Senator encourages drivers to drag Gaza cease-fire protesters from roads

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2024. Julia Nikhinson | Reuters Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Tuesday doubled down on earlier comments encouraging people stuck in traffic caused by cease-fire protests to “take matters into … Read more

Microsoft seeks dismissal parts of New York Times suit against OpenAI

Executive Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation Satya Nadella attends a session during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 16, 2024.  Denis Balibouse | Reuters Microsoft is accusing The New York Times of “unsubstantiated” claims in the publisher’s lawsuit filed in December against OpenAI, a case that could … Read more

Biden may be losing his favorability advantage over Trump, new polls suggest

A flurry of new 2024 presidential election polls have a common thread: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is leading incumbent President Joe Biden in a hypothetical November matchup. In four separate surveys released over the weekend by The New York Times/Siena College, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and CBS News/YouGov, Trump’s lead ranged from two … Read more

OpenAI alleges New York Times ‘hacked’ ChatGPT for lawsuit evidence

OpenAI asked a judge to dismiss parts of The New York Times‘ lawsuit against it, alleging that the media company “paid someone to hack OpenAI’s products,” such as ChatGPT, to generate 100 examples of copyright infringement for its case. In a filing Monday in Manhattan federal court, OpenAI alleged it took the Times “tens of … Read more

Woman drops claim of Leon Black rape at Jeffrey Epstein mansion

FILE: Leon Black, chairman and chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management LLC, at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.  Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images A woman who had accused Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black of raping her at the New York … Read more

New Yorkers voting to replace ex-Rep. George Santos in crucial special election

Voting signs are seen outside city hall for New York’s 3rd Congressional District special election in Glen Cove, N.Y., on Sunday, February 4, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images New Yorkers are casting ballots Tuesday to pick their successor to Republican ex-Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from Congress last year … Read more

OpenAI responds to New York Times lawsuit

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images On Monday, OpenAI, the AI startup behind viral chatbot ChatGPT, clapped back at The New York Times in a statement over the news outlet’s recently-filed lawsuit over copyright infringement. In … Read more

Microsoft, OpenAI sued over copyright infringement by authors

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, greets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Two nonfiction book authors sued Microsoft and OpenAI in a would-be class action complaint alleging that the defendants “simply stole” the writers’ copyrighted works … Read more

Biden polls could suffer due to inflation even as economy improves

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday predicted that President Joe Biden will get a much-needed boost in the polls as the economy continues to improve. “I believe it’s only a matter of time until he does get that credit,” Murphy said of Biden on CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” But pollsters contacted by CNBC are not … Read more