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Devin Pavlou

(He/Him)
Huntsville
As seen in: Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Finance, Flipboard, Yahoo, NewsBreak, WBRC-TV (Birmingham, AL), WAFF-TV (Huntsville, AL), WSFA-TV (Montgomery, AL), Straight Arrow News
Covers:  National and international news with an emphasis on non-bias coverage.
Doesn't Cover: I typically don't cover sports.

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Devin Pavlou’s Biography

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I covered local news in Huntsville, Alabama, for four years, before transitioning to the non biased national news outlet Straight Arrow News. When I'm not working I like nice trips to the mountains or the rock climbing gym.

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AI safety and the potential apocalypse: What people can do now to prevent it

AI safety and the potential apocalypse: What people can do now to prevent it

Experts across the AI industry are sounding the alarm on AI safety and what people can do now to stop the wor…

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Brain rot nation: How TikTok could be unwiring your brain

Brain rot nation: How TikTok could be unwiring your brain

Brain rot was coined the 2024 Oxford Dictionary "Word of the Year," but is it just a humorous term, or is the…

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Vouchers, ESAs, tax-credits: Is school choice the right choice?

Vouchers, ESAs, tax-credits: Is school choice the right choice?

School choice programs have expanded across the country, but are they working? Straight Arrow News takes a lo…

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Search for shooter continues hours after Charlie Kirk killing on Utah campus

Search for shooter continues hours after Charlie Kirk killing on Utah campus

Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has died following a shooting at a student event at Utah Valley Univers…

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Justice Barrett answers Fox News about possibility of a third Trump term

Justice Barrett answers Fox News about possibility of a third Trump term

Justice Amy Coney Barrett spoke on the possibility of President Donald Trump running for a third term during …

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More than a dozen killed as severe weather continues deadly path

More than a dozen killed as severe weather continues deadly path

More than a dozen are dead after an outbreak of severe weather hit the South and Midwest early Saturday morni…

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Ahead of Hurricane Isaias, worry on the Alabama coast grows by the mile

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By Devin Pavlou
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GULF SHORES, Ala. — Children in Daphne, Alabama, spent their day off school Friday playing in a creek as the first rain bands of Hurricane Isaias moved over Baldwin County. An hour south in Gulf Shores, the vibe was much different. Two Waffle Houses sat with their lights on and no one inside. Double red flag signs were posted all over empty beaches, as the high-rise resorts faded into a gray haze.
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Chatbots don’t climb mountains. So why are hikers getting lost after trusting them?

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By Devin Pavlou
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Bryce Vincent Gowryluk was stuck on a ledge on a nearly vertical rock face, several hundred feet up a route he never meant to climb: the Widowmaker, a difficult rock climbing route in the North Shore Mountains north of Vancouver that has killed climbers in the past. “I am trapped on a ledge,” the 16-year-old recalled saying, according to The New York Times.
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A chatbot message led to a felony charge. Experts say it may not hold up

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By Devin Pavlou
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One morning in late September, Carli Heller opened up an artificial intelligence chatbot and began venting. She took aim at the Lee County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, saying she was “going to shoot up the sheriff’s right the f— now,” she wrote to the phone app, according to a probable cause statement.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

When I was a kid, my mother had a typewriter from the late 90s or early 00s and I used that sometimes.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email me a few sentences, or even a few paragraphs. I'll respond as fast as possible.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Canva for graphics, Arc for writing and lightroom for photo editing.