Sheriff’s ChatGPT Snafu, Legal Cannabis & Other PA Budget Highlights

It’s the Friday News Roundup! Today’s topics include: how Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s campaign used artificial intelligence to spruce up her reelection website with fake news articles, and highlights from Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s second annual budget proposal. City Cast Philly executive producer Laura Benshoff is joined by William Bender, reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Stephen Caruso, capitol reporter with Spotlight PA.

Our Friday News Roundups are powered by great local journalism: 

• The Philly sheriff’s good news headlines? AI generated them.
• Did Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s campaign make up dozens of false news stories?
• Shapiro pitches legal cannabis, regulated skill games in budget that bumps education spending by $2.2B

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