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OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s head of safety systems Johannes Heidecke told staff this week that he’s leaving the company, WIRED has learned. Heidecke’s departure follows a reorganization that sought to integrate OpenAI’s safety and research teams. In a memo to staff seen by WIRED, chief research officer Mark Chen said OpenAI’s safety teams will now report to the…
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Trump backs off his standoff in dispute over Canadian bridge
President Donald Trump is quietly backing off an aggressive trade posture against Canada, which some were suspicious was an under-the-table handout to major GOP donors. According to Politico, “Canada’s Housing and Infrastructure Department and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday” that the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a new suspension bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario,…
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Light sentence for Paul Kessler’s killer sends wrong message on antisemitism
Late last month, the man who killed Paul Kessler was sentenced to serve a lenient 365-day term in county jail for his brutal and deadly assault during a peaceful pro-Israel rally in 2023. On Nov. 5, 2023, the 69-year-old Kessler went to a protest in Ventura County. He came to exercise his right to free speech, as every American has the right to do. Twenty-nine days after Hamas massacred…
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce make first appearance post-wedding at former teammate’s nuptials
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce stepped out for their first outing as husband and wife. The couple attended JuJu Smith-Schuster and Laura Kruk’s wedding Friday at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Orange County, California — one week after their own star-studded nuptials at Madison Square Garden. For the event, Swift wore a strapless pink brocade…
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Corey Lewandowski in the crosshairs as DHS watchdog weighs criminal referral: WSJ
Federal investigators have uncovered evidence that Corey Lewandowski may have improperly steered government deals, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to a Friday article by The Wall Street Journal, sources familiar with the matter say Lewandowski, a former senior aide at the Department of Homeland Security, is the subject of an investigation into whether he…
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‘Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo’ Off Broadway Review: She’s No Sweeney Todd
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Jennifer Nettles never once mentions the musical “Sweeney Todd.” Lots of interviewees at the Times don’t mention Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim’s great musical; then again, those people haven’t written a new stage musical about a serial killer. As subject matters go, serial killers are rare…
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Trump judge makes his disgust plain as he’s forced to clear rioting Proud Boys
A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump agreed on Friday to dismiss the Justice Department’s case against four Proud Boys tied to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but he took pains to separate the ruling from his own view of it. Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted the government’s unopposed motion to…
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‘Dutton Ranch’ Marks Paramount+’s Biggest Freshman Series Ever With More Than 13 Million Views | Exclusive
“Dutton Ranch” closed out its first season as Paramount+’s biggest freshman series to date, TheWrap can exclusively reveal. The “Yellowstone” spinoff series climbed the ranks of the streamer as it wrapped up its first installment with an average 13.3 million views per episode, based on seven-day viewing data from Paramount. The viewership boosted “Dutton Ranch,”…
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Kash Patel abruptly called to White House as deputies ‘disturbed’ by behavior: report
FBI Director Kash Patel has reportedly been summoned to the White House following outcry over his behavior, MS NOW reported Friday, though the White House is denying core parts of the reporting. According to the report, Patel “was set to travel to Chicago in the Bureau’s jet to see his girlfriend perform at a music…
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Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stealing Trade Secrets for Devices
Apple sued OpenAI on Friday, accusing the company and OpenAI chief hardware officer Tang Tan of stealing trade secrets for use in the AI company’s efforts to build their own devices. The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of California and viewed by TheWrap, alleges Tan and technical staff member Chang Liu stole confidential Apple…