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Kathy Castor, Anna Paulina Luna both want embattled Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Cory Mills to resign

Lawmakers were also asked if they would expel either Florida colleague.

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Apr 15 • 9:07 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
The Gilded Age Cast, Daryl Roth, Yoshiki Will Be Honored by Entertainment Community Fund

The honorees will received the Fund's Medal of Honor during a gala in June in Manhattan.

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Apr 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • playbill.com
How five UF business students faced 7,000 international competitors and took home first place

From mid-January to mid-March, the five of us competed in the Bridgewater x Metaculus Forecasting Contest — an international tournament where participants assign probabilities to macroeconomic and geopolitical questions and get scored on relative accuracy.

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Apr 15 • 7:32 AM EDT • Business • news.ufl.edu
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HEALTH Yeah! Episode 29: When Kids Don’t Sleep: What Parents Should Know

In this podcast episode, you'll learn about sleep studies, treatment options and how poor sleep can affect behavior, weight and more.

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Apr 15 • 7:02 AM EDT • Health • health.stonybrookmedicine.edu
Movies and TV shows casting across the US

Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting across the US.

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Apr 15 • 5:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • djournal.com
Movies and TV shows casting across the US

Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting across the US.

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Apr 15 • 5:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • wyomingnewsnow.tv
Jonathan Groff cast in Lin-Manuel Miranda-directed musical film project

Ronks native Jonathan Groff and award-winning stage and film composer Lin-Manuel Miranda — who shared the Broadway stage in "Hamilton" — are back together again, set to work on a

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Apr 15 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Atelerix Forms Strategic Partnership With JH Health Ltd to Expand Non-Cryogenic Cell Preservation Capabilities in the Middle East

NEWCASTLE, England, April 15, 2026--Atelerix, a biotech company revolutionising cell preservation and biological transport with its pioneering hydrogel encapsulation technology, today announced it has established a strategic partnership with JH Health Ltd, a Saudi Arabian company focused on medical and health-related technology. The partnership grants JH Health exclusive rights to use and distribute Atelerix’s hydrogel-based cell and tissue preservation solutions in the Middle East, significantl

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Apr 15 • 4:05 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
StarTalk: w/ Andy Weir on the Science of Project Hail Mary (Transcript)

Editor's Notes: In this episode of StarTalk, Neil deGrasse Tyson welcomes back acclaimed sci-fi author Andy Weir to discuss the intricate scientific foundations of his latest bestseller-turned-film, Project Hail Mary. The duo explores the fascinating

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Apr 15 • 2:54 AM EDT • Science • singjupost.com
The mix of chaotic politics and a resilient economy can’t last

The world’s economy has managed to withstand a great deal of chaos, but new IMF forecasts show that things could get worse

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Apr 15 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • ft.com
Mountain View considers downtown entertainment zone

(KRON) — The City of Mountain View is considering new legislation to establish an entertainment zone in its downtown area. The proposed ordinance, introduced Tuesday evening at a City Council meeting, would allow for public, outdoor alcohol consumption during special events on five blocks of Castro Street. The initiative aims to create a festive environment […]

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Apr 14 • 11:49 PM EDT • Entertainment • kron4.com
Former All-Star closer Brad Lidge is now an archaeologist

Some retired MLB players become coaches. Some retired MLB players become broadcasters. The former Phillies star chose a different path.

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Apr 14 • 9:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What’s the allergy forecast? Cloudy, with a good chance of pollen

Over the next few weeks, New Hampshire residents can expect to see yellowish dust coat sidewalks, cars and the insides of windowsills. Peak tree pollen season begins in April, followed

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Apr 14 • 8:30 PM EDT • Health • unionleader.com
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Postal Service union launches ad campaign promoting mail voting as Trump seeks to limit it

The 30-second message features a variety of voters, among them a busy farmer and a flight attendant, explaining why they cast their ballots by mail.

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Apr 14 • 12:05 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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WATCH: New trailer, release date announced for \'Hershey\' biopic

In a bit of sweet news — there's a new trailer for the upcoming movie, "Hershey."

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Apr 14 • 10:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Entertainment Host & Lifestyle Expert Josh McBride Launches New Podcast "The McBride Rewind" Featuring Iconic Voices of the 2000s/Late 1990s

Television host and entertainment personality Josh McBride is officially stepping into the podcast space with the debut of The McBride Rewind, a nostalgic, interview-style show celebrating the icons, culture, and unforgettable moments of the early 2000s.

