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(Reuters) -A planned sale of OpenAI employee shares that would value the startup at about $86 billion on paper hangs in the balance after the sudden firing of CEO Sam Altman and a slew of top executive departures, the Information reported on Saturday. The tender offer, which Thrive Capital is leading, has not yet closed but has been in its final stages and was expected to be completed as soon […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 47 people on Saturday, medics said, while the U.N.’s Palestinian refugee agency said scores more had been killed and wounded at a school in the north sheltering displaced civilians. The latest bloodshed came after Israel again warned civilians to relocate as it girds for an onslaught against Hamas […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation members on Friday adopted new trade and investment principles that seek to boost environmental sustainability and social well-being after China dropped its objections to the U.S. proposal. The so-called “San Francisco Principles on Integrating Inclusivity and Sustainability into Trade and Investment Policy” are aimed at considering “economic, social and environmental dimensions in a balanced way” in APEC members’ policies. Here are […]

By David Lawder and David Brunnstrom SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Pacific Rim leaders showed divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Friday, although they pledged support for reform of the World Trade Organization. Days of meetings involving APEC ministers and leaders were dominated by a summit on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping […]

By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Russian drones hit infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in an overnight assault that caused power outages in more than 400 towns and villages in the south, southeast, and north of the country, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy congratulated the air force for shooting down what it said were 29 out of 38 Iranian-made Shahed drones in several Ukrainian regions between 8 p.m. (1800 […]

(Reuters) – Meta Platforms is breaking up its Responsible AI team that worked on understanding and preventing harms associated with the artificial intelligence technology it is developing, The Information reported on Saturday, citing an internal post. As the company diverts more resources to its generative AI work, most employees on the Responsible AI team will move to Meta’s generative AI team that was formed in February, the report added. Meta […]

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms is breaking up its Responsible AI team that worked on understanding and preventing harms associated with the artificial intelligence technology it is developing, The Information reported on Saturday, citing an internal post. As the company diverts more resources to its generative AI work, most employees on the Responsible AI team will move to Meta’s generative AI team that was formed in February, the report added. Meta did […]

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods will return to competitive action at the Hero World Championship, the 15-times major champion said on Saturday, in what will be his first PGA Tour start since undergoing ankle surgery in April. Woods, 47, is hosting the Nov. 30-Dec. 3 tournament in Albany, Bahamas which features six top-10 players in its 20-player field, including American world number one Scottie Scheffler. Woods did not play in a […]

YEREVAN (Reuters) -Wales’ hopes of qualifying automatically for Euro 2024 suffered a potentially critical blow as they were held to a 1-1 draw in their penultimate Group D match on Saturday. Robert Page’s side had recovered from a poor start to their qualifying campaign to reach a position where a win in Yerevan and at home to Turkey on Tuesday would have sent them to their fourth major tournament out […]