. Authorities in Pingliang, Gansu province, first noticed the fabricated news on April 25,…
· Michelle De Pacina
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R, FL-1) inadvertently cited the Global Times, an English-language daily tabloid newspaper run by the Chinese Communist Party, while grilling Defense Under Secretary for Policy Inspector Colin Kahl. During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Gaetz grilled Biden…
· Bryan Ke
Acclaimed Vietnamese American poet Ocean Vuong has called out an Italian newspaper after it printed a picture of a different Asian man while celebrating the writer’s second poetry collection translated into Italian. Vuong, 34, shared the “awkward” moment in an Instagram post…
· Daniel Anderson
Before you read: Mo Amer on how his new Netflix series ‘Mo’ tells the story of love, laughter and Palestinian American resilience Netflix has recently announced that it will renew its widely acclaimed comedy series “Mo” for a second and final season. The show, which premiered in…
· Carl Samson
Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Virginia governor seeks probe into delayed notice of academic awards at US’ top high school Update: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Monday confirmed the…
· Bryan Ke
Izumi Pao, a Hayao Miyazaki impersonator for over 15 years, became an instant celebrity at Ghibli Park during its opening day on Nov. 1. Ghibli fans watching local news coverage of the opening were perplexed after the long-time Miyazaki impersonator was shown walking around the…
· Ryan General
An uptick in misinformation targeting immigrant communities leading up to this year’s midterm elections has multilingual fact-checkers working overtime to debunk false narratives. “There’s definitely a hyper-targeting of messaging,” said Viet Fact Check co-founder Nick Nguyen.…
· Michelle De Pacina
The No Place for Hate Bills — SB 1161 and AB 2448 — were signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in California on Tuesday. The Increase Safety for Public Transit Riders bill (SB 1161), authored by State Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine), will require the Mineta Transportation Institute…
· Michelle De Pacina
Stop AAPI Hate’s No Place for Hate Bills — AB 2448 and SB 1161 — have passed the California’s State Legislature on Tuesday. The Public Rider Transportation Safety bill (SB 1161) promotes safe ridership by gathering data on street harassment of women and other vulnerable…
· Ryan General
On Tuesday, Phoeun You, a former child refugee from Cambodia, was deported to a country he is barely familiar with after failing to get a pardon from California Governor Gavin Newsom. You, who joined a gang in his teens, shot and killed a 17-year-old at age 20 while retaliating…
· Ryan General
Phoeun You, whose family fled the Cambodian genocide, is now at risk of being deported back to the country after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained him immediately after he was released from prison in January. You had been deemed safe for early…
· Editorial Staff
The NFL recently announced its partnership with Ice Cube’s economic equity initiative Contract With Black America (CWBA) Institute. The partnership will focus on “identifying league-wide opportunities in the financial, tech, and production sectors, with a concentration on…
· Carl Samson
China has reportedly blocked news about a hacker who claimed to have stolen a local police database and subsequently offered to sell it for 10 bitcoin (about $200,000). The leaked Shanghai National Police database allegedly contains 23 terabytes of data including personal…
· Michelle De Pacina
Maria Ressa, the Filipino American journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (PSEC) had revoked news site Rappler’s operating license in a statement on Tuesday. The PSEC will uphold its January 2018 ruling of revoking…
· Michelle De Pacina
Gia Vang, the first Hmong-American TV news anchor in the Twin Cities, bid farewell to Minnesota as a co-anchor of KARE 11 Sunrise on Friday. The journalist made national news by co-founding the “Very Asian” campaign in January with Michelle Li, an anchor at the NBC affiliate in…
· Grace Kim
Three animated “Avatar: The Last Airbender” films are currently in the works by Paramount and Nickelodeon. The films are in development at Nickelodeon’s Avatar Studios, which was created to expand the “Avatar: The Last Airbender” universe with additional movies and shows. The…
· Carl Samson
Chicago police are looking for a man who brandished an alleged handgun during a live broadcast on Wednesday morning. Joanie Lum was reporting on the corner of Clark and Hubbard in River North when the man appeared and pointed what appeared to be a firearm at either the camera or…
· Michelle De Pacina
David Wenwei Chou, the gunman who opened fire at a Southern California Taiwanese church on Sunday, mailed a flash drive and seven photocopied volumes titled “Diary of an Angel Destroying Independence” to the Los Angeles offices of the Chinese-language newspaper World Journal…
· Michelle De Pacina
Yumiko Matsuo, a Japanese news anchor, broke down on air while reporting on Russian President Vladimir Putin honoring the soldiers behind the Bucha massacre. Matsuo was reading about the honorary title of “Guards” that Putin bestowed upon the military unit that committed the war…
· Jane Nam
A Taiwanese news station accidentally reported that China had invaded the island nation yesterday, triggering a government investigation into the mistake. On the Wednesday morning news broadcast at 7 a.m. local time, Taiwanese public broadcaster Chinese Television System (CTS)…
