It’s getting easier and easier to make and post AI-generated videos online. We’ll hear from a person behind an account that produces so-called "AI slop." And, how to solve Arizona’s chronic absenteeism problem among high school students.
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Hazel Cárdenas/PresidenciaMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also said her government will soon announce new technology projects at a celebration of her first year in office. -
Getty Images/iStockphotoThe new Sora app from OpenAI, released last week, sits at the top of Apple’s app store rankings. Sora lets users quickly generate AI videos in pretty much any style, meaning our social media feeds could soon feature a lot more realistic-looking — and yet not real — videos. -
Dr. Jack DillenbergAnyone who grew up here in the Valley in the 1990s might recall a memorable anti-smoking tagline, designed to gross you out: “Tobacco: the tumor-causing, teeth-staining, smelly puking habit.” The line was part of a campaign by Arizona’s health director at the time, Dr. Jack Dillenberg. -
Jackie Hai/KJZZLOOKOUT, if you haven’t heard of it, is a nonprofit, independent news outlet that covers the LGBTQ+ community in Phoenix. And recently, their editor-in-chief and founder, Joseph Darius Jaafari, sent out a note to readers addressing their use of a particular word in their coverage: queer. -
Getty ImagesMore than 30% of Arizona high school students were chronically absent during the 2023-24 school year. That means they missed at least a tenth of the school year. That percentage is lower than it was a couple of years ago, but still higher than pre-pandemic levels.
