OpenAI on Tuesday publicly responded to a lawsuit brought by co-founder Elon Musk, highlighting apparent hypocrisy on the part of the now-billionaire and early backer of the company. In its response, OpenAI reproduced old emails from Musk in which the Tesla and SpaceX CEO encouraged the rising startup to raise at least $1 billion in … Read more
You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Voter turnout in elections in Iran hit what appears a historic low. According to unofficial accounts, only about 40 percent … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Donald Trump, the front-runner in the U.S. for the Republican Party’s nomination this year, says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to NATO member nations that are “delinquent” in devoting 2% of their gross domestic product to defense. Trump’s comment on Saturday represented the latest … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry issued an alert Tuesday saying China has launched a satellite and urging caution days before the island’s elections. Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday that China has described as a choice between war and peace. The bilingual alert sent to residents’ mobile phones cautioned in English that … Read more
The January 6 panel revealed how Donald Trump was slow to take action during the Capitol riot. Sources told ABC News that Trump was reluctant to calm his protesters through Twitter. A former top Trump aide had to write and present tweets to post on Trump’s account, per ABC News. As Donald Trump watched rioters … Read more
More than 500 Harvard faculty members are calling for Harvard to keep Claudine Gay as university president. Gay has apologized for her remarks during a congressional hearing on antisemitism. Penn’s president has already resigned. MIT’s board has issued a statement backing its president. In the wake of Tuesday’s widely panned congressional hearing on antisemitism, Harvard, … Read more
About 400 Rohingya Muslims have been stuck at sea in Southeast Asia for at least two weeks, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which is calling for “urgent action” by governments in the region to locate and rescue the stranded passengers. In a press release published on Saturday, the UNHCR said that … Read more