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Our hearts and prayers continue to go out to Charlie Kirk’s family and for America.

14 If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14, ESV)

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• ⚠️ Charlie Kirk suspect allegedly confessed on Discord and what this means for social media platforms

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Just before Tyler Robinson turned himself in for the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, authorities say he appeared to leave a trail of incriminating messages on the online gaming platform Discord.

Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and current president of West Coast Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles, said the texts and Discord conversations can be effectively used by prosecutors as a confession. But Rahmani said there doesn’t seem to be any criminal liability for members of the Discord chat group where Robinson appeared to have confessed to the shooting.

Catherine Crump, a clinical professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, said messaging and social media platforms have a virtual “ironclad immunity” from the content made by its users under Sec. 230. She noted that the law has long been viewed as out of date — artificial intelligence and algorithms to monitor speech or content, she noted, did not exist when it was passed — but the platforms are protected from their own content until an act of Congress makes changes. Read more

AI News

• 🎬️ Luma AI’s CEO says only generative AI can save Hollywood (link)

• 🤥 OpenAI’s research on AI models deliberately lying is wild (link)

• 🇫🇷 AI-enabled threats and stricter regulation in France (link)

• 📱 Mark Zuckerberg has begun his quest to kill the smartphone (link)

• 🌴 Meta’s AR ambitions meet reality, and California gets serious about AI safety … again (link)

Listen or read the following transcript as Tom Schreiner focuses on King Saul’s disobedience to God’s command and his subsequent rejection as king. Schreiner emphasizes that God prioritizes obedience over ritual sacrifices, stressing the need for genuine devotion and submission to God’s will. He highlights that true obedience comes from a faithful relationship with God rather than mere religious formalities.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

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