Extra, Extra

Junk Shrunk: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimates the new regulation, first proposed in February 2023, will save families more than $10 billion a year.” Credit card late fees capped at $8 as part of Biden crackdown on junk fees.

+ Pacific Rimshot: In the California senate race, Adam Schiff will face off against Steve Garvey. And that’s exactly how he planned it. Meanwhile, Biden lost one territory on his way to becoming the top Dem nominee. For some weird reason, American Samoa chose a guy named Jason Palmer who no one had ever heard of and who has never been to American Samoa.

+ An AI For Effort: “Teachers use it to run students’ essays through ChatGPT, then evaluate the AI-generated feedback and return it to the students.” We’ve read a ton about about students using ChatGPT. But teachers use it too. Teachers are embracing ChatGPT-powered grading. In end, there will just be AI programs grading the output from other AI programs.

+ Subway Stationed: “New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search passengers’ bags for weapons, following a series of high-profile crimes on city trains.”

+ Seat Filler: Who gets an Oscar invitation? Why even A-listers have to battle for the exclusive ticket. (There’s still time to invite me. I’ve literally been training to be a seat filler my entire adult life, including right now.)

+ Not Dun Dun Da Dun Yet: Variety on a true legend in Hollywood: John Williams Faces His Legacy: 54 Oscar Noms, ‘Star Wars’ Mistakes and Changing the Movies Forever. “Harrison Ford can’t escape the two-and-a-half-minute fanfare that John Williams composed for his most famous cinematic hero, Indiana Jones. ‘As I often remind John, his music follows me everywhere I go — literally,’ Ford says. ‘When I had my last colonoscopy, they were playing it on the operating room speakers.'” (That’s not so bad. I was once forced to listen to Sexual Healing during a barium enema x-ray.)