OpenAI’s firing of Sam Altman followed wide-ranging disagreements between the chief executive officer and his board — in particular Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI co-founder and the company’s chief scientist — according to a person familiar with the matter. The debates included differences of opinion on AI safety, the speed of…
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Singer Cassie settles lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs alleging rape, abuse
Singer Cassie settles lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs alleging rape, abuse – CBS News Watch CBS News Singer Casandra Ventura on Friday reached a settlement in her federal lawsuit against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in which she accused him of rape and physical abuse during their relationship. The settlement…
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Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses possible return, mulls new AI venture-source
Sam Altman, the just ousted CEO of OpenAI, is discussing a possible return to the company behind the ChatGPT bot even as he considers launching a new artificial intelligence (AI) venture, a person briefed on the matter said on Saturday. A day after the board fired him in a surprise…
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AI Can Do Your Admin Tasks, Britain Tells Its Public Workers
The UK is turning to AI to assist with administrative tasks and free up police officers, teachers, and health workers to focus on front-line responsibilities. A government review found that many teachers “waste a day each week” on tasks including data input and daily reports, and said that cutting administrative…
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Suspect identified in fatal New Hampshire hospital shooting, AR-style rifle found in truck in parking lot
Suspect identified in fatal NH hospital shooting, rifle found in truck outside Suspect identified in fatal NH hospital shooting, rifle found in truck outside 00:35 CONCORD, N.H. – The suspect in a shooting that left a security officer dead at the New Hampshire State Hospital in Concord has been identified…
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SpaceX launched its giant new rocket Starship but explosions end the 2nd test flight
SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship but lost both the booster and the spacecraft in a pair of explosions minutes into Saturday’s test flight. The rocketship reached space following liftoff from South Texas before communication suddenly was lost. SpaceX officials said it appears the ship’s self-destruct system blew it up…
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Authorities release images of person of interest in 10 Freeway suspected arson
Authorities have released images of a person of interest in connection with the November 11th fire underneath Interstate 10 that spread quickly over 8 acres, prompting the thoroughfare’s closure. (credit: Cal Fire) Cal Fire says the person was wearing blue shorts, a black jacket and a black backpack and was…
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Swisscom migrates to high-capacity optical transport network
Facing high traffic growth and digital transformation, leading Swiss operator Swisscom has announced the successful completion of its nationwide Next Evolution Wavelength Transport Optical Network (Newton) and the official start of service migration to the modernised service-centric network, which has been optimised for high performance, cost efficiency and superior customer…
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Saturday Sessions: Abby Hamilton performs “Lucky”
Saturday Sessions: Abby Hamilton performs “Lucky” – CBS News Watch CBS News Born and raised in Kentucky, Abby Hamilton grew up in a musical family. Her parents, aunts and siblings were all singers and musicians. Hamilton started singing in church, then discovered songwriting in college, leading to a recording career,…
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Interview: Walmart’s David Glick discusses technology scale
Retailer Walmart has a 25,000-strong IT team and it is big on technology. Enterprise business services is effectively the IT department at the retail giant. Headed by senior vice-president David Glick, the department’s role is to support employees – or, to use Walmart terminology, “associates”. “When you turn on your…