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Apr 14 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Here\'s the performance schedule for Marietta\'s Cherry Blossom Benefit Music Festival

Enjoy musical acts under a stretch of 150 cherry trees in full bloom when Marietta’s Cherry Blossom Benefit Music Festival returns Saturday, April 18.

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Apr 14 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
Partington still has 'hope' Iraola will stay at club

Speaking on the Cherries Unpicked podcast, former Bournemouth midfielder Joe Partington says he still has "hope" that Iraola will decide to stay at the Vitality Stadium beyond this season, despite not committing his future yet. It's not over until the fat lady sings, I suppose, and the Bournemouth fans will hold out hope because they've not had any news that it could still mean it's positive.

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Apr 14 • 3:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gossip: Howe still involved in transfer plans despite uncertain future

Newcastle's hierarchy are continuing to include boss Eddie Howe in discussions on transfer plans for the summer despite uncertainty over his future at St James' Park for the first time. The I) Arsenal and Chelsea are leading the chase to sign Newcastle's Lewis Hall, 21, but the Magpies will not let the left-back leave easily. (Caught Offside)

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Apr 14 • 3:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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A Look At Caesars Entertainment (CZR) Valuation After Its Mixed Earnings-Driven Share Price Move

Caesars Entertainment (CZR) is back in focus after its latest earnings report, where revenue topped analyst forecasts while adjusted operating income and EPS came in below expectations, yet the share price moved higher. See our latest analysis for Caesars Entertainment. The latest move higher in Caesars Entertainment's share price comes after its earnings release, with the stock showing a 13.54% year to date share price return while the 5 year total shareholder return is still down 69.86%...

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Apr 13 • 10:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Entertainment giant to cut 1,000 jobs amid restructuring

The move comes as entertainment industry feels increasing pressure from digital-first age.

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Apr 13 • 6:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • thestreet.com
Alex Cooper breaks silence on Alix Earle's 'beef' amid feud rumors

After a year of feud rumors between the podcasters, Alex Cooper directly addressed Alix Earle, who seems to have \

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Apr 13 • 6:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
Thaddeus Stevens College to launch online small business management program

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology prides itself on integrating its students into central Pennsylvania trade and technical programs, to the point that many are working for local businesses before they

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Apr 13 • 4:44 PM EDT • Business • lancasteronline.com
First Three Episodes of “BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity” Exclusively Head to U.S. Theatres Before Broadcast and Streaming from VIZ Media and Fathom Entertainment On June 25-29

Fathom Entertainment First Three Episodes of “BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity” Exclusively Head to U.S. Theatres Before Broadcast and Streaming from VIZ Media and Fathom Entertainment On June 25-29

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Apr 13 • 1:40 PM EDT • Entertainment • fathomentertainment.com
USA TODAY Sports launches inaugural Readers' Choice Awards

USA TODAY Sports Readers' Choice Awards voting is open. Cast your vote for best NFL cities, college baseball stadiums, and sports bars.

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Apr 13 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
USA TODAY Sports launches inaugural Readers' Choice Awards

USA TODAY Sports Readers' Choice Awards voting is open. Cast your vote for best NFL cities, college baseball stadiums, and sports bars.

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Apr 13 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
Microsoft is testing OpenClaw-like AI bots for 365 Copilot

The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

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Apr 13 • 11:41 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
OPEC lowers second-quarter global oil demand forecast on Iran war

OPEC on Monday ​lowered its ‌forecast for world oil demand ​in the ​second quarter, citing ⁠the impact ​of the ongoing ​war in the Middle East, a ​copy of ​its monthly oil report ‌seen ⁠by Reuters showed.

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Apr 13 • 8:01 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
South Business Drive Reconstruction to Begin on Wednesday

Things are about to get a bit more complicated on Sheboygan's south side as reconstruction of South Business D...

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Apr 13 • 6:15 AM EDT • Business • whbl.com
As Iran war drags on, midterm forecasts for Republicans get even worse

The GOP was already bracing for a tough election, but with the ceasefire in doubt, gas prices are likely to stay high, and voters’ economic outlook is dismal.

