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☆ Jordanian arrested in Houston spoke about ‘martyrdom,’ made statements that support ‘killing individuals of particular religious faith,’ judge’s order says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | John Miller | Sabrina Shulman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Details, including the specific target, time or place for the gathering, were not immediately clear in the court documents. Abuayyash applied for asylum in the US after his nonimmigrant visa expired in 2019, according to the affidavit. He’s authorized to work in the US until August 2025, and is not allowed to “possess or use firearms or ammunition,” it states. Abuayyash was “plotting to attack a Jewish gathering,” a law enforcement source told CNN. This headline has been updated to attribute a quote to the judge’s order.

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☆ Cats have 276 different facial expressions, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In a study published in the journal Behavioural Processes last month, two US scientists counted 276 different facial expressions when domesticated cats interacted with one another. Both researchers assessed the differences in expression with a coding system designed specifically for cats, called the cat Facial Action Coding System, and looking at the number and types of facial muscle movements. The study added that muscle movements associated with biological processes such as breathing and yawning were not included. “Our hope is to expand our sample size to include cats living in other locations…looking at the facial expressions of cats living in multi-cat homes, feral colonies” and so on, Florkiewicz said. Another goal for the future is to conduct a follow-up study to determine what more of the expressions mean, she added.

Persons: you’ve, Brittany Florkiewicz, Chris Winsor, Florkiewicz, Lauren Scott, Scott Organizations: CNN, Lyon College in, Getty, University of Kansas Medical, University of California Locations: Lyon College in Arkansas, Los Angeles

Lewiston police shared images of a man walking into what appears to be a bowling alley holding a high-powered, assault-style rifle. Our prayers go out to all those working to stop further loss of life,” Lewiston Public Schools said in a post. People ran out of bowling alleyLaw enforcement officers stand with rifles outside Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday. Arel and her daughter saw officers patting people down as they came out of the bowling alley, she said. Androscoggin County Sheriff's office• 10:18 p.m.: Lewiston City Councilor Robert McCarthy tells CNN the death toll was at 22 people killed.

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☆ An Al Jazeera journalist learned his family had been killed while on the air. It offered the world a glimpse of the horrors in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Al Jazeera is grieving. The Qatari-funded news network said Wednesday that an Israeli air strike had killed the family of its Gaza bureau chief, Wael Al-Dahdouh — a devastating reality that Dahdouh learned on-air while reporting on the Israel-Hamas war. Dahdouh, overcome with emotion, was seen kneeling before the body of his 15-year-old son, Mahmoud, who Al Jazeera reported had hoped to grow up to become a journalist like his father. Dahdouh’s visible pain, and unimaginable grief, offered the world a glimpse of the horrors taking place each day in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict. “He didn’t leave Gaza City,” Elsayed said.

Persons: CNN —, Jazeera, Wael Al, Dahdouh, Al Jazeera, Mahmoud, Clarissa Ward, Salma Abdelaziz, Al, Youmna Elsayed, didn’t, ” Elsayed, “, ‘, ’, ” Organizations: CNN, Qatari, Al Jazeera Media Network, Israel Defense Forces, Al Locations: Gaza, Israel, PKGs, Al Jazeera, Gaza City

☆ What’s next for the auto strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Chris Isidore | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But the strike at the company isn’t quite over, and there’s no immediate end in sight for the strikes at General Motors and Stellantis. And pay increases will be even greater for some workers who were being paid at a lower pay tier. Generally union members do not return to work when a tentative agreement is reached until after a ratification vote is concluded. The Mack Trucks deal also had double-digit pay hikes of 10% immediately and 20% over the four-year life of that contract. But it didn’t have the COLA or some of the other gains the union achieved in the deal at Ford.

