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UCR and CSUSB grants: What reaches local students?

PALM DESERT — The universities have announced new programs. Funding allocations, enrollment dates and actual student opportunities are still open questions.

UCR’s $5 million AI partnership includes College of the Desert

PALM DESERT — Federal project records outline courses and faculty training, but COD’s allocation, first LAUNCH offerings and participation route remain unconfirmed.

Seven local news sites restrict AI crawlers

PALM DESERT — We checked 11 news sites covering the Coachella Valley and Inland Empire. Their public rules show different approaches to AI access—but not whether those rules are followed.

Anthropic Is Warning Us About Its Own AI. We Should Listen.

By Sat Singh

The company behind Claude has laid out what could go wrong with AI. Some of it sounds like science fiction. Some of it sounds like Monday morning at work.

We're Experimenting With Agent-Native Journalism

By Sat Singh

And by “we,” I mean me and my army of agents.

When AI does the shopping

By Sat Singh

An agent could save you an afternoon. Before we call that efficiency, ask whose work disappears—and where the money goes.