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NEW YORK (AP) — They say all politics is local, and starting now people following the presidential campaign have a unique look into how things look on the ground. Swing State Election News is a free streaming service that will offer people the chance to peek in on local newscasts in the states considered crucial in the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The service collects live and archived stream of news in 37 markets in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, primarily at affiliates of CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox. It’s an outgrowth of Zeam, a streamer that began this year collecting local news for people who have abandoned cable or satellite subscriptions.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police officers are starting to use artificial intelligence to help write crime reports. Pulling from the sounds of an officer’s body camera, an AI tool based on the same technology as ChatGPT can churn out the first draft of an incident report in seconds. Officers who’ve tried it in Oklahoma City and other police departments are enthused about the time-saving technology. Some prosecutors, police watchdogs and legal scholars have concerns about how it could alter a fundamental document in the criminal justice system that plays a role in who gets prosecuted or imprisoned.

CHICAGO (AP) — The social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation. Top election officials sent a letter this month to Elon Musk complaining that the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok, produced false information about state ballot deadlines. After the request by the secretaries of state, the chatbot now directs users asking election-related questions to CanIVote.org, a voting information website run by the National Association of Secretaries of State.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch data protection watchdog has slapped a 290 million euro ($324 million) fine on ride-hailing service Uber for allegedly transferring personal details of European drivers to the United States without adequate protection. Uber called the decision flawed and unjustified and said it would appeal. The Dutch Data Protection Authority said Monday the data transfers spanning more than two years amounted to a serious breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which requires technical and organizational measures aimed at protecting user data.