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In April, Coca-Cola proudly launched a new ad campaign it called Classic, celebrating famous authors and the sugary drinks omnipresence in culture by highlighting classic literary works that mention the brand. The firm that produced the ad campaign said it used AI to scan books for mentions of Coca-Cola, and then put viewers in the point of view of the author, typing that portion of the text on a typewriter. The only issue is that the AI got some very basic facts about the authors and their work entirely wrong.One of the ads highlights the work of J.G. Ballard, the British author perhaps best known for his controversial masterpiece, Crash, and David Cronenbergs film adaptation of the novel. In the ad, we get a first person perspective of someone typing a sentence from Extreme Metaphors by J.G Ballard, which according to the ad was written in 1967. When the sentence gets to the mention of Coca-Cola, the typeface changes from the generic typewriter font to Coca-Colas iconic red logo.Before going to China with my parents, I spent six months in Canada, I went to Detroit, Buffalo, the Niagara falls. Whats more, the Shangai [sic] I knew was entirely within the sphere of American influence, says the text that appears on the page as the typewriter clack. The cars, the merchandise, Coca-Cola, air conditioning, the radio stations, the comics, the lifestyle, it was all American.When the typewriter types Coca-Colas logo we can hear the pop and fizz of a carbonated bottle opening.J.G. Ballard never wrote a book called Extreme Metaphors, and he never wrote the words that appear on the page in the ad. In reality, Extreme Metaphors, actual full title: Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews with J. G. Ballard 1967-2008, is a book edited by Dan OHara and Simon Sellars which collects interviews with J.G. Ballard that was published in 2012, three years after the authors death. The words in the ad were not written, but spoken by Ballard in an interview with the French Magazine Littraire in 1985. Ballard spoke in English, the magazine translated his words to French, and OHara told me he translated that printed French back to English.The sequence of words being typed out by the imagined J. G. Ballard in the ad was never written by him, only spoken, and the only person ever to type that exact sequence out in English is me, OHara told me. What most outraged my eye was the word Shangai being typed. Ballard would never have misspelled the name of the city in which he was born. Seeing the ad triggered an academic neurosis: had I? I checked my copy of Extreme Metaphors and, thank god, no: its printed as Shanghai in the original text.For the creation of Classic AI was leveraged in the initial research phase to identify books with brand mentions, a spokesperson for VML, a WPP agency behind the ad, told me in an email. After that, we conducted a manual scan of credible sources to ensure accuracy and due diligence and secured permission from all involved publishers, authors and estates.WPPs Open, an AI-powered Production Studio, collaborated on the ad. Coca-Cola also recently got some bad press about a different AI-generated ad, but this one was produced by a different agency.VML did not respond to specific questions about inaccuracies in the ad. Coca-Cola and the J.G. Ballard estate did not respond to a request for comment. At the time of writing, the ad is still up on YouTube, errors and all.A source who was familiar with the details of the deal who asked to remain anonymous told me that the Ballard estate was not aware the ad used AI in any way.If you read the text in the ad, you're not reading his prose: you're reading mine, translating his recorded words from French, OHara said. I've done my best to render his meaning, but that's all I've managed to do. My prose is a pretty poor substitute for the real thing, and I feel anyone seeing the ad and thinking there's nothing special about the writing is both right, and misled to think it's Ballard's own writing.I think I had to translate five of the interviews in the book into English, including the one used in the ad, and getting the tone and feel of a particular speaker right is an art and an endeavour in itself, OHara added. All of that is made evident by and in the book itself, and the relation between the authors and Ballard is clear. Coca-Cola's ad erases all of that. But on the other hand, I'm not going to argue with Coca-Cola describing Extreme Metaphors as a literary classic!Another clue that the people who made this ad do not really understand or care about Ballards work is that they chose to highlight it in the first place. His most famous novel, Crash, is about people who are turned on and have sex in terrible car crashes. Not exactly brand friendly. It is also, as Ballard himself said, about how technology can exploit us all, a very common complaint against generative AI.I would still like to think that Crash is the first pornographic novel based on technology, Ballard wrote in his 1995 introduction to the novel. In a sense, pornography is the most political form of fiction, dealing with how we use and exploit each other, in the most urgent and ruthless way. Needless to say, the ultimate role of Crash is cautionary, a warning against that brutal, erotic and overlit realm that beckons more and more persuasively to us from the margins of the technological landscape.

