How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump
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How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At President Trump’s inauguration, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, was relegated to the overflow room while other tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg took prime spots on the dais under the Capitol rotunda. But days earlier, before flying into…

OpenAI Close to Deal that Values Company at 0 Billion
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OpenAI Close to Deal that Values Company at $300 Billion

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines OpenAI is set to complete a $40 billion fund-raising deal that nearly doubles the high-profile company’s valuation from just four months ago. The new fund-raising round, led by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, values OpenAI at $300 billion, according to three people with knowledge…

What It’s Like to Be a Football Fan in Antarctica
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What It’s Like to Be a Football Fan in Antarctica

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For about a week leading up to the A.F.C. championship game, Meredith Nolan had been living on a hulking research vessel parked in an Antarctic port. The ship, called the Noosfera, had been waiting for favorable sea conditions before plowing into the icy…

Elon Musk’s X Becomes Weapon in Government Cost Cutting
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Elon Musk’s X Becomes Weapon in Government Cost Cutting

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As Elon Musk digs into the federal bureaucracy in his crusade to slash government spending, he has a tool that no aspiring cost-cutter has had before: his own giant social media platform to debate, shame and bludgeon anyone who stands in his way….

‘The Interview’: Dr. Anna Lembke Is Scared About What Modern Life Is Doing to Us
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‘The Interview’: Dr. Anna Lembke Is Scared About What Modern Life Is Doing to Us

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines We live at a time when everything is available at every moment. Just on your phone, you can order lunch, bet on sports, read this story, watch porn, chat with a friend, chat with a stranger, chat with a large language model or…

Meta Said to Explore Moving Where It Is Incorporated
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Meta Said to Explore Moving Where It Is Incorporated

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is considering changing where it is incorporated from Delaware to another state, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The company is looking at Texas and a handful of other states, said the people,…

Kremlin Chokes YouTube Service, but Russians Find Ways Around It
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Kremlin Chokes YouTube Service, but Russians Find Ways Around It

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines He blocked Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. He signed a censorship law that led TikTok to disable its functions. President Vladimir V. Putin has clamped down on free expression in Russia to a degree unseen since the Soviet era. Now he is taking aim…

The Southport Killer Was Fixated on Extreme Violence. But Was it Terrorism?
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The Southport Killer Was Fixated on Extreme Violence. But Was it Terrorism?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Oct. 4, 2019, a 13-year-old British boy called a child welfare hotline from his home in Banks, a village in northwest England, and asked: “What should I do if I want to kill somebody?” The teenager, Axel Rudakubana, said that he had…

Microsoft Continues A.I. Spending Growth as Profit Grows 10%
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Microsoft Continues A.I. Spending Growth as Profit Grows 10%

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Investors worried about how much money big technology companies are spending on artificial intelligence did not get much relief from Microsoft when it reported its latest financial results on Wednesday. In its most recent quarter, which ended on Dec. 31, Microsoft kept up…

Meta Agrees to Pay Trump  Million to Settle His Lawsuit
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Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta said on Wednesday that it had agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed over the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. The move was a significant…