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Apr 13 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Business Travel Market Expected to Reach USD 2,095.4 billion by 2031, at a CAGR of 9.5%: Allied Market Research

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "business travel Market by INDUSTRY (Government, Corporate), by SERVICE (Transportation, Food and Lodging, Recreation), by TRAVELER (Group, Solo): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2031". According to the report the global business travel market, valued at USD 689.7 billion in 2021, is projected to reach USD 2,095.4 billion by 2031, expanding at a CAGR of 9.5% over the forecast period — more than tripling in size within a d

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Apr 13 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Howe accepts accountability after Newcastle collapse at Crystal Palace

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe accepted full responsibility after his side squandered another lead in a 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon.Consequently, the Magpies have plummeted t...

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Apr 13 • 3:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Science of Strength: New Study Casts Doubt on Training to Failure

New research shows going all out may limit strength gains. Here’s the smarter way to build strength and muscle

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Apr 13 • 2:00 AM EDT • Science • menshealth.com
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 DLC character Shinobu Kocho (Infinity Castle) launches April 17

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 downloadable content character Shinobu Kocho (Infinity Castle) will launch on April 17, publisher Aniplex and developer CyberConnect…

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Apr 12 • 9:08 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Politics Unplugged Podcast: Laura Gersony on the SRP election and Turning Point's impact

Arizona Republic reporter Laura Gersony joins us to talk about the SRP election, and why it was a loss for Turning Point USA. Then Dennis and Colin talk about the President’s threat to end a civilization and Melania Trump's Epstein-focused press conference.

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Apr 12 • 7:50 PM EDT • Politics • azfamily.com
Podcast provides in-depth coverage of area food, restaurant scene - Talk Business & Politics

John Engleman, a former sports anchor and director with over a decade of media relations experience, started a podcast to keep tabs on the ever-evolving food and restaurant sector in...

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Apr 12 • 3:05 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Polling stations close in pivotal Hungary election that could unseat long-time Prime Minister Orbán

Hungarians cast ballots Sunday in Europe's most consequential election this year, setting a record turnout in a vote that could unseat populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power.

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Apr 12 • 2:15 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Early results in Hungary's election show opposition party leading and Prime Minister Orbán's trailing

Hungarians cast ballots Sunday in Europe's most consequential election this year, setting a record turnout in a vote that could unseat populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power.

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Apr 12 • 2:15 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
This Week in Missouri Politics - April 12, 2026

Scott Faughn is joined by Chuck Hatfield and Marc Ellinger. On the panel, Jake Kroesen is joined by State Rep. David Casteel.

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Apr 12 • 12:30 PM EDT • Politics • themissouritimes.com
Ryan Day reveals Ohio State's extreme recruiting standards

During a recent podcast experience, Ryan Day raised eyebrows when he said the Buckeyes are only looking for future first and second-round draft picks.

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Apr 12 • 11:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Report: Hideo Kojima's Physint New Casting Details Unearthed, Teasing a Villain

Production on Kojima's return to action-espionage is gearing up, and we've unearthed brand new exclusive Physint casting details.

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Apr 12 • 11:14 AM EDT • Technology • mp1st.com
This Action Crime Thriller Just Shot to #1—and the Cast Is Absolutely Loaded

A star-studded crime thriller has quietly climbed to the top of Prime Video’s most-watched list, but, somehow, it flew completely under the radar. Find out more about the chart-topper here.

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Apr 12 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • purewow.com
Sutton's predictions: Sunderland v Tottenham

What's Roberto de Zerbi going to do with Tottenham and how will he set them up? The whole situation is just odd, with De Zerbi securing a five-year contract despite only hanging around for more than two years at one of his previous eight clubs. Sunderland's form at the Stadium of Light has dipped a bit since they lost their unbeaten home record against Liverpool in February, but the Black Cats will be buoyant after beating Newcastle last time out.

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Apr 12 • 5:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Vote for Girls Athlete of the Week for April 4-10 presented by the Vance Law Firm

Cast your vote for the Montgomery Advertiser's Girls Athlete of the Week for April 4-10 presented by the Vance Law Firm.

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Apr 12 • 4:01 AM EDT • Sports • montgomeryadvertiser.com
Legendary basketball coach, broadcaster Dick Vitale reveals health status

The basketball world has come together to support one of its most legendary figures. Former NCAA and NBA coach and current broadcaster Dick Vitale has faced challenges larger than basketball. Recent reports revealed that Vitale has been dealing with numerous…

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Apr 11 • 8:05 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
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Bullpen took care of business for the Hens

The Official Site of Minor League Baseball web site includes features, news, rosters, statistics, schedules, teams, live game radio broadcasts, and video clips.

