ChatGPT tried to tell me Don Rickles tried to hit on Lena Dunham. Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Caesars Palace / Aeon/GC Images I asked ChatGPT to identify the unnamed male celebrity who allegedly tried to sext Lena Dunham in 2012. It told me it was Don Rickles, which I feel pretty certain is not correct. So what are we doing here, folks? Learning to use AI? Did you hear about the time Don Rickles tried to chat up Lena Dunham in the middle of the night? No? Let me explain. First, we need to talk about Reese Witherspoon. See, I'm a simple woman. I have only two interests: tech news and celebrity gossip. So I was naturally intrigued by a recent online fuss over Reese Witherspoon's admonition for women to learn to use AI. It sparked so much backlash that she had to issue a follow-up explanation. I've also been intrigued by Lena Dunham's new book. (They're related — sort of. Keep reading!) I think Reese is generally right about AI — she's saying the same thing that every other business leader is saying. But her comments did make me think a little more about what "Learn to use AI" even means. Writing emails with ChatGPT? Understanding the technology behind different models? Vibe coding? What level of "using AI" is expected here to stave off falling behind in the workforce and life in general? Reese Witherspoon really wants us to learn how to use AI MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images One area I've really leaned into is using ChatGPT as a sort of super Google — to find something I know is online but would take some effort to dig up with a normal search engine. A recent example? It's related to — of course — celebrity gossip. I was reading Dunham's new memoir, "Famesick," which is full of moderately juicy celebrity gossip about named people and also blind items — celebrity gossip that gives a few clues about the identity of the person without naming them, a fun little riddle for the readers to solve. One blind item is about an unnamed male celebrity who — allegedly — sent Lena a flirty late-night text message after meeting her backstage while taping "The View" in 2012. I figured I could solve this blind item by finding out who the other guest was on the same episode — information that should be online somewhere, but would take me forever to find. So I asked ChatGPT to identify the male guest on "The View" episode that Lena was also on that year. At first, ChatGPT told me that it was only the four female cast members from the show. When I asked again who the other male guest was, the suggestions were Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth. (Not so. They appeared on a separate episode that same year, according to IMDb.) That time Don Rickles chatted up Lena Dunham When I said, "No, a comedian," as Dunham had described the man, ChatGPT confidently provided a new answer: It was legendary comedian Don Rickles who'd texted Dunham after the show. I laughed out loud because of all the possibilities of who sent a late-night "u up?" text, I feel fairly certain it was not Don Rickles, who would've been 85 years old at the time. Dunham's description of the man: "a bit of an American Hugh Grant, famous for that sort of chattery charm and his ability to woo his onscreen paramours with his fast-talking, hand-flapping anxiety. Ostensibly a comedian, he was there to promote his Gothic-tinted movie, where he had made a dramatic turn." Doesn't exactly sound like a Borscht Belt insult comic Don Rickles to me. Legendary insult comedian Don Rickles in an undated historic photo. Did he send Lena Dunham a late-night text? ChatGPT says so. Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images After spending way too much time searching the internet for answers on this — the old-fashioned way — I can make some guesses about how and why ChatGPT was so wrong here. IMDb's episode guide for episodes of "The View" from 2012 is spotty, with entries for some episodes missing information about guests, and no accessible video clips online. The only proof I found that Lena Dunham ever appeared on "The View" on April 20, 2012, was a Vulture blog post from that day, complete with an embedded YouTube clip that has been marked private. Knowing this, I can start to see how AI got confused: When there's a lack of information, AI sometimes blurs together what it can find to try to spit out a plausible answer. Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth appeared on the May 4, 2012, episode of "The View," and Dunham and Rickles appeared together on an episode in 2016. ChatGPT doing this kind of thing — basically, taking a guess at what you might want to hear — could be useful if you're trying to write an email to a friend, maybe? It's not useful, obviously, if you're looking for a specific fact and it just plain makes something up. For the record: Neither Lena nor Don (who died in 2017) nor the National Comedy Center, which is the keeper of the Rickles archive, responded to my requests for comment. Are we stuck in a pizza glue loop? Look, I get it. It's not particularly exciting to point out that ChatGPT gets things wrong in the spring of 2026. We know this, or at least we all should know this. Still, I keep coming across so many obvious mistakes when asking AI for factual things. These are the glaring mistakes I catch when I know that what AI has generated is not the right answer. But what about the mistakes that I don't