A few weeks ago, Marco Bario texted his landlord with an unusual request.Bario and his wife, Tracy Neill, rent a four-bedroom townhouse in Frederick County, Maryland, about an hour outside Washington, DC. When they got the place in June 2024, they felt lucky to find respite from a sizzling rental…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified Tuesday that Elon Musk wanted “total control” of the ChatGPT maker — even suggesting that the AI startup be passed on to his children after he died. Loading audio narration… Addressing jurors in his high-stakes legal battle with Musk, Altman recalled a “particularly hair-raising moment” from nearly a decade ago, when Musk was still helping run OpenAI and was demanding “total control.”Altman testified that as the AI company’s cofounders debated…
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Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher who now runs the AI Futures Project, says the…
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Call me a grouch, but I find it really hard to make any compelling argument for why anyone needs to see a feed of their friends’ activity on Venmo. Loading audio narration… Is it really so interesting seeing that your friend paid someone for pizza?Venmo’s new redesign adds features that…
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This is a developing story about the April 2026 CPI inflation report and will be updated with more details. Inflation surged in April as consumer prices rose amid the impact of the Iran war on the energy market and broader economy.The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday said that the consumer…
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Sam Altman on Tuesday came under fierce grilling from Elon Musk’s lead trial attorney in an increasingly awkward courtroom exchange that saw the OpenAI CEO confronted with allegations of lying and deception. Loading audio narration… Musk’s attorney, Steven Molo, opened his cross-examination of Altman with the blunt question: “Are you…