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Apr 11 • 7:59 PM EDT • Business • milb.com
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Defiant Swalwell still sees a path to victory in governor's race

So far, Swalwell is casting the allegations against him as a political conspiracy to take down the frontrunner for the governor’s office.

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This Week in Politics: New York's (late) state budget | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News

What's holding up the state budget this time? WNYC's Jon Campbell charts the distance between the governor and the Legislature.

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New to The Street to Broadcast on Fox Business on Monday, April 13, Featuring Virtuix Holdings...

The show will air as sponsored programming nationwide at 10:30 PM PST on Fox Business Network

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Apr 11 • 12:35 PM EDT • Business • theolympian.com
New to The Street to Broadcast on Fox Business on Monday, April 13, Featuring Virtuix Holdings...

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“AI polls” are fake polls

A few weeks after Donald Trump’s second presidential win, I took the train up from London (where I was living at the time) to Oxford to attend a conference on polls and forecasts of the 2024 election. Most of the attendees were pollsters or academics, but I also watched presentations from Aaru and Electric Twin, two companies that do what is interchangeably called synthetic sampling, silicon sampling, or synthetic audiences. Stripped of startup jargon, that means they use large language models (LLMs) to simulate responses to public opinion polls by having AI agents take on the role of survey respondents. I had already heard of Aaru thanks to some articles with eye-catching headlines like “No people, no problem: AI chatbots predict elections better than humans” in the months leading up to Election Day. The founders were making some big, some might even say far-fetched claims, such as: “within two years, we will simulate the entire globe — from the way crops are grown in Ukraine to how that impacts production of oil in Iraq, trade through the strait of Malacca, and elections for the mayor of Baltimore.” When Semafor asked Aaru’s cofounders — Cameron Fink and Ned Koh — about my boss, they said “we respect all those who came before us.” Nate (as he so often does) shared his thoughts on Twitter: Fink and Koh were relatively good-natured about this back-and-forth when we spoke at Oxford. They even offered to mail me one of the t-shirts featuring Nate’s quote they apparently had made. I never took them up on the offer, which I now somewhat regret. These synthetic sampling companies fell off my radar for a while, but they do still exist. In fact, Aaru recently received a $1 billion valuation. Is what they’re doing anywhere close to the most important frontier in AI development? Not by a longshot, especially when Anthropic just developed a model so adept at exploiting software vulnerabilities that it’s only being released to 40 companies. Still, silicon sampling is increasingly finding its way into public polling. Axios reported in March that “a majority of people trust their own doctors and nurses” based on findings from Aaru — without mentioning that the “people” in that sentence were actually LLMs. Around the same time, the Public Sentiment Institute “boosted” their online sample of 373 real survey respondents with 114 AI agents.1 (Spoiler alert: even the co-founder of Electric Twin doesn’t think that’s a particularly defensible approach.) Polling companies like Qualtrics and Ipsos are also developing synthetic data panels. So, what should we make of these … “polls”? Let’s get one thing out of the way: whatever they are, they’re not polls in the way that term is usually defined. Subscribe You can’t replace polls with AI On one hand, using LLMs to essentially make up fake survey respondents sort of sounds like the dumbest idea ever, one that will at best imperfectly replicate real polls while introducing all sorts of biases. On the other hand, with LLMs improving at a remarkable, perhaps even alarming rate, maybe that means I’m a dinosaur at the ripe old age of 24 because I still want to rely on polls that talk to actual people. I’m not going to argue that synthetic samples are completely useless. In fact, as I’ll return to later, there is evidence that some techniques can replicate topline survey results quickly and cheaply. But the marketing from certain companies can be slightly optimistic. “No traditional poll will exist by the time the next general election occurs,” said Fink in 2024. We’re just 206 days away from the midterms, and based on the fact that I still have to collect a bunch of polls every day, I’d say he should have run that prediction by a sample of AI agents before the interview.2 To see why synthetic samples can’t replace polls, here’s a quick primer on how they work. The simplest version of these models involves taking a LLM (like ChatGPT or Claude), giving it a demographic profile (e.g., a white, college-educated woman who lives in Utah and makes $70k a year), and then asking it to respond to a survey question. You repeat that process a few thousand times using different demographic profiles and end up with a sample of synthetic survey responses. The actual models used by private companies are more sophisticated than this, usually because they incorporate more hypothesized demographic characteristics for each agent and provide them with