catch — or don't even know to catch? Things that I blindly accept as fact? For work-related stuff, I'll always double-check, but in those cases, am I actually saving myself any time? How soon will this improve? Will we be stuck in a pizza glue loop forever? Is this what's going to make a bunch of lawyers and tax CPAs lose their jobs? I mean, OK, sure. Here's where Witherspoon's and other bosses' idea of "Learn to use AI!" feels frustrating. I feel fairly confident about using various AI tools and have a decent concept of how they work. I am a woman, and I have learned to use AI! And yet, here I am, still unsatisfied. There's a gap between what Reese Witherspoon wants for me and what I want out of AI — and the wholesome image of comedy legend Don Rickles. For now, those things just aren't lining up right. Read the original article on Business Insider

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Jaafar Jackson at the Los Angeles premiere of "Michael." Emma McIntyre/WireImage Michael Jackson's nephew, Jaafar Jackson, is portraying the King of Pop in the new biopic "Michael." Jaafar is the son of Michael's brother, Jermaine Jackson, and Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza. He had no dance training or acting experience before being cast in "Michael," but he did make music. Jaafar Jackson is the buzziest new name from one of the most influential families in show business. The 29-year-old Los Angeles native steps into the moonwalking shoes of his late uncle, Michael Jackson, in the new blockbuster biopic "Michael." Directed by Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day," "The Equalizer") and written by John Logan ("Gladiator," "Skyfall"), "Michael" follows Jackson's career from the Jackson 5 era in the '60s to the "Bad" era in the '80s. The biopic has the support of the Jackson estate — but that's not the reason Michael Jackson's nephew was cast in the role. "It wasn't about what he was saying or even his look. It was just a feeling of rightness that was so strong I couldn't ignore it," Graham King, who previously produced the Oscar-winning Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," said of meeting Jaafar during the casting process. "I felt something a bit like it when Rami Malek walked into my office and said, 'I'd love to play Freddie Mercury,'" King told NME. "But this took it to a whole new level. There was something so spiritual about Jaafar that just talking with him about Michael got me emotional. We looked at nearly 200 actors around the globe, and no one could beat Jaafar." Here's everything to know about Jaafar, his career, and his relationships with the Jacksons. Jaafar is the son of Jermaine Jackson and Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza. Jermaine Jackson, Jaafar Jackson, Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza, and Jermajesty Jackson at the LA premiere of "Michael." VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images Jaafar's father, Jermaine, was one of the original members of the Jackson 5, along with his brothers, Jackie, Tito, Marlon, and Michael. Jermaine was the group's second lead vocalist (Michael was first) until he left to pursue solo stardom in 1975. He was replaced by his youngest brother, Randy, and the group rebranded to The Jacksons. Jaafar's mother, Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza, was born in Colombia. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in fashion design and marketing, per her LinkedIn, and more recently launched Alejandra Jackson Designs. Before Jermaine and Alejandra began dating, she was in a relationship with Jermaine's brother, Randy. Although they never married, Alejandra and Randy had two children together: a daughter, Genevieve, who was born in 1989, and a son, Randy Jr., born in 1992. "Randy didn't treat me like I was the one," Alejandra told the New York Post's Stacy Brown. "I just thought that Jermaine was different, that he was more family-oriented." Jermaine and Alejandra married on March 18, 1995, per People. They welcomed Jaafar on July 25, 1996, followed by his brother, Jermajesty, in 2000. Jermaine filed for divorce from Alejandra in 2004. It was finalized in 2008 with Alejandra winning physical custody of Jaafar and Jermajesty, TMZ reported at the time. Jaafar Jackson makes his acting debut portraying his famous uncle in "Michael." Jaafar Jackson in "Michael." Glen Wilson/Lionsgate "Michael" producer Graham King and casting director Kimberly Hardin conducted a worldwide search before offering the role to Jaafar, per NME. One major snag? Jaafar had no formal dance training or acting credits before "Michael," save for one episode of "The Jacksons: Next Generation," a 2015 reality show that followed the lives of his cousins, Taj, Taryll, and TJ (then known as the R&B-pop trio 3T). Jaafar has said he rehearsed for three years — two of which were part of the audition process — and worked with Michael's former choreographers, Rich and Tone Talauega, to learn his uncle's signature dance moves. "We had to take that syllabus and then infuse it into Jaafar," Rich said on the KTLA 5 Morning News. "But let me tell you, man, he's a Jackson, you know, he has this talent deep down inside his DNA. It just took us some time, but we pulled it out of him, and the work that he put into it was exceptional." Jaafar already shared his uncle's musical ambitions; he began playing the piano at age 12 and released his debut single, "Got Me Singing," in 2019. His website cites Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, and "his own family's rich musical heritage" as key influences. Jaafar Jackson isn't actually singing in "Michael." Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in "Michael." Glen Wilson/Lionsgate Bucking the recent biopic trend of actors singing live on set — like Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan and Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen — Jaafar did not rely on his own voice to carry the musical scenes in "Michael." Instead, the hit songs featured in the movie are "gloriously remastered and superbly lip-synched," according to Deadline's chief film critic Pete Hammond. When it came to dancing and choreography, Jaafar said his goal was not to impersonate his uncle, but rather to embody his performance style. "That was a challenge," Jaafar told Entertainment Tonight. "Hitting every moment, every beat, but also having the energy and the showmanship behind the moves, too." Jaafar named "Billie Jean" — specifically Michael's 1983 performance of the song on the TV special "Motown 25" — as the hardest sequence to nail while filming. Jaafar's performance in "Michael" has the support of Michael's mom, brothers, and sons. Prince Jackson and Bigi Jackson at the Berlin premiere of "Michael." Tristar Media/WireImage When Jaafar landed the lead role in "Michael," he received a vote of confidence from a core member of his family: Michael's mother, Katherine Jackson. "Jaafar embodies my son," Katherine said in a press release. "It's so wonderful to see him carry on the Jackson legacy of entertainers and performers." The movie's executive producers include Michael's eldest son, Prince Jackson, and three of his brothers: Jermaine, Jackie, and Marlon. All four men attended the Los Angeles premiere of "Michael" at the Dolby Theatre, alongside Michael's middle sister, LaToya Jackson — a strong show of support from the Jackson family. "It was a process that I really had to earn, and it really proved to the filmmakers and myself and my family that I can get to that point where I can pull it off," Jaafar told Today. "I honestly wouldn't be able to pull this off if I didn't have the support." Michael's other three siblings — his eldest sister, Rebbie Jackson, his youngest sister, Janet Jackson, and his youngest brother, Randy — were not in attendance and will not be portrayed in the biopic. (Michael's father, Joe Jackson, played by Colman Domingo, died in 2018. Michael's brother Tito, played by Rhyan Hill, died in 2024.) "I wish everybody was in the movie," LaToya told Variety on the red carpet. On Janet's absence specifically, LaToya added, "She was asked, and she kindly declined, so you have to respect her wishes." Meanwhile, Michael's daughter, Paris Jackson, has criticized the biopic as "sugar-coated" and clarified that she had "zero percent involvement" in the production. Paris said she was asked to read one of the first drafts of the "Michael" script and gave notes about details that she felt were "dishonest," but she was told that her notes wouldn't be addressed. "I just butted out and left it alone because it's not my project," Paris wrote on Instagram. "They're going to make whatever they're going to make. A big reason why I haven't said anything up until this point is because I know a lot of you guys are gonna be happy with it." "A big section of the film panders to a very specific section of my dad's fandom that still lives in the fantasy," she added. Neither Paris nor her younger brother, Bigi Jackson, joined Prince at the film's star-studded Los Angeles premiere — although Bigi did make a rare appearance to attend the "Michael" premiere in Berlin earlier in the month. Paris is now involved in a complicated legal battle with the Jackson estate over the movie's financials. The estate has fired back that Paris has "a complete lack of understanding about how the motion picture industry works and the role of producers in it." Read the original article on Business Insider

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Inside the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. The White House/Getty Images The Presidential Emergency Operations Center was first built for FDR during World War II in 1942. The PEOC served as a command center in the aftermath of September 11. Trump confirmed the construction of a new military complex beneath the planned White House ballroom. When people see the White House for the first time in person, they often remark that it looks small from the outside. Matt Costello, spokesperson for the White House Historical Association, told Business Insider that appearances can be deceiving. "There's a lot more to the White House than meets the eye," he said. "It has six floors, about 55,000 square feet. There are two sub-basements underneath the house that were part of the Truman renovation. And then, of course, you've got the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. So there's a bigger apparatus, so to speak, for the president and their safety and security than you might expect when you first see it." The existence of a secure facility beneath the White House, known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, the PEOC, or simply the "White House bunker," is something of an open secret, inspiring portrayals in film and TV such as "White House Down" and "24." However, details about its protective and operational capabilities remain classified. The PEOC has undergone various expansions and transformations through different White House renovations, including the ongoing construction of President Donald Trump's new ballroom where the East Wing once stood. "I would imagine, like many White House spaces, it's evolved and changed, and it's been updated to have the most advanced telecommunication systems, secure lines, everything that a president or vice president or first family or Cabinet members might need in the event of some kind of national catastrophe or emergency," Costello said. "It is considered the safest place to go on the White House grounds." Here's what we do know about the PEOC. The first iteration of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center was built in 1942 to protect President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II. From the Oval Office of the White House, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to the world on February 23, 1942, over one of the most elaborate radio hookups ever prepared for a "fireside chat." In the speech, he warns that the United States, scorning a "turtle policy" of "not sticking our necks out, will carry the war to the enemy." Here, the President is shown as he points to a map to emphasize a point. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, a temporary bomb shelter was built in the Treasury Department in 1941. When Roosevelt expanded the East Wing and added a second story in 1942, a new presidential bomb shelter was built beneath it. It featured a bedroom and bathroom, as well as ventilation masks, food, and communications equipment, all fortified behind concrete walls. "The best time to construct something underground is when you're building something above ground, especially when it comes to the White House," Costello said. During these White House renovations, Roosevelt also converted a cloakroom in the East Wing into a movie theater. The bunker was expanded as part of President Harry Truman's extensive White House renovations from 1948 to 1952. Several men pose amid partially demolished walls, rubble and steel girders in the lower corridor of the White House, photographed during President Truman's White House Reconstruction, Washington, District of Columbia, February 14, 1950. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images The four-year, $5.7 million renovation was required to reinforce the entire White House structure, which had begun to sag into the ground. The Trumans temporarily moved to Blair House as workers hollowed out the White House. "When they do the Truman renovation, where they essentially gut the inside of the house and then rebuild it from the inside out with concrete and steel, they really are fortifying the White House to serve as a bomb shelter," Costello said. As the world entered the age of nuclear weapons, the PEOC was also expanded and updated during this renovation. "As there are these wider changes around the world, they impact how presidential security is revisited, reassessed, and then adapted as needed," Costello said. The PEOC largely remained a theoretical precaution until the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Vice President Dick Cheney and senior staff responded to the September 11 terrorist attacks in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. National Archives When the first plane hit, Cheney turned on the news in his office at the White House. After the second plane hit, his lead Secret Service agent burst in to escort him to the PEOC, Cheney said in an interview with the American Enterprise Institute in 2011. Cheney said the Secret Service agent "put one hand on the back of my belt, one hand on my shoulder," and "literally propelled me out of my office." Cheney was joined in the PEOC by staff members, including National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, and Presidential Counselor Karen Hughes. He advised President George W. Bush, who was in Florida at the time, not to return to Washington, DC, marking the first time in US history that the continuity of government operations plan was implemented. The PEOC served as a command center in the aftermath of the attacks. Vice President Dick Cheney with senior staff in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center on September 11, 2001. National Archives Rare photos of the PEOC on September 11 were released by the National Archives in 2014 as part of a Freedom of Information Act request, offering a glimpse inside the top-secret space. "As far as I'm aware of, I think those are the only publicly released ones, and they were publicly released because they were forced to be released," Costello said of the images. The photos showed a conference room with phones, video call capabilities, television screens playing news reports, world clocks, and a map of the United States. Former first lady Laura Bush wrote about her time in the PEOC on September 11 in her White House memoir, "Spoken from the Heart." President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush talk with Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice Tuesday, September 11, 2001, in the President's Emergency Operations Center. Photo by Eric Draper, Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library/Getty Images Eric