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HMH Recalls & Postpones Book Over Historical Inaccuracies
Naomi Wolf learned during an interview for her new book (Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love) that she had misunderstood what “death recorded” meant and thus had inaccuracies in her book. While HMH had initially stated they were proceeding with the June U.S. release, because they still stood by the overall thesis of the work, they’ve since changed their minds and will be “postponing publication and requesting that all copies be returned from retail accounts.”
University of Oklahoma Library Gets AI Help
The robots are here! To help, of course. The University of Oklahoma’s library website will be getting a helpful chatbot to answer students’ most common questions. But don’t worry, it’s not replacing the human librarians who will be sent any questions it can’t answer. For more on training the AI and the future click here.
Orphan Black Returns!
With Tatiana Maslany! If reruns and the comic weren’t feeding your OB obsession anymore, great news: the story will continue exclusively on Serial Box with a 10-episode series. The audiobook and text formats will release this summer and Maslany will be voicing the project. All the details here.