Nature, Published online: 12 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01469-2Cesria Hu is collecting bat vocalizations to understand how the sounds they make evolve.

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Sort of a perk, right? Okay, sure, you and Jeff arent that close these days, but in theory it might be nice to see him more often. He could, like, come over for beers in the garage sometimes.Reference #34675The post Close To Jeff appeared first on The Onion.

LOS ANGELESAppearing nervous as he acknowledged that he had concealed the truth from his fiance for far too long, actor Tom Holland confided to reporters Thursday that he was working up the courage to tell Zendaya he was only 17.Oh man, I think Im in over my headwhen we go to get our marriage license, theyre bound to ask for some form of ID with my date of birth on it, said Holland, who admitted that while there had been a number of opportunities to come clean over the many years of their relationship, he had always found an excuse to put off telling the award-winning actress that he was legally underage. I know its scary, but Ive got to do it. If she really loves me, shell accept me for who I am no matter what my age. And maybe she already knows! She has to have some kind of idea considering I havent even gone through my growth spurt yet.Holland later added that he hoped Zendaya would be okay with a long-distance relationship once he started college next fall.The post Tom Holland Working Up Courage To Tell Zendaya He Only 17 appeared first on The Onion.

MEXICO CITYIn what is being hailed as a groundbreaking linguistic survey of resorts, beaches, and other tourist hotspots, a new report published Wednesday by a consortium of language experts across Mexico found that vacationing sources habla un poquito de espaol.According to the data we collected, American-born subjects were eager to tell researchers that they no habla espaol bien, perono se la palabrathey wanted to try, read the report, which went on to state that 85% of those surveyed in flip-flops, sunglasses, and festive linen shirts knew phrases like hola, me llamo Steve, dnde est el bao, y muchas gracias, seor because they took espaol en la escuela. Over the course of our research, we discovered that the sample population was eager to approach locals and strike up conversations about la comida, la playa, y las chicas bonitas. Out of 200 tourist participants, over half were also excited to self-report that they parle un peu de franais aussi.In addition, the study found that when addressed in English, 99% of blushing sources shyly admitted that they habla como un gringo y that ay caramba, tu ingls es muy bien.The post New Report Finds Vacationing Sources Habla Un Poquito De Espaol appeared first on The Onion.

WASHINGTONCiting an urgent need to combat dangerous and highly contagious ideas that might lead people to oppose the president, the Trump administration began offering free at-home loyalty tests Tuesday.The tests, which are distributed through the government website www.LoyaltyTestKits.com and mailed to the homes of U.S. residents, have been described by the White House as a quick and painless way for Americans to prove they support the agenda of President Donald Trump. In a post on Truth Social, the president described the kits as critical to determining who was a dedicated foot soldier of the MAGA movement and who was a traitor to their country.America can ONLY be great again when EVERYONE is loyal to me, wrote Trump, who went on to blame the previous administration for failing to identify and isolate several virulent strains of anti-Trump sentiment. Unlike CROOKED JOE BIDEN, the American people LOVE their favorite president of all time! Me! GO ONLINE NOW to order up to 4 test kits so you can ensure the whole family is LOYAL to the commander-in-chief.With your help we are one step closer to being the most obedient country IN THE WORLD, he added. Prepare yourselves, radical left haters!!!At LoyaltyTestKits.com, U.S. residents can sign up to receive a device that detects whether they have been infected with strains of thought that could make them a very sick person.According to the White Houses current disloyalty guidelines, Americans who test positive for treason are required to report their results to the federal government, wear protective MAGA gear, and quarantine indefinitely until they can prove their penance is paid and undying fealty to PresidentTrump has been achieved.In a press conference, Trump praised the brave men and women on the front lines of the fight against disloyalty, who he said had worked tirelessly to enforce his beautiful vision and ensure that dissenters were crushed, never to oppose his ultimate authority again.While several users reported glitches with the tests, including false positives that incorrectly labeled them a high security risk and enemy of the state, many expressed gratitude, saying they would have never known they were disloyal if their test hadnt alerted them.I took a test last week, and ever since, Ive been in lockdown, said 39-year-old Arizona resident Jason Stambaugh, adding that he had been forced to stay inside, isolate, and watch hours of Fox News clips praising Trump. I used to oppose his policies, but after a few days of state-mandated quarantine, I feel so much better. No matter what he doeswhether he takes my money, cuts my benefits, or imprisons my familyI support him.If President Trump wants to lock me up, there must be a reason, Stambaugh added. Maybe I was the enemy from within all along.At press time, reports confirmed several members of the Trump administration had been pronounced dead after testing positive for a terminal strain of disloyalty.The post Trump Administration Offers Free At-Home Loyalty Tests appeared first on The Onion.

