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An ‘appealing’ history of punctuation On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World by Florence Hazrat.

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An ‘appealing’ history of punctuation On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World by Florence Hazrat.

Why it matters

Offering a lively history, Hazrat explores how writers …

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: OpenAI endorsed the bills on Wednesday.

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Claim 1: “OpenAI endorsed the bills on Wednesday”
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The Politico search result explicitly mentions that the AI safety bills signed by Newsom were 'backed by Anthropic, OpenAI'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In American politics since the 2020s, political figures have deployed AI-generated images, videos, and audio to attack opponents, create misleading narratives, or inflame emotions. The use of generati…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State of California has several laws regulating artificial intelligence, including the Artificial Intelligence Training Data Transparency Act (AB 2013) and the Transparency in Frontier Artificial …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 40th governor of California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2011 …
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Claim 2: “A lawyer is asking a judge to order Elections Quebec to mail out voter information in both French and English”
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CBC News and other reports confirm that Élections Québec is only sending info in French and that there is a legal challenge/hearing regarding the provision of information in both English and French.
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web search NEUTRAL — MONTREAL – Élections Québec said Tuesday that it will only send out voter information in French, in order to comply with language laws. In previous elections, voter information cards were printed in b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Élections Québec said that it asked the provincial government to allow it to distribute the documents in both English and French, but the province denied the request. A hearing is scheduled for Thursd…
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Claim 3: “The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, CA, opens on September 22”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He created the Star Wars franchise and its fictional universe, the Indiana Jones franchise, and …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is an upcoming museum founded by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson. Once completed, the museum will hold all forms of visual storytell…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lucas Joseph Reiner (; born August 17, 1960) is an American painter, printmaker, photographer and filmmaker. He is most known for painting series that mix elements of representation, narrative, symbol…
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Claim 4: “On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World by Florence Hazrat”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The exclamation mark, !, (also known as the exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection, an exclamation, or a noise to indicate strong feelings (e.g…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle …
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Claim 5: “Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) made a bombshell appearance Wednesday night at the GOP convention, in a video praising President Trump”
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Three independent web search results confirm that Senator John Fetterman appeared in a video at the GOP convention praising Donald Trump's support for steelworkers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Democratic lieutenant …
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Claim 6: “Apple Inc. has introduced a new iPhone design [a foldable iPhone]”
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web search NEUTRAL — iPhone Fold Release Date: Apple's First Foldable Phone and the Biggest Design Leaks So Far. 4 days ago. Save for later.
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Claim 7: “California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed two bills regulating how outside groups evaluate AI programs for safety”
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Multiple independent sources (Politico, Techmeme, and other news reports) confirm that Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills regulating how outside groups evaluate AI programs for safety.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election will be held in the U.S. state of California on November 3, 2026, to elect the next governor of California. The nominees are Democratic former secretary of health and human services Xavier…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 40th governor of California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2011 …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gavin Newsom has served as governor of California since 2019. First elected in 2018, he survived a 2021 recall election and was re-elected to a second term in 2022. Given the state of California's con…
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