extra information. Aaru, for example, feeds agents a diet of news and information they’d be likely to consume, while Electric Twin incorporates their customers’ proprietary data about the audience they’re trying to replicate. The way Ben Warner, the co-founder of Electric Twin, explained it to me was “we have a large amount of data on […] for instance, 5,000 people. Can we make an accurate prediction of how they would respond to another question?” Still, it should be obvious why synthetic samples can’t replace polls. Polling is fundamentally a data collection process. We might use surveys to make predictions by feeding them into election forecasts, but the main purpose of a poll isn’t prediction, it’s gathering new data about what people think and how they feel. Silicon sampling, on the other hand, produces no new data. It’s simply a model: you input LLM training data, demographic prompts, and a bunch of other information, and it spits out a prediction for what a poll would say. We love models here, but models aren’t polls. That difference is an important philosophical sticking point for most pollsters I talk to. “I think politics should stay away from [synthetic sampling], because we’re trying to […] represent the voice of the people,” said Natalie Jackson, a vice president at GQR Insights. Democratic pollster John Hagner told me: “I think I’m just incredibly skeptical of this idea. I don’t think it’s research. At that point, you’re asking the machine to tell you what you already believe.” Hagner has seen some presentations of early synthetic sampling experiments, but so far, “if it’s being used in a campaign, people are keeping it incredibly quiet.”3 But Eli, I hear you saying, aren’t polls themselves increasingly governed by modeling decisions? Indeed they are: pollsters’ choices on which sampling method to use, how to define their likely voter models, and how to weight their samples can and do lead to dramatic differences in the results they publish. Aaru even referenced these limitations in the methodology statement included with that maternal mortality “poll” — although I’m using the term “methodology statement” loosely here, because it doesn’t really explain how the model works at all. We can ignore the (frankly preposterous) implication that synthetic sampling isn’t subject to a separate set of biases. The important point is that there’s still a meaningful difference between using weighting and other statistical techniques on actual polling data and using a model to predict what a poll would say. The latter is far closer to election forecasts or techniques like MRP — potentially useful models, but not a replacement for polls.4 To be fair, other synthetic sampling companies are perfectly happy with the distinction between polls and models. Warner compared polling and synthetic sampling to different tools in a toolbox. “The mistake I think we make is we think that these new tools should either work in exactly the same way or somehow replace these old tools,” he said. “Rather than thinking of it as, okay, so we’ve always had the hammer, we’ve always had the screwdriver, now we’ve got a saw. But don’t use a saw to try [to] do the job of a hammer.” A quick comment from Nate Eli didn’t ask me for a comment — rather rude of him, don’t you think? But since I’m editing this story, I figured I’d add a few quick thoughts rather than putting words in his mouth. Beyond the frequently misleading marketing, what bothers me about the AI “poll” hype is that as AI tools make statistical inference cheaper and/or better (note that these are not synonyms) that actually increases the comparative value of collecting original data. You might be able to train a model to make a reasonable estimate of what some hard-to-reach poll respondent would say — say, a young Black man who voted for Trump. (Such a person checks a number of boxes for a voter who is usually hard to reach in surveys.) Indeed, this is closely related to what models like the Silver Bulletin forecast already do. They essentially smooth out the kinks in noisy survey data by making inferences based on past voting patterns or national polls or surveys of other states. But you don’t actually know what these voters think unless you’re reaching them directly. If there’s a shift in opinion among this subgroup, you’re not going to detect it. So if I were running a campaign, I’d invest more in going the extra mile to find a representative sample of those voters. And then I’d hire some smart quants — or Claude? — to figure out the implications for campaign strategy based on proprietary data that my competitors didn’t have access to. -Nate Silver Are these models any good? If synthetic surveys are just a new type of model, the next obvious question is whether the models are at least accurate. The answer very much depends on who you ask. On one end of the spectrum, you have the maximalist argument that synthetic sampling is more accurate than actual polls. “It’s an incredibly challenging problem to go to someone and say ‘hey, we’re going to be more accurate at predicting human behavior than you, even when you talk to your customers directly’,” Koh recently told CNBC. In his view, synthetic sampling isn’t a saw to polling’s hammer, it’s “magic.” There’s certainly evidence that synthetic samples can replicate certain survey toplines. But if Aaru does have any examples of their approach outperforming the polls, they’re keeping those to themselves.5 Aaru’s 2024 election model, for example, had Kamala Harris leading in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on November 