Sac Bee’s AI Scaling Tool
The Sacramento Bee has rolled out a new AI scaling tool to summarize and generate content, including stories reported and written by the paper’s journalists. The new tool, developed by the Bee’s parent company McClatchy Media, has raised concerns among reporters who have been withholding their bylines from stories generated by AI. CapRadio Communities Reporter Ruth Finch breaks down the controversy, and how other news organizations are utilizing artificial intelligence.
10 Years of Prop 64 Cannabis Legalization
In 2016, voters passed Proposition 64, legalizing the sale and possession of recreational cannabis in California for adults 21 and over. Medical marijuana was legalized 20 years earlier in the state with the passage of Proposition 215 in 1996. But Prop 64 marked the creation of a much larger market that advocates promised would bring with it a windfall of new tax revenue. While opponents worried legal weed could lead to more dangerous roadways and higher rates of cannabis use in teens. Now that it's been almost a decade since its passage, Health Reporter Grant Stringer took a look at how Prop. 64 lived up to the hopes (and concerns) that surrounded it and wrote about it in the Mercury News and the East Bay Times.
RSVP Choir Spring Concert Series
For over 25 years the Reconciliation Singers Voice of Peace ensemble, also known as RSVP, has been using their voice to inspire audiences, while uplifting the community. The group of professional musicians donate their time and talents to put on performances that benefit local charities. This weekend they have two performances to support Bigger Than Us Arts who look to make arts education accessible and affordable for all. Joining us to tell us more about the history and future of RSVP is Founding Artistic Director Julie Adams and president of the Board of Directors Karen Percy. |