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☆ The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Contemporary works will be front and center in the coming season, the Metropolitan Opera announced on Wednesday, with four company premieres among its six new productions. It will be the fifth opera by Adams that the Met has presented, putting him in the same category as Tchaikovsky and Bellini. The lineup is part of the house’s efforts to attract new audiences by embracing contemporary operas, which are outselling many of the classics. The Met is still grappling with headwinds as it works to recover from the pandemic. In January, the company said it had withdrawn nearly $40 million in additional emergency funds from its endowment to help cover operating expenses.

Persons: Jeanine Tesori, George Brant, Moby, Dick, ”, Jake Heggie, Gene Scheer, “, Osvaldo Golijov, David Henry Hwang, “ Antony, Cleopatra, John Adams, Adams, Tchaikovsky, Bellini, Verdi’s, Aida ”, Strauss’s, Salome, Puccini’s, Simon McBurney Organizations: Metropolitan Opera, Met

NEW YORK (AP) — John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale,” the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission. “Great books are generally written by those who spend their careers and, indeed, their lives, learning and perfecting their crafts. The online giant is now asking writers who want to publish through its Kindle Direct Program to notify Amazon in advance that they are including AI-generated material. Amazon is also limiting authors to three new self-published books on Kindle Direct per day, an effort to restrict the proliferation of AI texts.

Persons: — John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, George R.R, Martin, OpenAI, David Baldacci, Sylvia Day, Jonathan Franzen, Elin Hilderbrand, Mary Rasenberger, Direwolves, Michael Chabon, David Henry Hwang, ”, Sarah Silverman, Paul Tremblay, “ Organizations: Authors, Amazon, Kindle Locations: New York, U.S, San Francisco, California

A Meta logo is seen on a beach during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, June 19, 2023. The authors said in the OpenAI case that works like books and plays are particularly valuable for AI language training as the "best examples of high-quality, long form writing." Meta and OpenAI were also sued for copyright infringement in July by a separate group of authors that includes comedian Sarah Silverman, part of a growing list of copyright cases against AI companies. Meta published a list of datasets used to train its first version of the Llama model, which it released in February. The company did not disclose training data for its latest version, Llama 2.

Persons: Eric Gaillard, Michael Chabon, Chabon, Tony, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Ayelet Waldman, Meta, Sarah Silverman, Blake Brittain, Katie Paul, David Bario, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Cannes Lions International, Creativity, REUTERS, Meta, Google, Thomson Locations: Cannes, France, San Francisco federal, Washington, New York

Those lawyers and representatives for OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday. The lawsuit is at least the third proposed copyright-infringement class action filed by authors against Microsoft-backed OpenAI. Companies, including Microsoft (MSFT.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Stability AI, have also been sued by copyright owners over the use of their work in AI training. OpenAI and other companies have argued that AI training makes fair use of copyrighted material scraped from the internet. The lawsuit requested an unspecified amount of money damages and an order blocking OpenAI's "unlawful and unfair business practices."

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Michael Chabon, Chabon, David Henry Hwang, Matthew Klam, Rachel Louise Snyder, Ayelet Waldman, ChatGPT, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, OpenAI, San, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Washington

☆ UK headline inflation rate drops sharply to 6.8% in July, in line with expectations
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In August, the Bank of England increased interest rates for the 14th time in a row. LONDON — U.K. headline inflation cooled sharply in July to an annual 6.8%, but the core consumer price index remained unchanged, posing a potential headache for the Bank of England. Analysts noted that the participation rate broadly held steady, while the employment rate declined, signaling a weakening in labor demand. U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt said the drop in headline inflation showed the government's action to tackle inflation is "working," but "we're not at the finish line." Cost-of-living crisis 'far from over'With headline inflation falling to 6.8% and wages growing at record pace, the U.K.'s prolonged cost-of-living crisis may be showing signs of abating, said David Henry, investment manager at Quilter Cheviot.

Persons: Jeremy Hunt, Hunt, David Henry, Henry, Suren, Thiru Organizations: Bank of England, LONDON, Reuters, National Statistics, Monetary, Analysts, Office, Finance, Institute of Chartered Accountants Locations: CPIH, Cheviot, England, Wales

☆ Here’s where to invest $100,000 right now, according to the pros
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"Bears in 2023 continue to be proven wrong — this has been one of the most hated rallies in recent memory. Given this uncertain backdrop, investors with a budget of $100,000 might be wondering where and how much to invest in each asset class. For those looking to invest $100,000, the CIO advised caution on allocating too much to stocks and bonds. He highlighted the Federal Reserve's restrictive monetary policy and said the impact of last year's interest rate hikes is "yet to be fully felt in the economy." The CIO is particularly bullish on real estate as he believes it offers a hedge against inflation.

Persons: Jeff Henriksen, James McManus, McManus, David Henry, Cheviot, Henry, we've, Ben Fraser, Fraser Organizations: Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, . Investment, UBS, Bears, Thorpe, CNBC, JPMorgan, CNBC Pro, Angels ETF, Aspen Funds, Investors, Estate Investment Locations: U.S, Real, Fraser

☆ Recent College Student Arrested in Three Stabbings in California Town
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Shawn Hubler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

He was a third-year, biological sciences student at U.C. It is unclear whether Mr. Dominguez knew any of the three victims, Chief Pytel said. Colloquially known as “the Compassion Guy,” Mr. Breaux had been stabbed “many, many times,” Chief Pytel said in a City Council meeting this week. Two days after that first attack, Karim Abou Najm, 20, a student majoring in computer science at U.C. Davis, was killed on a bike path after an altercation in a neighborhood park at 9:14 p.m. on Saturday.

☆ The F-22 is headed for retirement, but it's getting some major upgrades first
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That means the Raptor will be need some upgrades in order to maintain its aerial advantage. Among them were new stealthy underwing fuel tanks and associated pylons, missiles, and what could be new electronic warfare or infrared search-and-track (IRST) pods. Today, the Raptor has 600-gallon fuel tanks it can carry underwing, but these tanks reduce its observability to a degree. The new fuel tanks intended for the F-22 are meant to offset some of that reduction. An F-22 Raptor over McEntire Joint National Guard Base in November 2017.

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