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Wall Street Journal
a day ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Health Insurers to Promise Changes to Preapproval Process That Drew Backlash
Following the backlash that hit health insurers after the killing of a top executive last year, the industry will pledge steps meant to smooth the controversial preapproval process that can deny or delay access to care. The initiative is set to be unveiled early next week, according to people familiar with the matter.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Mom sparks backlash for accidentally naming her daughter after catastrophic disaster
A new mom has sparked backlash for accidentally naming her daughter after a catastrophic disaster. In a recent Reddit post, one user shared a snapshot of a baby shower invite which featured one very shocking detail. 'I'm speechless…' the user wrote, 'Welp... I just got invited to a baby shower…' The invitation was a shade of pale pink and adorned with cartoon imagery of an elephant and balloons as well as a moon and sun. It read: 'Please join us for a baby shower! Join us to celebrate the arrival of our little bundle of joy. We can't wait to celebrate together.' But it was the new baby's name that stunned readers after it was revealed to be Chernobyl Hope. The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that happened on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union. It resulted in a steam explosion and fire that released large amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere causing numerous casualties, including plant workers and those who died from acute radiation syndrome. And it did not take long for dozens of other users to comment on the bizarre choice of baby name. 'I refuse to believe this is real lol,' someone said. 'I have a feeling they don't know what Chernobyl meant. I asked them where they got the idea from and said it just sounded nice????' a user asked. 'They didn't even look it up?! Maybe send them some links?' a person responded, including a few links to the tragedy. Someone else commented: 'It's not too late to tell them!' 'Did you tell them? Also how stupid are they that they don't know what Chernobyl is...' a user shared. 'PLEASE let us know how the baby shower went!! I can't imagine anyone there being able to have a straight face,' someone insisted. 'This has to be fake. There's no way this is real,' a comment read. 'This... this is the worst I've seen in a while... good Lord above... and of all the middle names they picked HOPE??' an outraged user expressed. 'This is so, so bad. They have to be told. Give them a book about Chernobyl as a gift for the baby shower. Because no,' someone suggested. Others argued it was the name of the plant before the 1986 nuclear accident. 'I mean, the word Chernobyl was originally the name of a common mugwort plant, a medicinal herb,' a user shared in part. Many people also made cruel jokes about the name choice. 'If I were a guest at that shower and heard that name I'd have a total meltdown,' a person wrote. 'I'm excited for this party at an atomic level,' another shared. 'Sure, but we need to cool down first, the exposure to jokes are off the readings,' a comment read. 'That is going to be one happy nuclear family,' a person joked.
Fox News
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
‘Love Island' Star Yulissa Escobar Speaks Out Against Cancel Culture
Former 'Love Island USA' cast member Yulissa Escobar speaks out against cancel culture amid backlash from resurfaced podcast clips. Taylor Swift surprises fans with a heartwarming visit to a children's hospital. Antonio Brown appears carefree on social media despite an active felony arrest warrant . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit FOX News Radio
Gizmodo
12-06-2025
- Gizmodo
Wikipedia Tries to Calm Fury Over New AI-Generated Summaries Proposal
The denizens of the open web don't want anything to do with AI. The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia, made the unfortunate decision to announce the trial of a new AI-fueled article generator this week. The backlash from the site's editors was so swift and so vengeful that the organization quickly walked back its idea, announcing a temporary 'pause' of the new feature. A spokesperson on behalf of the Foundation—which is largely separate from the decentralized community of editors that populate the site with articles—explained last week that, in an effort to make wikis 'more accessible to readers globally through different projects around content discovery,' the organization planned to trial 'machine-generated, but editor moderated, simple summaries for readers.' Like many other organizations that have been plagued by new automated features, Wikipedia's rank and file were quick to anger over the experimental new tool. The responses, which are posted to the open web, are truly something to behold. 'What the hell? No, absolutely not,' said one editor. 'Not in any form or shape. Not on any device. Not on any version. I don't even know where to begin with everything that is wrong with this mindless PR hype stunt.' 'This will destroy whatever reputation for accuracy we currently have,' another editor said. 'People aren't going to read past the AI fluff to see what we really meant.' Yet another editor was even more vehement: 'Keep AI out of Wikipedia. That is all. WMF staffers looking to pad their resumes with AI-related projects need to be looking for new employers.' 'A truly ghastly idea,' said another. 'Since all WMF proposals steamroller on despite what the actual community says, I hope I will at least see the survey and that—unlike some WMF surveys—it includes one or more options to answer 'NO'.' 'Are y'all (by that, I mean WMF) trying to kill Wikipedia? Because this is a good step in that way,' another editor said. 'We're trying to keep AI out of Wikipedia, not have the powers that be force it on us and tell us we like it.' The forum is littered with countless other negative responses from editors who expressed a categorical rejection of the tool. Not long afterward, the organization paused the feature, 404 Media reported. 'The Wikimedia Foundation has been exploring ways to make Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects more accessible to readers globally,' a Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson told 404 Media. 'This two-week, opt-in experiment was focused on making complex Wikipedia articles more accessible to people with different reading levels. For the purposes of this experiment, the summaries were generated by an open-weight Aya model by Cohere. It was meant to gauge interest in a feature like this, and to help us think about the right kind of community moderation systems to ensure humans remain central to deciding what information is shown on Wikipedia.'
The Independent
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
What Laura Loomer said about AOC's appearance during NYC's Puerto Rico Day
Laura Loomer faced backlash for a social media post " body shaming" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). Loomer claimed AOC had gained at least 50 pounds since entering Congress, commenting on a video of AOC in a red dress at New York City's Puerto Rican Day Parade. Social media users criticised Loomer's comments, with one calling out the body shaming as "disgusting." Internet users responded by mocking Loomer's appearance, with some digging up photos of her in a similar red dress. One user also suggested Loomer seek therapy, criticising her behaviour as unkind. Laura Loomer faces internet backlash after 'body shaming' AOC during NYC's Puerto Rican day
