An Arizona man's 10-year manslaughter sentence has been tossed in a case where a video generated by AI portrayed the deceased victim addressing a judge before the punishment was imposed. The Arizona Court of Appeals concluded that Gabriel Paul Horcasitas must be resentenced in the 2021 shooting death of Christopher Pelkey because the AI video wasn't reliable.The court found the video crossed the line, saying it didn't reflect actual events and presented statements made in the footage as coming directly from the victim.

When the utopian ideals of the American Arts and Crafts movement began to splinter against the hard realities of a growing post-war industrial society, a fascinating cultural initiative was initiated by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Disheartened by the machine age but still yearning for a lasting connection to the handmade, she brought together a group of makers who redirected their focus toward a pastoral view of America’s colonial past. By 1926, Val-Kill Industries—a bold p...