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Anthropic Is Banning 'Cruel Behavior' Toward Claude. Chatbots Are Still Not Your Friends.

The AI company's decision might be a justifiable idea. But it appears it was made for the wrong reason.

Reason · Oct 9

Despite a Notable Victory in Oklahoma, Legal Challenges to Flock Cameras Still Face Long Odds

State and federal courts have almost uniformly ruled that searches of ALPR databases do not implicate the Fourth Amendment.

Reason · Oct 9

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Prison phone calls, volcanic eruptions, and animal testing.

Reason · Oct 9

Let Charter Schools Be as Flexible as Microschools

Universal education savings accounts are giving families unprecedented choice in education. Now let's give charters a chance to catch up with the marketplace.

Reason · Oct 9

Livestreaming an Execution

Plus: Tariffs and Michigan, LGBT teens, Stewart Brand fanfare, and more...

Reason · Oct 9

Trump's 'Free Speech Agenda: Siccing the FBI on Critics, Barring Reporters, and Threatening Broadcasters

GOP's new mantra: "Free speech for me, but not for thee."

Reason · Oct 9

The Midterm Winner Will Be Whichever Party Americans Hate Less

U.S. voters continue to be motivated more by whom they loathe than whom they like.

Reason · Oct 9

Review: These Talking Dogs Give Children the Wrong Idea About Government

Shmoo & Ozzie Go to Washington is supposed to be about bipartisanship, but it's really about wasteful spending.

Reason · Oct 9

Review: Magic Lantern Shows Were Cinema Before Movies

Some lanternists believed that film was a fad their medium would easily survive.

Reason · Oct 9

Brickbat: …in All the Wrong Places

Indiana State Police arrested Hancock County sheriff's deputy James Heneghan and charged him with 220 counts each of official misconduct… The post Brickbat: …in All the Wrong Places appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Reason · Oct 9