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OpenAI's advisory board calls for continued and strengthened nonprofit oversight

OpenAI's advisory board calls for continued and strengthened nonprofit oversight

OpenAI should continue to be controlled by a nonprofit because the artificial intelligence technology it is developing is “too consequential” to be governed by a corporation alone.
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Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday's earthquake was notable

Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday's earthquake was notable

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Wednesday’s magnitude 7.
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Connie Francis' 'Pretty Little Baby' became an unexpected TikTok hit - 63 years after its release

Connie Francis' 'Pretty Little Baby' became an unexpected TikTok hit - 63 years after its release

Connie Francis was a giant of 1950s and '60s sugary-sweet pop, notching more than a dozen hits.
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ChatGPT helps prepare this mayor's talking points. Now he wants a thousand city workers using AI

ChatGPT helps prepare this mayor's talking points. Now he wants a thousand city workers using AI

Before the mayor of San Jose, California, arrives at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new business, his aides ask ChatGPT to help draft some talking points.
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Book Review: ‘The Hiroshima Men’ is a reminder of the horrific human costs of atomic attack

John Hersey was a 32-year-old reporter who returned from Japan with in 1946 with a groundbreaking story that challenged U.S.
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The grueling 135-mile journey of a 66-year-old runner through one of the hottest places on Earth

The grueling 135-mile journey of a 66-year-old runner through one of the hottest places on Earth

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — When the running gets hard in this desert dubbed “hell on Earth,” Danny Westergaard tells himself: “Slow and steady” or “smooth as butter.
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Settlement reached in investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders

Settlement reached in investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders

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Spidercam technology brings golf’s oldest major into the modern world

Spidercam technology brings golf’s oldest major into the modern world

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — The oldest major championship has taken a step into the modern world by using a technological feature that British Open organizers hope will bring to life one of the most storied walks in golf.
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Defence spending will lift Canada's economy, but not out of a recession: report

Defence spending will lift Canada's economy, but not out of a recession: report

OTTAWA — Ottawa's ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts.
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Cambodia makes 1,000 arrests in latest crackdown on cybercrime

Cambodia makes 1,000 arrests in latest crackdown on cybercrime

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia on Wednesday said that an order by Prime Minister Hun Manet for government bodies to crackdown on criminal cybercrime operations being run in the country had resulted in the arrest of more than 1,000 suspects so f
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