John and Theresa Anderson meandered through the sprawling Ralph Lauren clothing store on Rodeo Drive, shopping for holiday gifts. They emerged carrying boxy blue bags. John scored quarter-zip sweaters for himself and his father-in-law, and his wife splurged on a tweed jacket for Christmas Day. βIβm going for quality over quantity this year,β said John,…
A new version of ChatGPT has arrived that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promises will have Ph.D-level smarts. OpenAI on Thursday announced the release of GPTβ5, which it calls its “smartest, fastest and most useful model yet.”Β The artificial intelligence company that brought the world ChatGPT says its latest version of the AI-powered chatbot will be…
βEverybody says [redacted] is saving pop. No, Joyce is saving pop,β a fan declares on a voice note at the outset of flowerovloveβs single βmuse.β Joyce CissΓ©, known by her artist moniker flowerovlove, is a breezy, deeply thoughtful and remarkably confident singer-songwriter from South London. Her discography leans into bubblegum pop, igniting the giddy teen…
One of the toughest decisions for Jared Honig came three years ago. Heβs a Granada Hills High graduate and was a teacher and girlsβ basketball coach at his alma mater βforever.β But he and his wife lived in Santa Clarita and just had a third child. So when the Valencia High girlsβ basketball coaching job…
In 2020, inside the clang-and-clatter of Neshoba Central Highβs powerlifting gym, Jarquez Hunterβs coach laid down a dare: squat 645 pounds on three counts. With a nod and quick coat of chalk, Hunter went to work. Challenges donβt faze him. At a Mississippi water company three years prior, Hunterβs co-workers coaxed him into a pickup…
Tim Cook, who has been with Apple for nearly three decades and has served as the company’s CEO for 15 years, will step down in September and stay on as chairman. The tech giant announced Monday who will replace Cook. Jo Ling Kent reports.
Bed Bath & Beyond is coming back to California less than a year after the companyβs chairman vowed it wouldnβt reopen in the Golden State. The home goods retailer will resurface through the rebranding of 98 The Container Store locations, including 12 storefronts in California, the company announced Thursday. Five locations are in Southern California,…
βRobloxβ faced a wave of new lawsuits this week that allege the popular gaming platform hasnβt done enough to safeguard kids from pedophiles and sexual content. One of the latest complaints, filed in a federal court in the Northern District of California, claims that a predator posed as a child on the platform and sexually…
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A new lawsuit filed against OpenAI alleges that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence app encouraged a 40-year-old Colorado man to commit suicide. The complaint filed in California state court by Stephanie Gray, the mother of Austin Gordon, accuses OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman of building a defective and dangerous product that led to Gordon’s death. Gordon,…