Stability AI CEO resigns to ‘pursue decentralized AI’

Emad Mostaque is stepping down from his role as CEO of Stability AI, the startup that helped bring Stable Diffusion to life. In a press release late on Friday night, Stability AI says Mostaque is leaving the company “to pursue decentralized AI.” Mostaque will also step down from his position on the board of directors … Read more

US IRS says it will pursue high-income earners who failed to file tax returns

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Internal Revenue Service said on Thursday it will go after high-income earners who have failed to file tax returns in 125,000 cases since 2017, resurrecting a non-filer enforcement program that was idled for years by past budget cuts. The IRS said that the $80 billion in funding over … Read more

Prosecutors say they will not pursue second Sam Bankman-Fried trial

Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the United States Courthouse in New York City, July 26, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Prosecutors have decided not to pursue a second trial against disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. In a note to Judge Lewis Kaplan on Friday, the U.S. government explained that the decision to forego … Read more

Guatemala prosecutors pursue president-elect and student protesters over campus takeover

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan prosecutors said Thursday they will seek to strip President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and several members of his party of their immunity for allegedly making social media posts that encouraged students to take over a public university in 2022. Cultural Heritage prosecutor Ángel Saúl Sánchez announced the move aimed at Arévalo and members … Read more

Hong Kong chief vows to pursue 8 abroad activists ‘for all times’

On this August 2020 {photograph}, pro-democracy lawmakers Ted Hui (Centre L) and Lam Cheuk-ting (C) converse to the press outdoors the West Kowloon Magistrates Courtroom after being granted bail following their arrest the day earlier than in a police operation centered on final yr’s big protests. Anthony Wallace | Afp | Getty Pictures Hong Kong … Read more