California is supplementing its traditional process of navigating public comments with AI, to do a better job of gathering actionable insight. Its model may inform similar engagement efforts by other governments.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has begun his testimony against Elon Musk in a high-profile jury trial in a California federal courtroom.
Altman, alongside OpenAI president Greg Brockman, is a primary defendant in the trial brought by Musk. Altman, Brockman, and Musk were all part of the initial founding team at OpenAI, with Musk investing up to $38 million in the ChatGPT-maker's early days. But the relationship between Musk and other OpenAI founders eventually soured, and Musk stepped away from the company, later going on to found his own direct competitor, xAI. In recent years, Musk and Altman have traded barbs and made a slew of allegations agains …
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Violent crypto thefts are rising globally as criminals target investors through kidnappings and home invasions. Federal prosecutors have charged three Tennessee men over a violent robbery spree tied to cryptocurrency thefts across California. Investigators said the group targeted victims in several cities and used force to gain access to crypto accounts and valuables. Court filings […]
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In brief Three Tennessee men were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy to commit robbery and kidnapping charges. The charges stem from an alleged cryptocurrency theft operation where conspirators forced victims at gunpoint to transfer millions in digital assets. One incident saw $6.5 million in cryptocurrency stolen at gunpoint, prosecutors said. Three Tennessee men have been federally indicted on robbery, kidnapping, and conspiracy charges related to an alleged multi-million dollar cryptocurrency theft operation targeting victims across California. According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Elijah Armstrong, Nino Chindavanh, and Jayden Rucker traveled from Tennessee to California and posed as delivery persons to gain access to victims’ residences in San Francisco, San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Los Angeles. Prosecutors said the men used firearm
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 09: Priyanka Chopra Jonas accepts the Global Vanguard award onstage during the Gold House 5th Annual Gold Gala at The Music Center on May 09, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Gold House) Getty Images for Gold House On Saturday night at the historic Music Center in Los Angeles, Gold House, the non-profit ecosystem platform and network for global Asian Pacific communities, hosted its fifth annual Gold Gala to honor Asian Pacific leaders and multicultural leaders across all industries – business, entertainment, tech, pop culture, media, non-profits. With over 650 in attendance, the Gold Gala celebrated its 2026 Gold100 List – the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders over the past year – and its Special Honorees. This year, the award-winning actress and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas received the inaug
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Your Favorite Toy becomes the first Foo Fighters album to miss the top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 30 years, since the band’s self-titled debut. INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 19: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Musician Dave Grohl, founding member of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters, performs onstage as a special guest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic during weekend 2, day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 19, 2025 in Indio, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella) Getty Images for Coachella Nirvana officially split in 1994 following the suicide of frontman and lead singer Kurt Cobain. One of the grunge outfit’s members, Dave Grohl, didn’t waste much time before he took on a new project, forming Foo Fighters that same year. Later in 1994, Grohl would write and record the entirety of the band’s self-titled debut, which was rel
Settlement, which includes no admission of wrongdoing, covers roughly 36m eligible devices in class-action lawsuit
Apple on Tuesday agreed to pay $250m to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of misleading millions of iPhone buyers by falsely touting artificial intelligence capabilities for its Siri voice assistant in late 2024.
Plaintiffs accused the California tech giant of having “promoted AI capabilities that did not exist at the time, do not exist now, and will not exist for two or more years” in order to boost iPhone sales, according to the suit. Apple’s more “personalized” version of Siri still has not been fully released despite its announcement nearly two years ago.
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