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OpenAI's Sam Altman apologises over failure to report Canadian mass shooter

Al Jazeera

OpenAI's Sam Altman apologises over failure to report Canadian mass shooter OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apologised over his company's failure to warn authorities about the concerning online activities of a teen who went on to commit one of Canada's worst mass shooting s. Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, went on a shooting spree in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 10, killing eight people. Rootselaar, who was born male but identified as female, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. OpenAI said after the attacks that Rootselaar's ChatGPT account had been flagged internally the previous June for misuse "in furtherance of violent activities", resulting in its suspension. The San Francisco-based AI company said at the time that it had not informed authorities, as Rootselaar's usage of the chatbot had not met the threshold of posing a credible or imminent threat of harm to others.


Loud eaters and phones nearly spoiled my cinema trip - and it's not just me

BBC News

Loud eaters and phones nearly spoiled my cinema trip - and it's not just me The cinema lights are low and you're cocooned in your seat, ready for the film to transport you to another world. But just as you settle in, you're jolted back to reality. Audience members around you are scrolling on their phones, talking and munching loudly. Cinemas do clearly ask everyone not to disturb those around them - through the use of adverts, announcements and signs - but is behaviour in getting worse? I experienced disruption a few weeks ago while watching Ryan Gosling's sci-fi movie, Project Hail Mary, at a cinema in London.


China car giant BYD says it can thrive without US

BBC News

The recent surge in fuel prices due to the war in Iran has spurred demand for electric vehicles around the world, and Chinese car makers are making the most of the opportunity. China is the world's top producer of EVs, and while its manufacturers remain largely shut out of the major car market of the United States, they are benefiting from an uptick in interest and orders via dealerships across Asia and elsewhere. BYD, which overtook Tesla as the world's largest seller of electric vehicles last year and is expanding aggressively overseas, is at the centre of this shift in focus. We survive and are successful without the US market today, BYD executive vice president Stella Li told the BBC at the Beijing Auto Show. Instead of aiming for US customers, the company says its challenge is meeting increased demand in other regions, including Brazil, the UK and Europe.


Trump's DOJ Indicted the SPLC. His Supporters Are Already Looking for the Next Target.

Mother Jones

His Supporters Are Already Looking for the Next Target. "Grok has thoughts on who to look at next." Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel hold a press conference on their prosecution of the Southern Poverty Law Center on April 21, 2026. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. The Justice Department this week announced criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging that the longtime civil rights watchdog had defrauded its own donors by secretly paying large sums of money to informants within various hate groups.


Who's in control of AI?

Al Jazeera

Owner of US tech giant reveals breach of one of world's most powerful AI models. Reports of unauthorised access to one of the most powerful Artificial Intelligence models yet developed have emerged. Nothing malicious, say the owners - but it has intensified focus on such technology falling into the wrong hands. So, how is AI being controlled globally? Will complex EU loan deal intensify conflict?


The DOJ is backing xAI in its lawsuit against Colorado

Engadget

The Department of Justice has announced that it's intervening on the behalf of xAI in the company's recent lawsuit against the state of Colorado. The law is set to go into effect in June, and the DOJ is now asking a Colorado District Court to declare it unconstitutional. In xAI's original argument, Colorado Bill SB24-205 violated the company's First Amendment rights by forcing its developers to change how they create AI products and compelling them to align their products with Colorado's views on diversity and discrimination. The DOJ acknowledges those concerns in its complaint, but specifically focuses its argument on the idea that the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. According to the DOJ, because the law relies on demographics and statistical disparities as evidence of discrimination, it will essentially require developers to distort an AI system's outputs and discriminate based on race, sex, religion and other protected characteristics, a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.


What you need to know as Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman begins

Engadget

What you need to know as Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman begins It's sure to be cringe, and may end up costing OpenAI billions. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. In a few short days, jury selection will begin in the long-awaited case. At the end of that process, an Oakland federal court will task nine regular people with deciding if OpenAI defrauded Elon Musk when it announced, and recently completed, its reorganization to become a more traditional for-profit business . More than just being the venue where two billionaires will air their grievances against one another in public, the trial has the potential to reshape the AI industry.


Google plans to invest even more money into Anthropic

Engadget

The company will add up to $40 billion to its recent investments in the AI startup. Google plans to invest up to $40 billion into Anthropic in what could be viewed as a circular deal with the AI startup (and frequent competitor), reports . The search giant has invested in Anthropic at multiple points in the past, but this new investment comes after an announcement that the AI startup had signed a joint agreement with Google and Broadcom for multiple gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity. According to Anthropic, Google is committing $10 billion now at the company's current valuation, with an additional $30 billion on offer if Anthropic meets specific performance milestones. Through Anthropic's existing commitment to use Google's TPUs (tensor processing units) and servers, Anthropic says Google will also provide 5 gigawatts of computing capacity in 2027.


Trump DOJ jumps into Musk xAI court battle as diversity fight heats up

FOX News

The DOJ joined Elon Musk's xAI in suing Colorado, alleging a state AI regulation law violates the First and Fourteenth amendments by forcing developers to adopt DEI ideology.


49ers GM John Lynch skeptical of Rams' decision to draft QB Ty Simpson with No. 13 overall pick

FOX News

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