Persons: “, Ford, Isaiah Goddard, He’s, ”, Chuck Browning, Shawn Fain, “ We’re, John Deere, Mack Trucks, Fain, John Lawler Organizations: New, New York CNN, Ford, General Motors, United Auto Workers, Chrysler, CNN, UAW, Stellantis, GM, Management, Fortune, EV Locations: New York, Ypsilanti , Michigan, Ford

I said please kill her because it would be better than being kidnapped,” Ovadia, 38, told CNN on Wednesday. He is one of many Israelis returning home from abroad as their country’s long-running conflict with Hamas escalates into a war not seen on this scale for a generation. But he abandoned those plans on Saturday when he learned of Hamas’ attack while in a mountain village in Nepal. Ilan FisherIlan Fisher, 29, is another Israeli expecting to be called up for reserve duty, he told CNN on Wednesday. “Being here is a lot more comforting than being away,” she told CNN.

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☆ ADL leader slams corporation's response to terror attacks on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt slammed Corporate America’s response to the terror attacks on Israel as “disappointing at best, disastrous at worst.”“We have arguably the most vibrant commercial sector on the planet. Where were you when your Jewish employees needed you?” Greenblatt said of the CEOs. Greenblatt credited JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri and other executives who condemned the terror attacks and pledged solidarity with the people of Israel. “In America, your Jewish employees are dealing with something that is qualitatively and quantitatively different than any time in living memory. “This is not just some far-off conflict – though that would be enough for CEOs to speak out,” Greenblatt said.

Persons: Jonathan Greenblatt, ” Greenblatt, “, George Floyd, Izzat, Greenblatt, Chase, Jamie Dimon, Antonio Neri, ” Dimon, ” Kathryn Wylde, Martin Luther King, Jr, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Defamation, CNN, ADL, Israeli Defense Forces, Hamas, Wednesday, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, US Chamber of Commerce, Business, “, World Trade, Partnership, Companies, Accenture, Adidas, Eagle, NASCAR, NBA, New York Locations: New York, Israel, Kfar Aza, Israeli, York, New York City, United States, France, United Kingdom

☆ Israeli police arrest five following uproar over Jews spitting on Christians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Kareem Khadder | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Jerusalem CNN —Israel Police arrested five people Wednesday on suspicion of spitting towards Christians or churches in the Old City of Jerusalem, they announced, following an uproar a day earlier over Orthodox Jews spitting at Christian pilgrims. Four of the suspects were arrested for incidents on Wednesday, and one for an incident earlier in the week, police said. One of the individuals was arrested on assault charges, and the other four were arrested on suspicion of unlawful disorderly conduct, Israel Police told CNN. One of the arrests is connected to the viral video from Monday of ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on Christian pilgrims carrying a cross out of the Church of the Flagellation in the Old City, police said. The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the spitting was part of a wider problem that leads to physical violence.

Persons: Father Matteo, Jesus, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Doron Turgeman, ” Turgeman, Israel’s, Rabbi David Lau Organizations: Jerusalem CNN — Israel Police, Israel Police, CNN, ”, Palestinian Authority Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem Police Locations: Jerusalem, Old City, Old, Israel

Bangkok, Thailand CNN —A teen suspected of shooting two people dead at an upscale shopping mall in Thailand has been charged with six counts including premeditated murder, police told CNN Wednesday. The 14-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday shortly after the shooting rampage at the busy Siam Paragon mall in central Bangkok’s bustling commercial and tourist district. Thai Police General Torsak Sukvimol told reporters Tuesday the suspect “surrendered himself” after the shooting and still had ammunition when he was apprehended. Staff repair the glass doors of a furniture store where a 14-year-old suspect was apprehended after a shooting rampage in Bangkok. And the shooting of Chinese victims in downtown Bangkok may make some tourists think twice about traveling to Thailand.