4th. And although they’ve since taken down their forecast page, they gave Harris a 50.5 percent chance of winning the race on November 2nd.6 After the election, Fink told Semafor he was happy enough with those results because they were “within margin of error,” a term that is completely meaningless when applied to a “sample” of AI agents. And of course, Aaru says their models have improved since 2024, so supposedly now they’d be more accurate than the polls? Still, their stronger argument is on cost: “We are significantly faster and cheaper than traditional polling, and still more accurate,” said Fink. The first two claims are undeniably true, but the third brings us to the opposite end of the spectrum. Both Jackson and Hagner are skeptical that these models are reliable for anything beyond replicating common survey toplines. “I just […] don’t think the machines are what we want when we’re looking for nuanced views. My example on this is people in Arizona and Nevada in 2024 who voted for Trump and voted for expanding abortion in their states on ballot initiatives,” said Jackson. Hagner identified another issue. Maybe the synthetic respondents, like sycophantic LLMs, are inhuman in one important way: they’re too nice. “The reports that have come through at the meetings that I’ve been at are that the early experiments on this, they cannot get respondents to be as racist or sexist or, frankly, as negative as human respondents,” he said. Academic research mostly agrees on this point. While there are some papers that show promising results when using LLMs to replicate polling data, most show that LLMs suffer from various quirks like producing too few “don’t know” responses and can seriously overpredict the favorability of politicians like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. They also seem to struggle with too little variation between demographic subgroups, so the difference in predicted opinion between Democrats and Republicans, for example, is too small. When I asked Warner about these studies, his response to these papers was that just because academics can’t get synthetic sampling to work doesn’t mean that the technique doesn’t work in general. “Actually, the argument is, okay, yours does not [work]. That does not mean […] for this complex set of machinery, which uses a lot of investment, a lot of time, a lot of money, you can’t get it to work.” Cards on the table, I’m somewhat sympathetic to this argument because academics aren’t exactly great at making election forecasts. Usually, the people with skin in the game are the most accurate. Warner’s argument is that the approach Electric Twin takes — which includes, for example, making multiple predictions for each synthetic respondent using different models and prompts and subsequently averaging those to get a final prediction in a sort of ensemble forecast — produces better results than the simpler academic models. Warner shared a comparison between his method and the method from a recent academic paper with me, and Electric Twin was indeed able to get more accurate replication. But even still, he acknowledged that synthetic sampling “is not a crystal ball.” “If you asked me, do I think using other data sources will be more accurate than asking somebody who they will vote for, I would probably say no. But if you asked me ‘would your system be useful for our turnout modeling today?’ I would say yes.” For better or worse, it looks like the method is already getting more popular in the market research world. Most of the clients Aaru touts these days are businesses like EY and McDonald’s. And AI will probably begin to pop up in other parts of the political polling process. Pollsters are already using it to code open-ended survey responses, and some firms, like YouGov, are testing using LLMs to ask survey respondents questions. More worryingly, one danger to actual polls is that AI agents can be used to infiltrate online surveys. Most online polls use various checks to prevent that from happening, but there’s conflicting evidence on how effective those filters are and how prevalent AI agents currently are in online panels. If those agents ever become impossible to detect, it might spell the end of online polling, but the solution isn’t to replace all of your respondents with ChatGPT. Silver Bulletin is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe 1 That particular poll obviously doesn’t meet Silver Bulletin standards for aggregation. But we exclude all Public Sentiment Institute polls from our averages because we classify them as an amateur polling firm. 2 You could argue that Fink meant the next presidential election, but (a) I’m also confident we’ll still have real polls in 2028 and (b) in that case he should have asked an LLM to define “general election.” 3 Quick caveat: that’s reporting from a Democratic pollster. It’s possible that Republicans are more willing to use AI in political campaigns. 4 Indeed, Silver Bulletin does not include “polls” produced by MRP in our forecasts or averages, and we think it’s extremely misleading when their practitioners describe them in a way that suggests original data had been collected among a large number of states or Congressional districts. 5 A recent report from Aaru and EY did show two examples of a synthetic estimate being closer than a survey to a real-world benchmark — but I’d take those findings with a grain of salt because the report reads more like an ad and didn’t involve any sort of prediction being made ahead of time. 6 For comparison, our odds for Harris on the same day were 48.2 percent.

