AI Hallucinations Prompt Mississippi Judge to Boot All Lawyers From Case for ‘Blindly Relying on Technology’

A federal judge in Mississippi booted all lawyers from a case on Tuesday after finding that counsel on both sides had used generative AI to draft legal filings and left hallucinated sources in the legal record.

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Oxford’s ‘Thacker Mountain Radio Hour’ Expands Into Television, Promotes Mississippi Authors and Musicians

The “Thacker Mountain Radio Hour” is a radio show based in Oxford, Mississippi, that invites local authors and musical artists to discuss their works or to perform. Mississippi Public Broadcasting will be airing a televised version of the show starting this fall.

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UTA Signs ‘Union County’ Filmmaker Adam Meeks (EXCLUSIVE)

UTA has signed “Union County” filmmaker Adam Meeks for representation. “Union County,” starring Will Poulter and Noah Centineo, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January, earning rave reviews and an extended standing ovation. In the film, Poulter and Centineo play brothers grappling with opioid addiction; Meeks seamlessly blends their performances with the real-life participants […]

Oscilloscope Laboratories Buys Will Poulter, Noah Centineo Sundance Hit ‘Union County’ (EXCLUSIVE)

“Union County,” a recovery-focused drama starring Will Poulter and Noah Centineo, has been acquired by Oscilloscope Laboratories. The film, directed by Adam Meeks, casts Poulter and Centineo as two fictional characters (brothers grappling with opioid addiction) amid the real-life participants of a court-sponsored drug rehabilitation program in rural Ohio. Meeks’ extended family lives in this […]

Months After Winter Storm Fern, Mississippi Families Are Still Waiting for Help

Over two months after Winter Storm Fern swept through Mississippi, residents remain ineligible for individual assistance awarded by the federal government. Meanwhile, efforts to pass recovery bills through the State Legislature have been hampered by disagreements between lawmakers and the governor.

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Person of the Day | Brittany Clark: Rural Clinic Owner Helps Union County Recover from Winter Storm Fern

Nurse practitioner Brittany Clark runs a rural health clinic in Union County, Miss. In the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern, she and her team have provided care to vulnerable county residents and assisted with recovery efforts.

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What I Saw, Heard, and Felt as Sundance Bid Farewell to Park City—and Robert Redford

“What I’m saying is, if you want to go, I won’t stop you.” At the final Park City edition of Sundance last week, my 14th consecutive one, I contemplated this line from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid daily. That’s because a gorgeous, Western-style artwork painted on plywood by local artist Ryan Williams stood not far from The Library Theater, displaying the dearly departed Sundance Kid Robert…

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