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By now, many are familiar with ChatGPT. Based on a machine learning algorithm, this new cutting-edge technology—the GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer—is a language model trained to understand and generate human language. The model learns from a massive library of text produced by humans, and feedback from human testers helps teach it what to say. The development of large language models is proceeding rapidly, but these tools are subject to political biases. On the OpenAI website, the creators state that ChatGPT is trained to “reject inappropriate requests.” No doubt ChatGPT can be a useful technology, provided that one colors...

The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling affirming the firing of a State Patrol trooper with ties to the Ku Klux Klan. Justice John Gerrard wrote in the majority opinion released Friday that Robert Henderson voluntarily associated with an organization that uses violence and terror to oppose the state’s founding principles of equality and tolerance. Henderson’s attorney, Vincent Valentino of Lincoln, said the high court erred in failing to recognize that his client’s association with a racist group never affected his job performance. Valentino said it’s possible he’ll appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Henderson, a trooper...