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OpenAI hits back at Apple’s lawsuit — and says it has receipts
OpenAI says Apple got some of its facts wrong — and says it has the receipts to back it up. In a Tuesday blog post, OpenAI called Apple’s July complaint accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets a “careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit.” OpenAI said Apple had made mistakes when…
Japan turned a 118-year-old prison into a luxury hotel where guests sleep in converted cells
A Japanese resort company has turned an iconic former prison into a 48-room luxury hotel. The former Nara Prison, built in 1908 and designated a cultural property in Japan in 2017, reopened in June as Hoshinoya Nara Prison Hotel, a luxury hotel operated by Hoshino Resorts. The complex features a…
15 attorneys general have instructed OpenAI to preserve all materials related to the Hugging Face hack
OpenAI is facing intense legal scrutiny over the July hacking incident on Hugging Face. In a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday, the attorneys general of 15 states wrote that the Hugging Face hack showed that OpenAI is unable or unwilling to ensure the safety of its products. They said this…
Russia is ‘betting primarily’ on jet-powered Shahed drones, pivoting from older models: Ukraine’s navy
Russia has been reducing its usage of conventional long-range attack drones in favor of more advanced, jet-powered ones, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s navy said on Monday. “The Russians are reducing the number of conventional drones they use while effectively increasing the number of jet-powered…
Waymo’s CEO say this is why he ignores Silicon Valley’s most famous mantra
AI’s future needs safety, not a catchy 2000s tech slogan, says the co-CEO of Waymo. “In Silicon Valley, there’s a common mantra to ‘move fast and break things,’” Dmitri Dolgov said at a Y Combinator talk released on Monday. “However, when you’re dealing with atoms instead of bits, breaking things…
Free tiers are Hollywood’s next big idea in the streaming wars
To free, or not to free? That is the question for paid streamers like Netflix, as free services, and YouTube in particular, attract TV viewers. Hollywood giants Disney and Paramount Skydance are exploring adding free tiers to their subscription services to build audiences, grow advertising revenue…
My husband dreamed of city living — I didn’t. To compromise, we tried living in a high-rise condo downtown for one year.
I thought I would hate living in a high-rise apartment. I grew up in the woods of northern Minnesota, watching deer and the occasional bear wander through the backyard. I’ve spent my adult life in suburban townhomes near large park reserves, a compromise between rural landscapes and the job…
What is Truth API? The new paid-for tool giving fast access to Trump’s posts, explained
Truth Social’s new paid service for faster access to the president’s social media posts is raising questions — including from some of his own supporters. Trump Media & Technology Group launched Truth API on Saturday. The service sends paying customers a machine-readable feed of posts from the…
$1.4 Billion Merrill Team Prefers Complicated Clients
Team Name: Musgrave Dunn & Associates Firm: Merrill Wealth Management Senior Members: Travis Musgrave, Timothy Dunn, Valerie Marshall Location: Lexington, KY Team Custodied Assets: $1.4 billion Background: Travis Musgrave attended the University of Kentucky as a pre-med student before ditching…
I tried a photobooth in NYC that matches you with a mystery soulmate — but there’s a big catch
Between a flash flood warning and running late for dinner plans in Manhattan, I figured I’d have just enough time to snap a photo in a photobooth. The photos weren’t for my own vanity, though. It was in the pursuit of … love! Dubbed the “Missed Connections Booth,” the photobooth is a collaboration…