This column was not produced with artificial intelligence, or, quite possibly, any other kind.

About our experiment a couple of weeks ago in which ChatGPT produced a column, a recent study by the Poynter Institute, the leading research entity on the news media, shows nearly half of Americans want the news to be free of generative artificial intelligence; 20% said publishers should not use AI at all. The study was produced in partnership with the University of Minnesota and passed along by Dave Vossbrink, the legendary and former spokesperson for multiple public agencies. Here is another surprising wrinkle: Nearly half of those aged 18-29 years have not used or heard of AI tools such as ChatGPT. Oh, but they will.

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Terence Y

Thanks, Mr. Simon, for an update on “As the Sheriff’s World Turns” and the slow walking of Corpus’s fate. Unfortunately, I no longer have confidence that our so-called San Mateo leaders can or will do anything until Corpus’s reign ends. We get the government, and the sheriff, we deserve. Trump 2028 but not Corpus 2028.

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