CHICAGOEvaluating whether top college talent like Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, and Kasparas Jakuionis can actually clean up on a professional level, the NBA Draft Combine started this week by testing how well prospects direct-message models on Instagram. Sometimes these players messages look good on paper, or theyre showing off on Instagram Reels, but then you see them in person and realize they dont have what it takes to DM at an NBA level, said Charlotte Hornets scout Cam Twiss, who explained that prospects are assessed on their timing, emoji form, shot selection, and a host of other essential DMing skills. Some of them are volume players firing off 30 or 40 DMs a night, while others guys are going to mix it up in the chat and fight for every reply, and the combine gives us a chance to see how they measure up. These arent some local college girls they are dealing with. These are elite women with careers and skills and a professional-level block game. You need a lot more speed and finesse than just texting Whats up? with an eggplant. These models are getting hit up by DM legends like LeBron James and Paul George, and we need to predict how these kids will compete with that. At press time, top NBA prospect Cooper Flagg was plummeting down draft boards after reportedly getting blocked by three Chicago-area models in a row.The post NBA Combine Tests How Well Prospects DM Models On Instagram appeared first on The Onion.

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Late last night, House Republicans introduced new language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that will immiserate the lives of millions of Americans by cutting their access to Medicaid, and making life much more difficult for millions more by making them pay higher fees when they seek medical care. While a lot of attention will be justifiably given to these cuts, the bill has also crammed in new language that attempts to entirely stop states from enacting any regulation against artificial intelligence....no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, says the text of the bill introduced Sunday night by Congressman Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The text of the bill will be considered by the House at the budget reconciliation markup on May 13.That language of the bill, how it goes on to define AI and other automated systems, and what it considers regulation, is broad enough to cover relatively new generative AI tools and technology that has existed for much longer. In theory, that language will make it impossible to enforce many existing and proposed state laws that aim to protect people from and inform them about AI systems.For example, last year California passed a law that requires health care providers to disclose when they have used generative AI to communicate clinical information to patients. In 2021, New York passed the first law in the United States requiring employers to conduct bias audits of AI tools used for employment decisions. California also passed a law that will go into effect in 2026 which requires developers of generative AI models to share detailed documentation on its websites about the data it used to develop these models, an extremely consequential law as AI companies are currently hiding their exploitation of copyrighted materials in order to create these models, as we have shown repeatedly.In theory none of these states will be able to enforce these laws if Republicans manage to pass the Budget Reconciliation bill with this current language.The AI industry has been sucking up to Trump since before he got into office, and his administration is intertwined with AI executives, be it Elon Musk at DOGE, David Sacks as an AI czar, or Marc Andreessen as an advisor. Trump has returned the favor by undoing Biden era executive orders aimed at mitigating AI risk. Preventing states from charting their own paths on this issue and trying to protect people from these systems will be one of the most radical positions Republicans have taken on this issue yet.

