Abigail Avery

‘STAGED’: Conspiracy Theories Are Everywhere Following White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting

In the immediate aftermath of the attack on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, influencers, pundits, and random posters lit up social media platforms like X, Bluesky, and Instagram with conspiracy theories about the attack and the alleged shooter. Both left and right-wing accounts claimed, without evidence, that the attack was staged. President…

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Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha

Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha, with the blessing of their governments, in a bid to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players. “Sovereign AI” refers to systems where companies and governments retain full control over their own data — rather than routing it…

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California Engineer Identified in Suspected Shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

A 31-year-old engineer and computer scientist was identified by media reports and President Donald Trump as the suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, was apprehended following the firing of shots at the Washington Hilton, where Trump was scheduled to deliver remarks to a ballroom…

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