Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. Carlos Barria | Reuters A wide swath of Silicon Valley has hitched its hopes and fortunes over the past few years to the kind of generative artificial intelligence technologies that OpenAI helped popularize. Many
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Strong winds and staff shortages have led to temporary flight restrictions at the UK’s busiest airport causing passenger delays. National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said it was working to minimise disruption at Heathrow caused by weather conditions and short notice absences in the tower. Passengers have been encouraged to check with their airline for information
Jeremy Hunt will this week pledge to review the rules governing payment authentication in what he will describe as a post-Brexit crackdown on fraud. Sky News understands that the chancellor will signal in Wednesday’s autumn statement that the government will seek to repeal EU legislation and replace it with new rules overseen by the City
An MP found guilty of racial abuse has announced he will stand down at the next election. Bob Stewart, who has represented the London constituency of Beckenham since 2010, revealed his decision in a brief statement on X, formerly Twitter, which made no reference to the recent court case. Following his conviction, the 74-year-old surrendered
Sam Altman, the deposed chief of tech firm OpenAI, is reportedly in talks to return less than three days after the board sacked him. Altman, one of the co-founders of OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, was dismissed on Friday. OpenAI said the move followed a “deliberative review process by the board”, which concluded Mr Altman “was
Tickets to next year’s Glastonbury Festival have sold out in under an hour in the face of overwhelming demand. It will leave many seeking to attend the world-famous music event in Somerset disappointed. Standard tickets went on general release at 9am on Sunday. In a post to X, formerly Twitter, at 9.57am, organisers wrote: “Tickets
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Gaza has lost its largest hospital. Al Shifa has been the beating heart of the strip’s medical infrastructure for almost eight decades, but now is “basically not functioning”, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Thirty-two babies still in hospital ‘death zone’ – live updates The WHO’s findings pose some very difficult questions for Israel
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says “everything is on the table” when it comes to tax cuts in this week’s autumn statement. Speaking to Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Mr Hunt said his speech on Wednesday would focus on growth, and pledged to “remove the barriers that stop businesses growing”. Politics live: Chancellor facing questions
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An aerial view of a crude oil storage facility is seen on May 4, 2020 in Cushing, Oklahoma. Johannes Eisele | Afp | Getty Images U.S. crude prices fell nearly 4% on Thursday as inventories rose while industrial production fell. The West Texas Intermediate December contract fell $3.06, or 3.99%, to $73.61 a barrel while
The Shifa Hospital in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is a “death zone” with a mass grave at the entrance and a “desperate” situation inside, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. A team of UN and WHO experts conducted a “high-risk operation” on Saturday to get inside the hospital, despite heavy fighting reported to be
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, attends a U.S. Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2023. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Meta has disbanded its Responsible AI division, the team dedicated to regulating the safety
There will be a lot of positive talk from the chancellor when he delivers his autumn statement on Wednesday, but this will be a fiscal event full of illusory gains. The government is on track to borrow less than previously forecast, which will give rise to a fantasy that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has more space
Taylor Swift has postponed a concert in Rio de Janeiro due to “extreme temperatures”. The heat index, which combines temperature and humidity, reached 59.7 degrees Celsius in the Brazilian city on Saturday. In addition, a fan died before Swift’s show on Friday, leaving her “devastated”. Ana Clara Benevides, 23, became unwell and later died in
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The Hamas-run health ministry has claimed at least 50 people have been killed in an Israeli attack on a school in northern Gaza. The ministry claimed Israel attacked the UN-run al Fakhoura school, in Jabalia refugee camp, with at least 32 people killed in a separate attack on another building in the same camp, as
A Russian-chartered oil tanker in the sea off Morocco in an area identified by maritime technology company Windward as a hub for smuggling oil. Europa Press | Getty Images The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced three vessels and shipping companies being sanctioned for violating the Russian oil sanctions on
The Formula One world champion has compared this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix to the fifth tier of English football, while suggesting fans just want to get “s***-faced”. Max Verstappen will start from second on the grid on Sunday after being outpaced by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the first Sin City race in 40 years.
Two people have been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a dog attack in North Wales. Officers went to an address in the Rhoshirwaun area, near Pwllheli, just before 11.30am yesterday. Two other people suffered minor injuries. The dog has been destroyed, but the breed has not yet been established. A vet will be