OpenAI commits $5 million dollar to support local news. Here’s the irony
After stealing information from news organizations and using it to train its chatbots, OpenAI says it wants to help the news sector with AI.
Day: July 20, 2023
Russia has no plans to attack civilian ships in Black Sea – ambassador
(Reuters) – Russia is not preparing to attack civilian ships in the Black Sea despite assertions by the United States, Russia’s ambassador to Washington said on Thursday, in comments posted by his embassy. On Wednesday, Moscow said it would deem all s…
Robert F Kennedy Jr denies making antisemitic comments
The Democratic challenger was giving evidence at a House hearing on government censorship
South America Will Pledge to End Amazon Deforestation by 2030
The pledge, to be signed in August, would amount to the most ambitious government effort yet to protect the world’s largest rainforest.
New Defense Bills Key To U.S. Cyber Command’s Readiness, Nominee Says
The fiscal year 2024 defense policy and spending bills before Congress would provide U.S. Cyber Command with the acquisition, budget, and policy authorities it needs to help solve readiness and […]
House aims to ease air travel delays with more money for air traffic controllers
The House has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give the Federal Aviation Administration more money to hire air traffic controllers.
Kansas’ attorney general wants to keep trans people from intervening in his lawsuit over state IDs
The Republican attorney general in Kansas is working to keep transgender people from intervening of his state-court lawsuit against changing the sex listings on their state driver’s licenses.
Former Venezuela spy chief pleads not guilty to US drug charges
Plea comes after Hugo Carvajal was extradited from Spain to US to face charges he coordinated drug trafficking.
US Army worried about how North Korea will treat Private King
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army on Thursday expressed deep concern for how North Korea might treat Private Travis King and said Washington was fully mobilized in its efforts to reach out to Pyongyang, including by u…
New York to pay $13.7m to George Floyd protesters arrested or beaten by police
City agrees payout to settle class-action lawsuit from thousands who say they were victims of police brutality in 2020 protestsNew York City has agreed to pay more than $13m to thousands of people who say they were arrested or beaten by NYPD officers d…