The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as “guided by PG-13 ratings,” saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ratings system. A lawyer on behalf of the MPA sent Meta Platforms a cease-and-desist letter asking the tech giant to “immediately…
During an interview on investor Brad Gerstner’s BG2 podcast, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman bristled at questions regarding the company’s enormous infrastructure spending commitments in the face of much smaller revenues. Altman turned a friendly interview with an OpenAI supporter into a tense exchange that has gone viral, a preview of OpenAI’s potential interactions with investors if…
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responded to criticism from Republicans that Democrats are using people as leverage by saying that the majority party has always negotiated to get 60 votes to avert a shutdown. Host Kaitlan Collins asked, “[Y]ou’ve talked about health care, obviously, for decades, and how it…
Clemson head coach Swinney was fined for his intense criticism of officials after a late-game defensive pass interference call that set Duke up for what would be a game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion that handed Swinney and the Tigers their fifth loss of the season. Despite the fine, Swinney doubled down on his criticism of…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman became visibly irritated when questioned about the company’s massive spending despite relatively small revenues during a recent podcast interview. The question, clearly a softball from a friendly interviewer designed to set him up for a strong answer, resulted in an angry Altman telling the host to sell his shares in the…
CNBC reports that in a significant move away from its previous reliance on Microsoft, OpenAI has entered into a multi-billion dollar agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to access the cloud provider’s vast computing infrastructure. The $38 billion deal, announced on Monday, marks one of OpenAI’s biggest steps towards diversifying its cloud partnerships and preparing…
Tuesday, during MSNBC’s election night coverage, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Democrats needed to take socialist New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s message “all over this country.” Sanders said, “What Zohran has done is made it clear that at a time when we have more income and wealth inequality than we’ve ever had, when the…
The NFL has suspended Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu without pay for one game after “repeated” violations of the league’s rule against hip-drop tackles. “#Commanders LB Frankie Luvu has been suspended without pay for one game for repeated violations of playing rules intended to protect the health and safety of players, including during Sunday’s game against…
An admin for the Serbian Wikipedia who holds “checkuser” privileges on that site, which grants him access to confidential user data, confirmed earlier this year that he has edited for pay, including on the English Wikipedia. Claiming he never misused his data access, the disclosure about his paid editing work has nonetheless sparked an ongoing…
The Team Trump social media accounts, led by X Strategies and its co-founder Alex Bruesewitz, garnered nearly a billion views in October alone across platforms and smoked the official Democrat accounts on TikTok and Instagram. The @TeamTrump account on TikTok pulled in 150 million views for the month, smashing the 88.7 million views accumulated by…