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-05-12T11:28:37Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump said he will set a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in a sweeping executive order that he will sign on Monday. The order calls on the health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to broker new price tags for drugs, according to a White House official who briefed the press on the executive order ahead of its signing. If a deal is not reached, a new rule will kick in that will tie the price of what the U.S. pays for medications to lower prices paid by other countries. Trump teased the executive order in a social media post on Sunday evening. I will be instituting a MOST FAVORED NATIONS POLICY whereby the United States will pay the same price as the Nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World, the Republican president posted, pledging to sign the order on Monday morning at the White House. The federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on prescription drugs, injectables, transfusions and other medications every year through Medicare, which covers nearly 70 million older Americans. The nations leading pharmaceutical lobby on Sunday pushed back, calling it a bad deal for American patients. Drugmakers have long argued that any threats to their profits could impact the research they do to develop new drugs. Importing foreign prices will cut billions of dollars from Medicare with no guarantee that it helps patients or improves their access to medicines, Stephen J. Ubl, the president and CEO of PhRMA, said in a statement. It jeopardizes the hundreds of billions our member companies are planning to invest in America, making us more reliant on China for innovative medicines. Trumps so-called most favored nation approach to Medicare drug pricing has been controversial since he first tried to implement it during his first term. He signed a similar executive order in the final weeks of his presidency, which called for the U.S. to only pay a lower price that other countries pay for drugs administered in a doctors office. But even that more narrow executive order faced hurdles, with a court order that blocked the rule from going into effect under President Joe Bidens administration. The pharmaceutical industry argued that Trumps 2020 attempt would give foreign governments the upper hand in deciding the value of medicines in the U.S.Trump has played up the announcement, saying it will save taxpayers big money. Our Country will finally be treated fairly, and our citizens Healthcare Costs will be reduced by numbers never even thought of before, Trump added. He has touted immediate savings, but the health department is limited in its control of drug pricing. It has the most authority around the drug prices it pays for Medicare and Medicaid, which covers roughly 80 million poor and disabled Americans. The price that millions of Americans covered by private insurance pay for drugs is harder for the agency to manipulate. Trump boasted in his post that the plan will save TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. The executive order will also encourage the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to examine enforcement action the agencies can take around the pricing of drugs. The U.S. routinely outspends other nations on drug prices, compared with other large and wealthy countries, a problem that has long drawn the ire of both major political parties, but a lasting fix has never cleared Congress. Trump came into his first term accusing pharmaceutical companies of getting away with murder and complaining that other countries whose governments set drug prices were taking advantage of Americans.On Sunday, Trump took aim at the industry again, writing that the Pharmaceutical/Drug Companies would say, for years, that it was Research and Development Costs, and that all of these costs were, and would be, for no reason whatsoever, borne by the suckers of America, ALONE. Referring to drug companies powerful lobbying efforts, he said that campaign contributions can do wonders, but not with me, and not with the Republican Party. We are going to do the right thing, he wrote. AMANDA SEITZ Seitz is an Associated Press reporter covering federal health care policy. She is based in Washington, D.C. twitter mailto WILL WEISSERT Weissert covers the White House for The Associated Press. He is based in Washington. twitter mailto SEUNG MIN KIM Kim covers the White House for The Associated Press. She joined the AP in 2022 and is based in Washington. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the international media in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)2025-05-12T09:19:53Z VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the precious gift of free speech and the press in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff.Leo received a standing ovation as he entered the Vatican auditorium for his first meeting with representatives of the general public.The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, elected in a 24-hour conclave last week, called for journalists to use words for peace, to reject war and to give voice to the voiceless.He expressed solidarity with journalists around the world who have been jailed for trying to seek and report the truth. Drawing applause from the crowd, he asked for their release.The church recognises in these witnesses I am thinking of those who report on war even at the cost of their lives the courage of those who defend dignity, justice and the right of people to be informed, because only informed individuals can make free choices, he said. The suffering of these imprisoned journalists challenges the conscience of nations and the international community, calling on all of us to safeguard the precious gift of free speech and of the press. Leo opened the meeting with a few words in English, joking that if the crowd was still awake and applauding at the end, it mattered more than the ovation that greeted him. Turning to Italian, he thanked the journalists for their work covering the papal transition and urged them to use words of peace.Peace begins with each one of us: in the way we look at others, listen to others and speak about others, he said. In this sense, the way we communicate is of fundamental importance: we must say no to the war of words and images, we must reject the paradigm of war.After his brief speech, in which he reflected on the power of words to do good, he greeted some of the journalists in the front rows and then shook hands with the crowd as he exited the audience hall down the central aisle. He signed a few autographs and posed for a few selfies. Journalists later shared some of the few words they exchanged with him, including hints that Vatican plans are going ahead for Leo to travel to Turkey to commemorate an important event in Catholic-Orthodox relations: the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea, Christianitys first ecumenical council.Other tidbits emerged: Journalists offered to play doubles in tennis, or to organize a charity match. Leo, a regular tennis player, seemed game but we cant invite Sinner, he joked, referring to the world No. 1 Jannik Sinner, who is playing just up the Tiber at the Italian Open.It was in the 2013 audience with journalists who covered the election of historys first Latin American pope that Pope Francis explained his choice of name, after St. Francis of Assisi, and his desire for a church which is poor and for the poor!During his 12-year pontificate, Francis too spoke about the value of journalism and as recently as January, he appealed for the release of imprisoned journalists during a Holy Year event with the media. NICOLE WINFIELD Winfield has been on the Vatican beat since 2001, covering the papacies of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and the Francis pontificate and traveling the world with them.

