Ex-OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever — who helped oust Sam Altman — to start safe AI company
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and former chief scientist at ChatGPT developer OpenAI, who led the campaign to oust the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, is starting a new artificial intelligence company. The company is focused on creating a safe AI environment at a time when some of the biggest tech companies are trying to reign in the […]
‘You Lied’: Josh Hawley Confronts Biden Agency Chief Over Alleged Involvement With Lethal ‘Terrorism’
Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday confronted Bureau of Land Management (BLM) director Tracy Stone-Manning over allegedly lying about her reported involvement with potentially deadly eco-terrorism. Stone-Manning was an editor for an issue of Earth First journal that contained a non-bylined story boasting that federal investigators were “bungling” their investigation into an eco-terrorism incident […]
‘Our Plates Are Full’: Biden Agency Chief Suggests Staff Was Too Busy To Notify Red State About Major Reversal
The director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) claimed that the agency had no time to advise Alaska of a significant reversal of policy during a Thursday hearing. BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning made the assertion during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing while being grilled by Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska […]
UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel and aid to Gaza, says Oxfam chief | Israel-Gaza war
The head of Oxfam GB said it was “intellectually and morally contradictory” to supply arms to Israel while at the same time providing humanitarian aid to Gaza. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 37,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the Hamas attack on October 7. Both […]
OpenAI Appoints Former NSA Chief to Board of Directors
OpenAI, the troubled startup behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, has announced the appointment of retired U.S. Army General and former NSA director Paul Nakasone to its board of directors, claiming he will use his extensive experience in cybersecurity to protect the company’s cutting-edge technology. Bloomberg Reports OpenAI said in a statement Thursday that General […]
FAA chief admits agency was 'too hands-off' before Boeing door blowout
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday that the agency was “too complacent” in regulating plane makers until a door blew off a Boeing plane in January, sparking a weeks-long investigation into the company’s manufacturing safety. FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker said at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Boeing that the agency […]
Biden taps new FDIC chief after sexual harassment scandal
President Biden announced on Wednesday that he will nominate Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), replacing current FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg, amid an ongoing controversy over workplace misconduct. Romero has served as director of the CFTC, which oversees U.S. commodities and derivatives markets, since […]
Police chief outraged after illegal alien allegedly causes car crash that killed mother and daughter in Michigan
A southeast Michigan police chief has expressed outrage over a car crash caused by a man who “had no legal status” in the United States that claimed the lives of two women. Last minute Thursday 1pmJose Medina Hernandez, 33, was driving a box truck south on M-53 in Shelby Township, about 30 miles north of […]
DOJ to scrutinize Big Tech’s AI dominance ‘with urgency,’ antitrust chief says
Jonathan Cantor, the Justice Department’s antitrust director, said he was considering possible enforcement actions against large artificial intelligence companies to ensure fair competition in the tech sector. The Department of Justice is actively investigating “monopoly bottlenecks and the competitive landscape” in AI. Kanter told the Financial Times:. Authorities have expressed concern that tech giants such […]
UN Chief Calls For Governments To Censor Fossil Fuel Advertisements
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for governments to ban fossil fuel advertising during a Wednesday speech at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. Guterres, who has served as Secretary-General of the UN since 2017, compared the fossil fuel industry to Big Tobacco and claimed a ban on advertising for fossil fuel […]