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What does American politics look like beyond Trump?

Introducing America, Actually — a new kind of political podcast for a country redefining itself.

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Game Preview: Washington Capitals @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 4/11/2026

Who: Washington Capitals (40-30-9, 89 points, 6th place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (41-22-16, 98 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 3:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: National broadcast on ABC and TBS Pens’ Path Ahead: Today is the final home game of the regular season (but not the last home game of the season, now that […]

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Sports betting is creating a twofold public health crisis for some young men

“Even if not everybody is losing a ton of money right now, you're creating this culture of large numbers of gamblers,” Isaac Rose-Berman says on the First Opinion Podcast.

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The Science Behind Spring Cleaning [Opinion]

Feeling the need to clean this spring? There’s actually a scientific reason why.

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OU alum spotlights overlooked voices in sports with podcast ‘Sooner Girl Sports Pod’

An OU alum is giving a voice to student-athletes with “Sooner Girl Sports Pod,” a one-woman podcast covering all things OU sports.

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Third annual Castle Softball Invitational at Deaconess Sports Park

Third annual Castle Softball Invitational presented by Peoples Bank at Deaconess Sports Park in Evansville, Ind., Friday, April 10, 2026.

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Dick Vitale releases update on latest health battle: 'Hope & pray for good results'

Legendary college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale shared an update on his latest health battle. Here's what he said.

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Palmetto Sports & Entertainment to broadcast 31 Columbia Fireflies regular-season games

Palmetto Sports & Entertainment is once again partnering with the Columbia Fireflies to air over 30 regular-season games this season.

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The cast of 'Juno': See the stars of the 2007 Oscar winner, then and now

‘Juno’ put teen pregnancy in the spotlight and made a splash at the Academy Awards in 2007. Find out what the cast is doing now.

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HSU tops list for producing small business owners

A new study reveals Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene ranks first in producing small business owners in the U.S.

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Everything to Know About Hoops Legend Sue Bird, NBC Sports' New WNBA Analyst

WNBA Hall of Fame guard Sue Bird has officially been added to NBC Sports' broadcast team for the WNBA - here's everything fans should know about the star.

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How Trump’s ‘wall of noise’ is changing Australian politics – Back to Back Barries podcast

Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the fragile ceasefire in Iran and the pressure building on Australian politicians to respond to Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric.

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'Euphoria,' returning for a third season, launched a generation of new stars

“Euphoria” returns Sunday with its starry cast for a third season on HBO Max | Talk 1370

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Apr 10 • 10:37 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
'Euphoria,' returning for a third season, launched a generation of new stars

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David Spade calls on California leaders to change course, save entertainment industry

David Spade, Dana Carvey, and Tim Dillon spoke about how the entertainment industry in LA has been in crisis for years, to the point people and projects are fleeing to other states. (Fly on the Wall podcast, April 8, 2026)

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CPI: Inflation rose to 3.3% amid Iran war in March, missing forecasts

The new CPI report showed headline inflation sped up in March to the highest rate since 2024. The Iran war is affecting gas prices.

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Talk back: Tech deal promotes conversations between journalists and those who follow their stories

A media deal is offering a peek into a future where journalists have more than just a one-way conversation with the people following the news. British broadcaster Sky News is leasing technology from...

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Scientists think dark matter might come in two forms

A mysterious glow of gamma rays at the center of the Milky Way has long hinted at dark matter, but the lack of similar signals in smaller dwarf galaxies has cast doubt on that idea. Now, researchers propose a bold twist: dark matter might not be a single particle at all, but a mix of two different types that must interact with each other to produce detectable signals.

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Palmetto Sports & Entertainment to broadcast 31 Columbia Fireflies regular-season games

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Palmetto Sports & Entertainment to broadcast 31 Columbia Fireflies regular-season games

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YouTube Premium is getting pricier

The standard plan is going up by $2 a month in the US.

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Eddie Howe reaffirms ‘100 per cent’ commitment to Newcastle job

The head coach said he thinks he is "totally aligned" with the club's sporting director and CEO but cannot look beyond the next seven games.

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'Death of a Salesman' review: The timely Broadway revival feels as urgent as ever

Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, and Christopher Abbott lead a stellar cast in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' that feels as timely and urgent as ever. Read EW's review.

