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OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, one of the original creators of the artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT, said Tuesday he is leaving the company after a nearly decade. Sutskever was one of four board members last fall who voted to push out CEO Sam Altman from the company — only to quickly reinstate him. It was Sutskever, OpenAI's chief scientist, who told Altman last November that he was being fired.
Trump defense lawyer Todd Blanche bounced around to different topics trying to undermine Cohen's credibility during cross-examination in the hush money trial.
Lawrence Wong, 51, will take over as prime minister of Singapore on Wednesday, becoming the fourth leader of the Asian financial hub since its independence in 1965. Wong succeeds Lee Hsien Loong, the son of the founding father of modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, after two decades at the helm. Wong was born on 18 December 1972 to a family he described as ordinary.
The largest Latino group in the country endorsed President Joe Biden in Arizona on Tuesday and said the group will also work to turn out voters to influence potential ballot measures on abortion, minimum wage and immigration.
Singapore will inaugurate Lawrence Wong on Wednesday as its new prime minister and fourth leader since independence six decades ago, completing a carefully calibrated power transfer designed to guarantee continuity in the wealthy city-state. Wong, 51, comes from among a crop of so-called "4G" leaders, a new generation of politicians hand-picked by the long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) to take over the reins of the key Asian trade and financial centre. Wong will retain his current position as finance minister and takes charge of a country led for two decades by Lee Hsien Loong, the 72-year-old son of Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore who stayed in politics until his death in 2015.
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday. It's the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold earlier in the month. The administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.
The BRICS group of nations pledged a billion dollars for storm-ravaged southern Brazil Tuesday as slowly receding floodwaters started to reveal the full extent of the devastation. The bank of the BRICS -- a group including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- said Tuesday it would free the equivalent of more than a billion dollars to help the affected state.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that a privately owned 757 contacted a parked and unoccupied corporate jet. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
For better or worse, kids give whole new meaning to the term “wedding crasher.” What if you don't want little ones underfoot when you tie the knot?
The companies are seeking the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of a weekly dose of Leqembi to be given as an under-the-skin injection. Eisai in April delayed filing for marketing approval of the subcutaneous form of Leqembi, as the FDA had requested for additional three-month immunogenicity data.
Candidate said his First Amendment rights were violated when YouTube took down videos it said contained misinformation.
Opening arguments could begin Wednesday.
State Sen. Toni Atkins and Assembly Appropriations Chair Buffy Wicks confirmed they’re fighting the initiative.
he pilot at the Sheppard Air Force Base was injured when the ejection seat of the trainer aircraft, the T-6A Texan II, released at about 2 p.m. Monday
The federal judge presiding over the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez will not allow a psychiatrist to testify at trial about a condition his defense attorneys say could explain the hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash investigators found during a raid of the New Jersey Democrat’s home.
El Salvador has mined nearly 474 bitcoins since 2021 thanks to a volcano-fueled geothermal power plant, official data showed on Tuesday, bringing the government's total bitcoin portfolio to nearly $354 million at current prices. The country's "Bitcoin Office," an official government entity, reports that government coffers now hold 5,750 bitcoins. The new additions, 473.5 bitcoins worth some $29 million since September of 2021, were powered by a small amount of geothermal energy generated by the country's imposing Tecapa volcano, touted as a green way to accumulate the well-known cryptocurrency, which is not regulated by any central bank.
(Reuters) -OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever said on Tuesday he is leaving the ChatGPT maker. Sam Altman, CEO of the Microsoft-backed company said Jakub Pachocki will be the company's new chief scientist. Pachocki has previously served as OpenAI's director of research and led the development of GPT-4 and OpenAI Five.
The U.S. State Department has moved a $1 billion package of weapons aid for Israel into the congressional review process, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The latest weapons package includes tank rounds, mortars and armored tactical vehicles, one of the officials told Reuters. President Joe Biden said last week he had delayed a shipment of 2,000-pound (907-kg) bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs to Israel over concerns they might be used for a major invasion of Rafah, a town in southern Gaza.
U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika refused a request by Biden’s attorneys to push the Delaware trial from June to September.
A Texas woman accused police officers in Santa Fe of holding her face down in a pile of fire ants, leaving bite marks all over her head and chest.
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