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Altman unveils 'always-on' AI agent after OpenAI shelves another model over security concerns

AP News OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced a “remarkably capable, always-on” artificial intelligence agent at an appearance Tuesday, a day after the company halted the rollout of a more advanced model over security concerns.

At the company’s annual developer conference, Altman made a slew of product announcements and updates, including OpenAI's new agents, called Dots. The agents, designed to complete ongoing tasks proactively on behalf of users, are a competitor of Meta's personal agent Muse, which exploded in popularity after Meta's own conference last week.

Dot agents...
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Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife

AP News A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair.

Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, staged a home invasion in February after shooting his wife, Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach.

Flynn, who claimed his wife was killed by a burglar, could get up to life in prison without the chance of parole when he's sentenced on Monday.

Flynn closed his eyes, shook his head to the side and fought to maintain his composure as the judge read...
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Austin Riley's 3-run homer off Jhoan Duran rallies Braves past Phillies 5-3 in NLWCS opener

AP News ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley hit a three-run homer off All-Star closer Jhoan Duran in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Tuesday in the opener of a best-of-three National League Wild Card Series.

Duran (0-1), who allowed just two homers in 61 regular-season games, gave up a single to Michael Harris II before hitting Ozzie Albies with a pitch. Riley drove the go-ahead blast over the wall in right-center field. Harris had three hits.

The Braves can clinch the series on Wednesday and end the Phillies’ history of...
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New York Gov. Hochul pushes for investigation into Cornell's handling of a 2024 gang rape allegation

AP News New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday called for an investigation into Cornell University's response to a 2024 gang rape allegation in which a woman says she was sexually assaulted by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs.

The woman filed a lawsuit this month saying she was sexually assaulted at the Chi Phi fraternity house on Cornell's campus in October 2024. Her suit says the assault occurred after she was pressured into snorting ketamine, smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol, to the point where she was incapable of consenting to sex.

The woman...
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Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to 'self-police' AI development

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews of the technology during a meeting at the White House.

“I think I’m seeing tremendous self-policing. And they understand that they have to self-police,” Trump told reporters outside the West Wing.

The announcement followed an extensive meeting between Trump and numerous leading executives from top tech firms that are spending hundreds of billions of dollars...
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  • Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to 'self-police' AI development
  • Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife
  • Lindsay Clancy's lawyer now questions whether there is proof she killed her 3 children
  • Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs Trump policy
  • Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Mexico as heavy rains bring floods to US Southwest
  • Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer
  • Iran tells the US public that Trump's war has failed, and other Mideast developments
  • British police find no explosives but questions remain after arrests near a US-run military base
  • Woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s home is mentally fit for trial, judge says
  • Trump touts America.gov, but its government-sourced AI answers undercut many of his statements

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