Draper, Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library/Getty Images "I was hustled inside and downstairs through a pair of big steel doors that closed behind me with a loud hiss, forming an airtight seal," she wrote in "Spoken from the Heart" of her experience on September 11. "I was now in one of the unfinished subterranean hallways underneath the White House, heading for the PEOC, the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, built for President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II. We walked along old tile floors with pipes hanging from the ceiling and all kinds of mechanical equipment." Upon returning to Washington, DC, on September 11, President George W. Bush was brought to the PEOC. After addressing the nation Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush meets with his National Security Council in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center of the White House. Photo by Eric Draper, Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library/Getty Images Laura Bush wrote in her memoir that George W. Bush arrived at the PEOC at 7:10 p.m. on September 11. When the Secret Service suggested that she and her husband spend the night in the secure bunker, Laura Bush wrote that they declined because the foldout bed "looked like it had been installed when FDR was president." In 2020, President Donald Trump was reportedly rushed to the bunker as demonstrators protested the killing of George Floyd outside the White House. Police officers hold a perimeter near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest the killing of George Floyd on June 1, 2020 in Washington, DC. - Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality, and major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting.With the Trump administration branding instigators of six nights of rioting as domestic terrorists, there were more confrontations between protestors and police and fresh outbreaks of looting. Local US leaders appealed to citizens to give constructive outlet to their rage over the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis, while night-time curfews were imposed in cities including Washington, Los Angeles and Houston. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images It was widely reported that Trump was taken to the PEOC as a precaution when protesters breached temporary fences outside the White House. Trump told Fox News Radio that he had visited the bunker to inspect it, not to take shelter there. "I was there for a tiny, short little period of time," Trump said. "They said it would be a good time to go down and take a look because maybe sometime you're going to need it." When Trump returned to the White House in 2025, he demolished the East Wing and began building a new ballroom, leaving the future of the PEOC below uncertain. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 22, 2025: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks holding a photos of the new ballroom during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on October 22, 2025. Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images The White House announced that the new ballroom would measure 90,000 square feet, seat around 1,000 people, and serve as a "much-needed and exquisite addition." Trump and other "patriot donors" will fund the $400 million project, the White House said. Trump confirmed that a "massive" new military complex was under construction beneath the ballroom after the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit to halt the project. WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: Construction cranes are seen, from the Washington Monument, on the site of the former East Wing of the White House on April 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. A federal judge released a revised order on Thursday blocking the Trump administration from above-ground construction work on the proposed White House ballroom. The ruling does make an allowance for above-ground construction in order to cover and protect national security facilities. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The National Trust for Historic Preservation's lawsuit alleged that Trump had no legal authority to demolish the East Wing and replace it with a ballroom. In March, a federal judge's ruling halted above-ground construction until Congress approves the project, but allowed work related to "the safety and security of the White House" to continue. Trump then confirmed what the lawsuit had alluded to: a new and improved PEOC was in the works. "The military is building a big complex under the ballroom, which has come out recently because of a stupid lawsuit that was filed," he told reporters on board Air Force One on March 29. He added that the ballroom would essentially function as a "shed" for the secure facility below. "We have bio defense all over," he told reporters on March 31. "We have secure telecommunications and communications all over. We have bomb shelters that we're building. We have a hospital and very major medical facilities that we're building. We have all of these things, so that's called: I'm allowed to continue building as necessary." A federal appeals court allowed construction to continue temporarily while it reviews the case more closely, with a formal hearing scheduled for June 5. Read the original article on Business Insider

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