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Microsoft
organizationMicrosoft hires two executives from the company that created ChatGPT. Microsoft stock spiked 2%, raising its market cap to $2.81 trillion. Microsoft has invested around $13 million in OpenAI and holds a 49% stake.
Patrick Vallance
personSir Patrick Vallance rejects Sunak claim scientists were empowered during Covid. Prime Minister made remarks in an interview with The Spectator.
Javier Milei
personWith 86.6% of votes tallied, Milei had 55.95% and Massa 44.04%. The vote took place amid Milei's allegations of possible electoral fraud. Javier Milei has less than 20% in the Chamber of Deputies.
Sam Altman
personMicrosoft announces it has hired Sam Altman, the co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Altman was unexpectedly pushed out of the company days earlier in a corporate shakeup. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the pair are joining Microsoft "to lead a new advanced AI research team"
Ashley Dale
personAshley Dale, 28, was shot dead in her home in Old Swan, Merseyside. James Witham, 41, burst into her house and opened fire with a Skorpion machine gun. Miss Dale managed to get to the back garden but collapsed and died at the scene. Witham has been found guilty of murder by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court. Three other men – Joseph Peers, 29, Niall Barry, 26, and Sean Zeisz, 28 – have also been convicted of her murder. Sentencing will take place on Wednesday at 11am.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
personColombian pop star fined €7.3 million and given a three-year suspended prison sentence. 46-year-old’s settlement means she will avoid trial in Barcelona over charges she failed to pay €14.5 million in Spanish income tax. The fraud was committed between 2012 and 2014, a period in which Shakira claimed she was not a resident of Spain.
Sam Altman
personSam Altman won't be returning as OpenAI's CEO, according to a report. Altman has decided to walk away from negotiations -- at least for the time being. Emmett Shear, the co-founder of video streaming site Twitch, has been appointed interim CEO.
OpenAI
organizationChatGPT and OpenAI both reportedly down amid a flurry of company controversy. Comes as workers demand the return of Sam Altman, the CEO who pleaded with the company to return. Nearly every single employee at OpenAI has signed a letter saying they will quit.
Javier Milei
personPopulist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina's presidential election Sunday. Milei promised a dramatic shake-up to the state to deal with soaring inflation and rising poverty. The 53-year-old economist has drawn comparisons with former U.S. president Donald Trump.
Rosalynn Carter
personFormer First Lady Rosalynn Carter has died at the age of 96. Comes just days after the wife of former President Jimmy Carter was confirmed to have been moved into hospice care. Married for over 77 years, the Carters are the longest-married first couple in US history.
Travis Head
personAustralia beat India by six wickets in the Cricket World Cup final in Ahmedabad. Opener Travis Head hit 137, propelling Australia towards victory. Mitchell Starc took three wickets, while Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins picked two wickets each.
Rosalynn Carter
personFormer Vice President Al Gore praised Rosalynn Carter as a "remarkable leader" Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder eulogized the former first lady.
Max Verstappen
personRed Bull's Max Verstappen wins inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix. It's his 18th win in 21 starts this season. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez finish second and third.
Erling Haaland
personErling Haaland picked up an ankle injury in Norway's 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands on Thursday. Scotland are already assured of a place in the finals in Germany. City host Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday (12.30pm)
Mira Murati
personMira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, will take over as interim CEO. OpenAI announced the departure of co-founder and CEO, Sam Altman. Microsoft, a major investor in OpenAI, has reaffirmed its commitment to new leadership.
Charles Leclerc
personCharles Leclerc will start second on the grid after being handed a 10-place penalty. Lando Norris will only start 16th after failing to make it through Q1. First practice session had to be abandoned due to a loose drain cover. Lewis Hamilton finished P11 in qualifying.
SpaceX
organizationSpaceX lost both the booster and the spacecraft in a pair of explosions minutes into Saturday’s test flight in south Texas. The 397ft rocket is the largest and most powerful ever built. SpaceX has a $3 billion NASA contract to land astronauts on the lunar surface.
Taylor Swift
personSwift: ‘I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this’ Friday marked Swift’s first show in Rio de Janeiro. An estimated 1,000 fans fainted.
Elon Musk
personThe White House slammed X owner Elon Musk on Friday for supporting an antisemitic post on the social media platform this week. Musk responded to a post that said Jewish communities support "dialectical hatred against whites" by saying, "You said the actual truth"
Greg Brockman
personOpenAI co-founder and former chair Greg Brockman is also leaving the company. Mr Brockman and Sam Altman helped start OpenAI as a non-profit research laboratory.