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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

Sidney's Picks: Major MAHA Report Contains Fake Citations

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The Best of the Week’s News
 

  • Major MAHA child health report cited numerous imaginary papers, which suggests the whole document was AI-generated. (NOTUS, NYT)
     

  • Remembering legendary New York muckraker and Hillman Prize-winner Tom Robbins. (The City, NYT)

     

  • Elon Musk’s drug use was out of control on the campaign trail. (NYT)
     

  • Two NYPD officers, including a member of mayor Eric Adams’ security detail, are under investigation in connection to the kidnapping and torture of an Italian crypto investor. (NBC 4) 
     

  • The U.S. is storing the DNA of migrant children in a database normally used to track criminals. (Wired)