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OpenAIs Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Co...

OpenAIs Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company

OpenAIs Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company **AI Safety Pioneer Departs OpenAI After Nearly a Decade** **San Francisco, CA** – Joshua Achiam, a prominent figure in the field of artificial intelligence safety and a key researcher at OpenAI for nearly nine years, has announced his departure from... read more »

New York City skyscraper evacuated after...

New York City skyscraper evacuated after partial collapse in 'very ser...

New York City skyscraper evacuated after partial collapse in 'very serious situation' ## Facade Failure Prompts Evacuation and Area Advisory in Midtown Manhattan **New York, NY** – A significant structural concern at a prominent Midtown Manhattan skyscraper led to the precautionary... read more »

Pakistan plane search live: K2 Airways B...

Pakistan plane search live: K2 Airways Boeing 737 disappears near Karachi

Pakistan plane search live: K2 Airways Boeing 737 disappears near Karachi **Boeing 737 Cargo Aircraft Vanishes Near Karachi Coast; Search Underway** A Boeing 737 cargo aircraft, operated by K2 Airways, has disappeared from radar screens off the coast of Karachi, Pakistan, prompting an immediate and... read more »

Telstra outage LIVE: Mass network disrup...

Telstra outage LIVE: Mass network disruption across Australia for major pro...

Telstra outage LIVE: Mass network disruption across Australia for major provider **Nationwide Network Disruptions Plague Telstra Customers** **Sydney, Australia** – A significant telecommunications network outage has impacted a substantial number of Telstra customers across Australia, with... read more »

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22 killed in Iraq attacks

22 killed in Iraq attacks

Baghdad – At least 22 people were killed and 58 others wounded Wednesday in separate bomb attacks in Iraq, including bombings that targeted Shia pilgrims in the east of the country, police... read more »

Rift in ISI-Haqqani network?

Rift in ISI-Haqqani network?

Islamabad – The killing of senior Haqqani network leader Naseeruddin Haqqani has fuelled talks of a rift between Pakistan’s spy agency... read more »

Philippines typhoon toll touches 2,275

Philippines typhoon toll touches 2,275

Manila – The death toll in typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines last week has risen to 2,275, Eduardo del Rosario, the executive director of National... read more »

Costa Concordia engine-room crew says `Captain didnR...

Costa Concordia engine-room crew says `Captain didn't care if they died`

London – The wrecked Costa Concordia’s engine room crew has said “Captain didn’t care if they died”, while revealing harrowing details of the... read more »

Pak court sets Nov 18 for Musharraf’s plea to lea...

Pak court sets Nov 18 for Musharraf's plea to leave country

Karachi – Pakistan’s Sindh High Court has set November 18 for a decision on former president Pervez Musharraf’s plea against a government ban... read more »

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OpenAI Has New AI Models. Heres Why You Cant Use Them **AI Development Faces Scrutiny as Major Players Navigate Regulatory Landscape** Washington D.C. – The rapid advancement of... read more »

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