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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has criticized The New York Times after its lawyers asked to see ChatGPT user logs as part of the legal discovery process.
  • Sam Altman says OpenAI is looking for people with good taste to work on AGI.
  • And that includes people with non-tech backgrounds, Altman said.
  • He said the best research teams are built on "taste and a real feel for

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The Moon is looking big and bright in the sky tonight, and we're not far away from the Full Moon. With so much of its surface illuminated, there will be plenty for you to spot tonight, so keep reading to find out what you can see.

What is today’s Moon phase?

As of Friday, Feb. 27, the Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 80% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.

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If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give


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California attorney general says, not so fast to Paramount Warner Bros. merger
  • California's attorney general is investigating Paramount's Warner Bros. merger, citing antitrust issues.
  • California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the merger had not "cleared regulatory scrutiny."
  • Netflix walked away from its bid for Warner Bros. on Thursday.

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Elon Musk is merging xAI with SpaceX, his rocket company.
  • Elon Musk's AI startup is facing a flurry of top employee departures.
  • The departures included xAI cofounders Jimmy Ba and Tony Wu, who both thanked Musk for the opportunity.
  • More than half of xAI's cofounders have left the startup since Musk founded it in 2023.

xAI is facing an exodus of top employees.

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Jack Dorsey's Block cut roughly 4,000 jobs.
  • Jack Dorsey announced major layoffs at Block, cutting nearly half of its workforce.
  • Dorsey said AI was behind the cuts, and the company's stock rose over 20% in after-hours trading.
  • Tech and VC leaders have reacted to Block's layoffs, with some calling it a sign of what's to come.

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Peter Weber, Rob Rausch, and Phaedra Parks on "The Traitors."
  • Peacock's "The Traitors" is a hit competition show in which players outwit and deceive each other.
  • Season four's breakout star is Rob Rausch from "Love Island," who previously had a mixed reputation.
  • The show has become a powerful tool for a celebrity's image rehabilitation, PR pros say.

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Jack Dorsey's Block is looking for more senior AI engineering talent amid a 40% workforce reduction at the company.
  • Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block cut 40% of its workforce on Thursday.
  • Dorsey said the company saw weeks' worth of engineering work done in a fraction of the time.
  • The company still expects to hire senior AI engineering talent, he said during an

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos visited the White House Thursday afternoon to discuss his company's Warner Bros. bid. Hours later, Netflix walked away from the deal.
  • Netflix has never made a giant acquisition.
  • That's why it was surprising that it made an $83 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
  • But both Netflix shareholders and Republicans hated the deal.

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In a memo on X, Block CEO Jack Dorsey announced cuts to nearly half his workforce.
  • CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Block will be slashing nearly half its workforce.
  • Many tech companies have culled smaller proportions of workers in recent years.
  • The move raises questions about whether other firms may follow suit as AI transforms workplaces.

White-collar workers, beware.

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Hot dogs are not a health food.
  • A new study shows vegetarians tend to have a lower risk of developing many cancers.
  • The finding wasn't universal, though: Vegans had a higher colorectal cancer risk than meat-eaters.
  • Lower calcium intake may be to blame, but it might no longer be a big issue due to fortified foods.

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Murati's AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is seeking a $2 billion seed funding round, which could be the largest seed funding round in history.
Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati.
  • Two founding team members left Thinking Machines Lab for Meta in recent weeks.
  • The exits add to a wave of departures from the high-profile $12 billion AI startup.
  • Meta and Thinking Machines Lab declined to comment on the hires.

Thinking Machines Lab, the high-profile startup run by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost two more


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