Cassie Ventura, left, and Sean "Diddy" Combs appear at the premiere of "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story" on June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)2025-05-12T10:21:44Z NEW YORK (AP) Federal prosecutors and defense lawyers began summarizing their cases Monday in the Sean Diddy Combs sex trafficking trial, shortly after they settled on the jury that will eventually render judgement on the hip-hop icon.The proceedings in Manhattan began with prosecutors and the defense rejecting several candidates for the 12-person jury, which also includes six alternates. Testimony will begin after the sides present their opening statements.Combs, wearing a white sweater, entered the packed courtroom shortly before 9 a.m., hugged his lawyers and gave a thumbs up to supporters seated behind him. Earlier, the line to get into the courthouse stretched down the block. Combs mother and some of his children were escorted past the crowd and brought straight into the building.Combs, 55, pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment that could land him in prison for at least 15 years if he is convicted on all charges. He has been held at a federal jail in Brooklyn since his arrest in September. Lawyers for the three-time Grammy winner say prosecutors are wrongly trying to make a crime out of a party-loving lifestyle that may have been indulgent, but was not illegal. Prosecutors say Combs coerced women into drugged-up group sexual encounters, then kept them in line through violence. He is accused of choking, hitting, kicking and dragging women, often by the hair. Before jury selection was completed, both sides struck the maximum number of potential choices they were allowed, with the defense dismissing 10 and prosecutors eliminating six. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian rejected defense lawyers claims that the prosecution was being discriminatory by striking seven Black people from the jury, saying Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey had given race-neutral reasons.Subramanian told jurors that the court would shield their identities from public view, a common practice in federal cases to keep juries anonymous, particularly in sensitive, high-profile matters where juror safety is a concern. Combs former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, is expected to be among the trials early witnesses.She filed a lawsuit in 2023 saying Combs had subjected her to years of abuse, including beatings and rape. The lawsuit was settled within hours of its filing, but it touched off a law enforcement investigation and was followed by dozens of lawsuits from people making similar claims.Prosecutors plan to show jurors video a security camera video of Combs beating Cassie in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.Jurors may also see recordings of events called Freak Offs, where prosecutors say women had sex with male sex workers while Combs filmed them. The indictment said the events sometimes lasted days and participants required IV-drips to recover.Combs attorney, Marc Agnifilo, has said that the Bad Boy Records founder was not a perfect person and was undergoing therapy, including for drug use, before his arrest.But he and other lawyers for Combs have argued that any group sex was consensual and any violence was an aberration. After the video of Combs assaulting Cassie in the hotel aired on CNN last year, Combs apologized and said he took full responsibility for his actions. I was disgusted then when I did it. Im disgusted now.The Associated Press doesnt generally identify people who say they are victims of sexual abuse unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, has done.The trial is expected to last at least eight weeks.___Associated Press writer Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this report. MICHAEL R. SISAK Sisak is an Associated Press reporter covering law enforcement, courts and prisons. He is based in New York. twitter mailto

Republican Senator of Utah Mike Lee introduced a bill that would effectively ban porn at the federal level in the United States.The Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA), introduced by Lee and Illinois Republican Rep. Mary Miller on Thursday, aims to change the Supreme Courts 1973 Miller Test for determining what qualifies as obscene. Obscenity isnt protected by the First Amendment, but hazy and unenforceable legal definitions have allowed extreme pornography to saturate American society and reach countless children, Lee said in a press release. Our bill updates the legal definition of obscenity for the internet age so this content can be taken down and its peddlers prosecuted.The Miller Test is the three-pronged test that followed the famous I know it when I see it line from Justice Potter Stewart in 1964 when he grappled with defining obscenity at the time. The three prongs of the Miller Test are: Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.According to Lees press release (the full text of the bill is not yet on Congress website as of Monday morning, but Lee gave it to right-wing media outlet The