Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, the first woman to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, urged President Donald Trump to show mercy towards immigrants and LGBTQ individuals during his inaugural prayer service. Her remarks sparked both praise and anger. She is a vocal advocate for social issues, including racial equity and LGBTQ+ inclusion.
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Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher and key figure in the development of ChatGPT, tragically died by suicide in his San Francisco apartment. Balaji, a vocal critic of OpenAI's alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models, had resigned from the company and become a key witness in ongoing lawsuits.
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Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump for his alleged effort to overturn results of the 2020 election, has left the US Department of Justice, prosecutors said Saturday in a court filing. The statement on Smith was a footnote in the filing to Cannon as she mulls whether to maintain a hold on the special counsel' Trump's role in the January 6, 2020 insurrection at the US Capitol aimed at halting certification of Joe Biden's victory, and the case of Trump's... Expand
Elon Musk reacted to a post that claimed that DeppSeek has about 50,000 Nvidia H100s that they can't talk about because of the US export controls that are in place. "Obviously," Elon Musk wrote. The post was based on the claim of Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang with whom Elon Musk agreed about what DeepSeek AI is not revealing.
Elon Musk questioned the financial commitments of companies involved in Trump's AI infrastructure venture, Stargate, suggesting SoftBank lacks sufficient funding. Sam Altman of OpenAI disputed Musk's claim and defended the project, which plans to invest $100 billion initially. Altman invited Musk to view the Texas construction site, emphasizing the initiative's benefits to the country.