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The leaders responsible for keeping OpenAI’s AI safe keep leaving

Another leader of OpenAI’s safety strategy is leaving, joining an ever-growing list of employees who have left the company’s safety and alignment teams in recent years.Johannes Heidecke, the head of OpenAI’s Safety Systems team, is departing as the company reorganizes its safety and research work under a single leader.”We’re grateful…

Why Soccer Jerseys Are so Expensive

Official World Cup jerseys can cost as much as $180, while counterfeit versions sell for as little as $4. We visited factories in Bangladesh, one of the world’s biggest garment manufacturing hubs, to find out what separates authentic, replica, and fake soccer jerseys and why they cost so much. Read…

Student-debt relief and higher borrowing limits are on the line in lawsuits fighting Trump’s repayment changes

Key provisions of President Donald Trump’s sweeping student-loan changes have landed in court.While the administration’s new repayment plans and borrowing caps took effect July 1, other elements did not, including a narrower definition of a “professional” degree and limits to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.That’s because for months, borrowers…

I ranked 13 fast-food double cheeseburgers. The best was a regional favorite.

7th Street Burger is a small chain of quick-service burger restaurants with dozens of locations across New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.Since opening in 2021, the chain has quickly built a reputation for its no-frills approach to smash burgers, featuring crispy patties, gooey cheese, and the…

AI giants learn what everyone else on the modern internet already knows

Here’s some delicious AI irony for you.For years, tech giants have argued that if information is available on the internet, it can be used for AI model development and outputs. They call it fair use. Content owners have tried to prevent this, with no success.Now Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are…