Daily Caller last week), the IODA redefines obscenity within the Communications Act of 1934 as content that taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion and depicts, describes or represents actual or simulated sexual acts with the objective intent to arouse, titillate, or gratify the sexual desires of a person, which taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Most importantly, it completely removes the intent requirement from the current lawwhich currently prohibits the transmission of obscenity for the purposes of abusing, threatening, or harassing a person. That would mean anyone sharing or posting content thats at all sexual or intended to arouse could be prosecuted for a federal crime.This is Lees third attempt at trying to pass the same bill: He tried it in 2022 and again in 2024. But we are in an even more hostile political climate today when it comes to sexual expression, free speech, and porn. Project 2025, the conservative roadmap for the Trump presidency spearheaded by several in the administration, aims to demonize and obliterate pornography altogethersomething sex workers have been sounding the alarm about for years.

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From left, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz make a call to U.S. President Donald Trump from Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)2025-05-12T07:45:08Z KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, after the Kremlin effectively rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the more than three-year war, but reiterated that it would take part in possible peace talks later this week without preconditions.There was no direct response from the Kremlin, meanwhile, to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyys challenge for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to meet him for face-to-face peace talks in Turkey on Thursday.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday refused to say who might travel to Istanbul from the Russian side.Overall, were determined to seriously look for ways to achieve a long-term peaceful settlement. That is all, Peskov said.The United States and European governments are making a concerted push to stop the fighting, which has killed tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides, as well as more than 10,000 Ukrainian civilians. Russias invading forces have taken around one-fifth of Ukraine in Europes biggest conflict since World War II. In a flurry of diplomatic developments over the weekend, Russia shunned the ceasefire proposal tabled by the U.S. and European leaders, but offered direct talks with Ukraine on Thursday.Ukraine, along with European allies, had demanded that Russia accept a ceasefire starting Monday before holding peace talks. Moscow effectively rejected that proposal and instead called for direct negotiations in Istanbul. West increases pressure on Putin U.S. President Donald Trump insisted that Ukraine accept the Russian offer of talks. Zelenskyy went a step further Sunday and put pressure on Putin by offering a personal meeting.France added its voice to that offer Monday, with Foreign Minister Jean-Nol Barrot urging Putin to accept though Barrot repeated the European position that a truce must be in place before the talks.Russias failure to join the ceasefire offered by Ukraine would bring further sanctions on Moscow, European leaders say. Germany on Monday reminded Russia of that intention.The clock is ticking. There are 12 hours until the end of the day and, if the ceasefire doesnt stand by then, the European side will keep to the agreement to implement further sanctions, German government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said.Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said that giving ultimatums to Russia was unacceptable and wouldnt work.You cannot talk to Russia in this language, he told reporters.Also Monday, U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy was hosting in London senior diplomatic officials from France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland and the European Union to discuss how best to fight back against Russian aggression.Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that he expected the two sides to reach a compromise in coming days that might break the deadlock over whether talks could begin without a truce in place.Russian and Ukrainian officials are mindful of public opinion in their countries and are trying to secure the support of the United States for their stances, he said in explaining the delay. Ukrainians react to peace prospects In Kyiv, residents expressed a mixture of hope and despondency at the latest peace efforts.Putin doesnt want a truce to halt the war, because it will mean that he has lost, Antonina Metko, 43, told The Associated Press. That is why they are postponing it. And everything will continue in the same way. Unfortunately.Vladyslav Nehrybetskyi, 72, was more upbeat, saying that the seeds of a peace agreement are being sown, even though a difficult process lies ahead. So lets hope. Ukraines government has tried to keep