Editorials
![Op-eds and columns are a big part of the Courant's content, and we have got a newsletter that highlights each week's stories. Op-eds and columns are a big part of the Courant's content, and we have got a newsletter that highlights each week's stories.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2018/12/27/VOZRAX7CCJCKFA4TISPXYAM55E.jpg?w=135)
CT Op-Eds, columns, and takes aplenty: The Opinion newsletter
Op-eds and columns are a big part of the Courant's content, and we have got...
![There is no artificial intelligence without the vast trove of human knowledge. Today’s generative AI applications were built on a foundation of such information, drawn from across the internet and from various databases totaling, according to at least one estimate, somewhere around 300 billion words. That’s a lot of intellectual property, much of it produced by generations of professional writers, honed and polished by editors and sent out into the world by publishers in newspapers, magazines, books and more. There is no artificial intelligence without the vast trove of human knowledge. Today’s generative AI applications were built on a foundation of such information, drawn from across the internet and from various databases totaling, according to at least one estimate, somewhere around 300 billion words. That’s a lot of intellectual property, much of it produced by generations of professional writers, honed and polished by editors and sent out into the world by publishers in newspapers, magazines, books and more.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2018/12/27/ZXLFLQKQYZBXPPF6BFHDEXUFPU.jpg?w=135)
Editorial: Artificial Intelligence not possible without wealth of human knowledge
There is no artificial intelligence without the vast trove of human knowledge. Today’s generative AI...
![Google’s announcement that it will test the removal of links to news sites for some California users is a shameful attempt to fend off legislation that would force the search giant to pay for the news content that fuels its business. Google’s announcement that it will test the removal of links to news sites for some California users is a shameful attempt to fend off legislation that would force the search giant to pay for the news content that fuels its business.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Google-AI_88699_a307ec-1.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: Google shows why we need the journalism preservation act
Google’s announcement that it will test the removal of links to news sites for some...
![Editorial: Hamas attack should be recognized as an act of terrorism Editorial: Hamas attack should be recognized as an act of terrorism](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/202310130046MCT_____PHOTO____WORLD-NEWS-ISRAEL-EVACUATION-GET.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: Hamas attack should be recognized as an act of terrorism
Editorial: Hamas attack should be recognized as an act of terrorism
![MOSCOW — “What the heck is going on over there?” That’s the rough translation of what a Russian cab driver asked me the other day upon hearing that I cover American politics. Average Russians have expressed bewilderment to me over how a country as important as the United States could be led by someone who […] MOSCOW — “What the heck is going on over there?” That’s the rough translation of what a Russian cab driver asked me the other day upon hearing that I cover American politics. Average Russians have expressed bewilderment to me over how a country as important as the United States could be led by someone who […]](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/202306201130TMS_____AMVOICES_22607_marsden-biden-20230620.jpg?w=124)
Rachel Marsden: Russians are bewildered by Biden’s free pass
MOSCOW — “What the heck is going on over there?” That’s the rough translation of...
![On the beaches of Normandy, France, today, as they have done for decades, the Allies who defeated the fascist threat in World War II will gather to pay tribute to the nearly unfathomable gallantry on display there in 1944. This marks the anniversary of D-Day, the seaborne invasion of continental Europe that signaled the beginning […] On the beaches of Normandy, France, today, as they have done for decades, the Allies who defeated the fascist threat in World War II will gather to pay tribute to the nearly unfathomable gallantry on display there in 1944. This marks the anniversary of D-Day, the seaborne invasion of continental Europe that signaled the beginning […]](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TVP-X-OP-DDAY-HISTORIC-0606-WRE0130416766.jpg?w=132)
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Editorial: Honor the sacrifices made on D-Day by preserving the memory and history
On the beaches of Normandy, France, today, as they have done for decades, the Allies...
![Robert B. Reich: Two notable presidential conversations with Zelensky Robert B. Reich: Two notable presidential conversations with Zelensky](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/02/28/DW34BNIKKHE4JGV6TZYLJE4ZGE.jpg?w=135)
Robert B. Reich: Two notable presidential conversations with Zelensky
The two men most likely to square off for the presidency of the United States...
![Jeremy Bolling: The importance of planning for aging Jeremy Bolling: The importance of planning for aging](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/02/28/T2KCB2SYYZBHBNACWYJ4355TBQ.jpg?w=135)
Jeremy Bolling: The importance of planning for aging
From the uncertainty of where to start the denial surrounding death, there are many reasons...
![Heather Somers: Women's health is not a partisan issue; it's a moral issue Heather Somers: Women's health is not a partisan issue; it's a moral issue](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/02/27/HVMOM43HINKZITTMW6CLFP64LE.jpg?w=135)
Heather Somers: Women’s health is not a partisan issue; it’s a moral issue
"People come up to this consultation window, and they kind of just pour their hearts...
![Susan Mitchell: CT needs to help young farmers with a precious commodity: equitable land access Susan Mitchell: CT needs to help young farmers with a precious commodity: equitable land access](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/02/26/CXRZZC4U74QYYTIUW3VAJPFGLA.jpg?w=135)
Susan Mitchell: CT needs to help young farmers with a precious commodity: equitable land access
I knew of very few farms when I was growing up, so I am sure...