Keith Romer
Stories
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Some authors are suing OpenAI. Will it backfire?
Fiction writers like George R.R. Martin and Jonathan Franzen are suing OpenAI for using their books to train ChatGPT. That lawsuit could paradoxically benefit the company being sued.
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What We Can Learn From How Much A Campaign Spends On Political Ads
Advertising spending on the presidential election is expected to break records this year. Where the money goes says a lot about what the campaign's priorities are.
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A Half-Century History Of Debates Over Postal Service Funding
Debates about who should pay for the U.S. Postal Service go back 50 years. It's a story of the long fight about whether the Postal Service should rely on Congress for funding or pay for itself.
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'A Christmas Carol' Offers Critique Of What Was Then A New Social Science: Economics
At the time Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, a new social science was just taking root: economics. Dickens did not like it. NPR visits a high school performance of the play to understand the economic commentary laced throughout this holiday classic.