up the momentum for a peace deal started by the Trump administration.Ukraine wants to end this war and is doing everything for this, Zelenskyy said on Telegram Monday. We expect appropriate steps from Russia.The Ukrainian leader said that he told Pope Leo XIV about peace efforts during his first phone conversation with the new pontiff.Ukraine is counting on the Vaticans help in securing the return of thousands of children that the government says have been deported by Russia, Zelenskyy said, adding that he had invited the pope to visit Ukraine. In his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff, Leo called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine. I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people, he said.In 2022, in the wars early months, Zelenskyy repeatedly called for a personal meeting with Putin but was rebuffed, and eventually enacted a decree declaring that holding negotiations with him had become impossible.Putin and Zelenskyy have only met once, in 2019. Trump says that deep hatred between the sides has made it difficult to push peace efforts forward.___Sylvie Corbet in Paris, Danica Kirka in London, Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, and Geir Moulson in Berlin, contributed to this report.___Follow APs coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Duke's Cooper Flagg (2) looks back after dunking the ball as Houston's Terrance Arceneaux (23), Mylik Wilson (8) and Milos Uzan (7) watch during the first half in the national semifinals at the Final Four of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)2025-05-12T10:00:07Z Sometime around 6 p.m. EDT Monday, locked inside a secure room with no way of communicating with the outside world, team executives and others will watch 14 ping-pong balls start to bounce inside a machine.The balls will be numbered, 1 through 14. One will be drawn, then a second, then a third, then a fourth. And with that, the people inside that room will find out, an hour or so before the rest of the world, which team won the No. 1 pick next month in the NBA draft.The NBA draft lottery is Monday night in Chicago, with the winner getting the chance to pick No. 1 overall. And that means Dukes Cooper Flagg the likely No. 1 pick will have a good chance of knowing which city hell be calling home next season as soon as the lottery results are announced.Nobody inside the room where the results are revealed on a televised broadcast will know who won the lottery until deputy commissioner Mark Tatum makes the actual announcement. Those inside the room remain there, without their phones, until that time. The race for No. 1There are 13 teams with a chance to win the No. 1 pick. Utah, Washington and Charlotte have the best odds, 14% each.New Orleans has a 12.5% chance, Philadelphia a 10.5% chance, Brooklyn a 9% chance, Toronto a 7.5% chance and San Antonio a 6.7% chance.After that, its Houston (3.8%), Portland (3.7%), Dallas (1.8%), Chicago (1.7%) and Sacramento (0.8%).The reason there are 14 lottery spots but only 13 teams with a chance to win the No. 1 pick is because Atlantas odds convey to San Antonio, essentially meaning the Spurs are in the lottery twice with a 6% chance of winning on their own, and an 0.7% chance to win with the Hawks combinations of ping-pong balls. This system has been in place since 2019, the latest effort to discourage tanking the practice where teams arent overly interested in winning regular season games with hopes instead of bettering their chances of winning the No. 1 draft pick.The teams with the three worst records all have the same chance 14% of winning the No. 1 pick, and odds for the remaining lottery teams are gradually reduced from there. Where teams can finishUtah cant finish below fifth, Washington cant finish below sixth, Charlotte cant finish below seventh and New Orleans cant finish below eighth.Philadelphia would keep the pick should it land in the top six; any other result only seventh, eighth or ninth would be possible at that point would send the pick to Oklahoma City.Brooklyn, Toronto, San Antonio, Houston, Portland, Dallas, Chicago and Sacramento all could move up into the top four as well. They would all have to buck long odds and in some cases, really long odds for that to happen. Brooklyn has a 37% chance of getting there; Sacramento only has about a 4% chance. The rest of the draft orderThe lottery only sets the order for the first 14 picks in the draft. The rest of the first-round picks 15-30 were determined by regular-season finish, though some of these picks have been traded many times over the years.The rest of the first-round order, for now, is: Oklahoma City picks No. 15, Orlando No. 16, Minnesota No. 17, Washington No. 18, Brooklyn No. 19 and Miami No. 20.From there, the final 10 picks in the first round are owned by Utah (21), Atlanta (22), Indiana (23), Oklahoma City (24), Orlando (25), Brooklyn (26 and 27), Boston (28), Phoenix (29) and the Los Angeles Clippers (30).___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/nba TIM REYNOLDS Reynolds is an Associated Press sports writer, based in South Florida. twitter mailto