Albert Wagner 
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts of the New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against it, arguing that the newspaper “hacked” its chatbot ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence systems to generate misleading evidence for the case. OpenAI said in a filing in Manhattan federal court on Monday that the Times caused the … Read more
London, United Kingdom – British authorities on Tuesday charged another Bulgarian national living in England with conspiring with five other compatriots to spy for Russia. The group of six, who are all in custody, are alleged to be part of a network conducting surveillance on behalf of Russia. Much of the activity took … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was ecstatic as he did a media round last weekend, and deservedly so. He was announcing his latest deal with Trudeau’s Liberals, one that would bring in the first prescription drug coverage with a federal imprimatur. Singh used a technique similar to the one he’d employed when bringing in the first … Read more
Minutes before losing consciousness, mass killer Myles Sanderson told his arresting RCMP officers “you should have f**king shot me.” A Saskatchewan coroner’s inquest saw more dash cam footage of Sanderson’s arrest on Tuesday, and heard the last words spoken by the man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others in a brutal … Read more
More than 20 per cent of Canadians would consider purchasing a home with a family member in order to break into the housing market, according to a new report by Re/Max. The Leger report, which was commissioned on behalf of Re/Max, suggests that non-traditional home-ownership models are becoming increasingly more common in larger … Read more
The Welsh government’s cabinet did not discuss the threat posed by Covid as the virus spread across the world until a month after its chief medical officer had warned there was a “significant risk” it would reach Wales, the inquiry into the pandemic has heard. At the start of three weeks of hearings in Cardiff, … Read more
Maersk has warned of disruptions to container shipping via the Red Sea dragging into the second half of the year and of heavy congestion and delays for U.S.-bound goods. Major container shipping companies have switched away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal to the longer route around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope … Read more
A man is suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant after his wife, a New York-based doctor, died suddenly after eating at the restaurant. The lawsuit alleges the waitstaff was negligent and was aware of his wife’s severe food allergies. According to the lawsuit, Kanokporn Tangsuan, her … Read more
It’s not easy to make a go of it as an upstart airline in Canada. Here is a list of Canadian discount airlines, born since 2000, that no longer fly: Roots Air – A very brief experiment by Canadian clothing retailer Roots, this short-lived airline started and ended operations in 2001, after just … Read more
JERUSALEM – Israel would be willing to pause its war on Hamas in Gaza during the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some of the hostages held by the militants, U.S. President Joe Biden said. Negotiators from the United States, Egypt and Qatar have been working … Read more