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China\'s K-pop worries: The reasons why a ban on Korean entertainment has lasted a decade

BTS is back after a three-and-a-half year break, but their world tour is skipping China. This comes as no surprise, as China has blocked most South Korean entertainment since 2016.

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Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa dies at age 68

Afrika Bambaataa, a hip-hop pioneer, has died of prostate cancer in Pennsylvania at age 68, according to his lawyer. Known for tracks like “Planet Rock,” Bambaataa was a key figure

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IT rules: India proposes new digital rules to regulate news and political posts on social media

The changes will give government more power over news-related posts shared by podcasters and influencers.

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Celebrate Amazing Stories and Science Fiction’s 100th Birthday

Doors Open 7:15 p.m. Celebrate Amazing Stories and Science Fiction’s 100th Birthday with us! In April 1926, Hugo Gernsback published Amazing Stories magazine for the first time, and while the name of the genre took a few more years to become a household term, many credit this moment with the birth of Science fiction fandom as we know it today! Join us for a two-panels featuring a discussion on the impact of Amazing Stories and Science Fiction as a genre! Featuring published authors, scholars, and podcasters with deep knowledge of the history and great works of the last 100 years. The second panel will be a how-to guide for writing your own Science fiction stories or novels, including teachers, authors, and scholars of the genre. Verbatim Books on Facebook / Instagram

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Ancient Korean society practiced human sacrifice and high inbreeding, researchers find

A genomic analysis of dozens of ancient Korean skeletons revealed a special "sacrificial caste" of people.

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US Justice Department opens probe into NFL over anticompetitive practices

The US Justice Department is investigating the NFL amid concerns about broadcast sales to streamers.

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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Let's You Fight Joan Of Arc And Explore Notre Dame In New Trailer

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HHS Secretary Kennedy announces launching of new health podcast

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday that he would be launching a health podcast.

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NBC Sports Broadcaster Mike Tirico ’88 to Speak at Commencement

The ‘Sunday Night Football’ play-by-play voice and NBC Olympics primetime host, who began his broadcasting career at Syracuse University's own WAER-FM, will address graduates May 10.

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‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Adds to Cast for Fifth & Final Season

The new season will have an abbreviated episode count.

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‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Adds to Cast for Fifth & Final Season

The new season will have an abbreviated episode count.

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The IX Sports Podcast: Aerin Frankel vs Ann-Reneé Desbiens

Host Maya Smith and guest Geremy discuss the record-breaking attendance at MSG and the battle for Goaltender of the Year.

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Castlevania headlines a big list of exciting indie game reveals

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NFL publicly defends media deal amid reports of DOJ investigation

The league said its "distribution model is the most fan and broadcaster-friendly in the entire sports and entertainment industry."

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RFK Jr. launches health podcast as his vaccine push stalls

The move follows setbacks to overhaul U.S. vaccination policy, including low public support and a federal court ruling that halted key plans.

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Former GTA 6 developer warns trailer visuals won't match final gameplay

A former Grand Theft Auto 6 developer has tempered expectations for GTA 6's graphics when it releases, suggesting it will fall short of the trailers.

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Apr 9 • 11:04 AM EDT • Technology • tweaktown.com
Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself

Avatars that look and sound like you.

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Apr 9 • 6:53 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Buy art made by people with disabilities at ASPIE\'s auction

Jerry and Jean Buckwalter are all too familiar with the gap that exists in support services for adults with disabilities.

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Twin powers activate: Kullar brothers helping Ephrata challenge in L-L League boys volleyball

Don’t look now, but Ephrata is kicking up a fuss in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 boys volleyball circles.

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RFK Jr. launches podcast promising “transparency” on health
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Anthony Davis vents about leaving the Lakers during podcast appearance

Like everyone else, Anthony Davis was shocked when he was traded for Luka Doncic, and he feels the Lakers should've handled the situation better.

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Dick Vitale's tests show 'abnormalities' as ESPN legend gives latest health update

ESPN Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale shared that "some abnormalities" were found after a series of routine scans last week.

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RFK Jr. launching podcast in ‘transparency’ push

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a podcast that, in his words, will focus on “telling the truth, especially when it’s uncomfortable” and R…

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Apr 8 • 5:24 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com
RFK Jr. says he's launching a podcast to expose 'lies' that have made Americans sick

The show will launch next week and feature Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine crusader who has reshaped the country’s health policy, in conversation with doctors, scientists and agency staff.

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