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Caitlin Kalinowski, a hardware executive who joined OpenAI from Meta in 2024 and leads its robotics division, said she is resigning from the company.In a post on X on Saturday, Kalinowski criticized OpenAI’s recent deal with the Pentagon.”AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got,” she wrote.She called her resignation a matter of principle, and said she still deeply respects OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the team and is proud of their robotics work.In response to a request…

Caitlin Kalinowski, a hardware executive who joined OpenAI from Meta in 2024 and leads its robotics division, said she is resigning from the company. Loading audio narration… In a post on X on Saturday, Kalinowski criticized OpenAI’s recent deal with the Pentagon.”AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got,” she wrote.She called her resignation a matter of principle, and said she still deeply respects OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the team and is proud of their robotics work.In…

OpenAI has delayed the launch of “adult mode,” a ChatGPT feature that will give verified adult users access to erotica and other adult content. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first announced the feature in October, writing, “In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.” The launch had already been delayed once, from December — when Altman reportedly sent an internal memo declaring a “code red” and calling for teams to focus on the core ChatGPT experience — until the…

As clocks march ahead and daylight saving time begins, there can be anxiety around losing an hour of sleep and how to adjust to this change.Usually an hour seems like an insignificant amount of time, but even this minimal loss can cause problems. There can be significant health repercussions of this forcible shift in the body clock.Springing forward is usually harder that falling backward. Why?The natural internal body clock rhythm in people tends to be slightly longer than 24 hours, which means that every day we tend to delay our sleep schedules. Thus, “springing forward” goes against the body’s natural…

Lynette Pino watched in February as news about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie seemed endless. But she decided she didn’t want to get consumed by it.Pino has something in common with NBC “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie’s family: Her son, Darian Nevayaktewa, remains missing, too, nearly 18 years after leaving home before a new school year to see his father in Arizona.“I could see in their faces that they want answers,” said Pino, 58, from Tesuque Pueblo in New Mexico. “What’s the next step? What can we do? It’s how I feel. There are no answers. I just pray for them…

Debi Weiss was annoyed but not concerned when she started feeling weak and out of breath in January 2024. She thought it was a case of the flu.As the weeks passed, the Pilates instructor’s symptoms worsened. Weiss could no longer walk her dog. She was exhausted all the time. Worst of all, she could barely breathe.Finally, she saw her primary care provider in March 2024. A test suggested she might have an aggressive form of cancer called diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood tests and a biopsy confirmed the diagnosis.”It was a bit of a shock,” Weiss said. “It was very…

Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya said he can’t believe how much his software startup is spending on AI. Loading audio narration… “Our costs have more than tripled since November of 25,” Palihapitiya said during an episode of the “All-In Podcast” posted on Friday. “Between the inference cost that we pay AWS, which is ginormous, between our cost with Cursor, between Anthropic, we are just spending millions.”Palihapitiya said 8090, which he started with “the goal of replacing/rewriting all the legacy software in the world,” is trending toward spending $10 million a year on AI costs. His concern about ballooning bills comes as…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gautami Nadkarni, 33, who lives in New Jersey. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… In 2024, six years into my time at Google, I started questioning myself.I joined as a customer engineer in the Google Cloud org in 2018. My job was to design scalable cloud solutions that would help Google’s enterprise customers manage their data and operations. At the time, cloud computing was the thing everyone in the industry was talking about.By 2023 and 2024, AI was cropping up more in my projects and…

Alphabet’s chief executive just got a new equity pay package that, for the first time, ties a chunk of his payout to Waymo, the company’s robotaxi service. Loading audio narration… In an SEC filing posted on Friday, the company awarded CEO Sundar Pichai a three-year equity cycle that could be worth up to $692 million if the CEO meets the board’s performance targets.Much of the package remains unchanged from the CEO’s 2022 award, according to the filing. The new incentives revolve around the value of two of Alphabet’s “Other Bets”: Waymo and Wing Aviation, a drone delivery service.According to the…

BRONKHORSTSPRUIT, South Africa (AP) — At the command of a female instructor, a line of girls and women, some wearing pink ear protectors, shoot five rounds at a target with 9 mm pistols as they undergo firearm training at a range in the agricultural town of Bronkhorstspruit just outside South Africa’s capital, Pretoria.The group, some as young as 13 and others up to 65, are looking for ways to protect themselves in a country where gender-based violence is such a critical problem that it was declared a national disaster by the government in November.“Check your grip, check your line of…