SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death. They claim the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son’s “paranoid delusions” and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her. Police said Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, a former tech industry…… MORE
Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI to bring characters like Mickey Mouse and Luke Skywalker to the AI company’s Sora video tool. Announced on Thursday, this three-year licensing deal makes Disney the first major content partner for Sora. Fans can generate and share videos featuring over 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters.…… MORE
Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims’ families warned it could undo key safety reforms. The reforms stem from a deadly collision between an airliner and Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January, killing 67 people. The National Transportation Safety Board and senators on the Commerce…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s governing board unanimously approved the reappointment of nearly all of the Fed’s 12 regional bank presidents, a group that has come under scrutiny by the Trump administration. The regional bank presidents all serve five-year terms and are routinely approved by the Fed’s governing board. The approval has taken on…… MORE
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new lawsuit seeks to overturn the recent approval of an exploratory drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. It alleges that the program was improperly analyzed by the federal government and could harm caribou and important habitat areas. The lawsuit was filed Thursday by two conservation groups and Sovereign Iñupiat…… MORE