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Who is Ethan Shaotran? DOGE member who dropped out of Harvard to serve his country, says ‘most campus hates me now’

Ethan Shaotran, a Harvard student and AI researcher, has made headlines after dropping out of college to serve in the US government under President Donald Trump. Shaotran is now part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, where he works alongside a team of six young engineers, most between the ages […]

OpenAI is said to be working on X-like platform

OpenAI is working on its own X-like social media network, the Verge reported, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter. There is an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that has a social feed, the report said.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been privately asking outsiders for feedback about the project, which is still in […]

‘Delete all IP laws’: Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk as AI giants face copyright heat

Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk (AP photos) Two of Silicon Valley’s most influential figures, Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk, on Friday called for the abolition of all intellectual property (IP) laws. Dorsey posted “Delete all IP laws” on X, to which Musk replied, “I agree.”Their remarks come amid rising global backlash against AI companies over […]

OpenAI sues Elon Musk over ‘malicious attacks’ and ‘fake’ takeover bid

OpenAI filed a lawsuit against billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday, alleging that he has deliberately tried to harm the company through a mix of public criticism, legal threats, and business manoeuvres. The lawsuit, submitted to a federal court that had recently blocked Musk’s attempt to challenge OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit model, furthers the ongoing […]

‘An insult to life itself’: Hayao Miyazaki’s scathing take on AI resurfaces amid ChatGPT’s Ghibli craze

Old video of its co-founder Hayao Miyazaki saying AI-generated animation was an “insult to life itself” is going viral. OpenAI’s latest image generator has unleashed a flood of Studio Ghibli-style portraits across social media, but a resurfaced clip of Japanese animator and Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki condemning AI art is reigniting a heated debate on […]

Ghibli Founder Hayao Miyazaki On AI-Generated Art

New Delhi: If you have been active on social media, particularly X, in the last 24 hours, it may give you the impression that it’s a Studio Ghibli world, and we are living in it. It all has come about, courtesy of OpenAI’s latest image-generation update on ChatGPT. And while people reimagine themselves in the […]

Ben Stiller, Paul McCartney and more than 400 Hollywood celebrities send complaint letter against Google, OpenAI to the US government

More than 400 Hollywood celebrities, including the Severance director and Zoolander actor Ben Stiller, actor Mark Ruffalo, and singer-songwriter Paul McCartney, have submitted an open letter to the President Donald Trump administration opposing efforts by OpenAI and Google to weaken copyright protections for artificial intelligence (AI) training.The letter, sent to the White House Office of […]