The FBI issued a public service announcement (PSA) warning about a new variation of "virtual kidnapping" scams where criminals use artificial intelligence (AI) to alter publicly available photos, often from social media, as fake "proof-of-life" evidence to extort ransoms from victims.

A transgender-identifying graduate instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been placed on administrative leave after giving a student a failing grade on a psychology assignment. The student's essay quoted the Bible to argue that there are only two genders, male and female, while describing the idea of multiple genders as a "lie."