Persons: Thailand CNN —, Kanchana Patarachoke, General Nakarin Sukhonthawit, ” Nakarin, Nakarin, Lauren DeCicca, ”, Torsak Sukvimol, “, Thanamorn Noonart, Thanamorn, ” Thanamorn, Bangkok’s Pathum, “ it’s, Jack Taylor, Torsak, Lillian Suwanrumpha, Thailand ”, Srettha Thavisin, ” Srettha, Srettha Organizations: Thailand CNN, CNN, Siam Paragon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Police, ” Police, Thai Police, Rajavithi Hospital, Video, Thai, Getty, Staff, Tourism Authority of, Survey, SAS, Institute for Health Metrics, University of Washington’s Locations: Bangkok, Thailand, Siam, Myanmar, Laos, Pathum Wan, Nakhon Ratchasima, Bangkok’s, Bangkok’s Pathum Wan, Thai, AFP, China, Southeast Asia, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Cambodia, Weibo, Switzerland, Philippines, Nong Bua Lamphu

CNN —Following Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster as House speaker, names have started to emerge as possible successors to take over the gavel. Jordan replied “yes,” when asked if he is running for speaker and said he had just talked to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the No. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/FILELouisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, who serves as House majority leader, announced on Wednesday his intention to succeed McCarthy. As he exited a GOP meeting, he told reporters, “Steve Scalise has been a friend for a long time. Kevin HernRep. Kevin Hern leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

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CNN —Armenian soccer player Henrikh Mkhitaryan has called on international leaders to “stand up against ethnic cleansing” in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The region has its own de facto government that is backed by Armenia, but is not officially recognized by Armenia or any other country. The latest figures mean that more than one-third of the region’s roughly ethnic Armenians have left Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia. The blockade prevented the import of food, fuel and medicine to Nagorno-Karabakh, prompting fears that residents were being left to starve. The closure of the Lachin corridor has also prevented international organizations and foreign media from accessing Nagorno-Karabakh.

Persons: Henrikh Mkhitaryan, “, Mkhitaryan, Ilham Aliyev, Nikol Pashinyan Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Inter Milan, Cross, Criminal Court, Manchester United, Arsenal, Europa League, Karabakh, Reuters Locations: Armenian, Nagorno, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, Baku, Russian, Russia

CNN —Germany announced Wednesday that it is ramping up its border controls with neighboring Poland and the Czech Republic to “limit human trafficking,” as the country faces fierce debate on its migration policy while asylum applications surge. Police will carry out “additional flexible checks and mobile controls along the smuggling routes at the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told the press. The announcement came as the interior minister raised the possibility of implementing fixed controls along the borders with its two eastern neighbors this week. Until now, the southern state of Bavaria on the Austrian border was the only part of Germany with stationary border controls, a legacy of the 2015-2016 migration crisis when Europe’s leading economy took in over a million refugees. “We are fighting to keep internal border controls open within the European Union.

Persons: CNN —, Nancy Faeser, Lisi Niesner, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s, Faeser, Italy –, Berlin’s, ” Alexander Handschuh, Handschuh, Angela Merkel’s Organizations: CNN, Police, ”, Immigration, Scholz’s Social Democratic Party, European Union, Office, Migration, Refugees, German Federal Police, German Association of Towns Locations: Poland, Czech Republic, Czech, Bavaria, Austrian, Germany, Polish, Forst, Hesse, Italy, Berlin, –, Brussels, “, Ukraine, Municipalities

Paris/London CNN —Two of the largest retail chains in France have announced they will forego all profit on fuel sales, yielding to government pressure to sell gasoline and diesel at cost. “From September 29, the 750 service stations of Leclerc hypermarkets will be selling petrol ‘at cost price’ every day. This, of course, means with no profit,” Michel-Edouard Leclerc, president of the E. Leclerc group, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Tuesday. Making zero or very little profit on fuel sales may be new for French retailers but their US counterparts have been doing it for years. Gasoline sales at the warehouse clubs are an important part of their business and draw customers inside.

Persons: Leclerc hypermarkets, ” Michel, Edouard Leclerc, Leclerc, Emmanuel Macron, “, ” Leclerc, ” Organizations: London CNN, Carrefour, CNN, US, Costco, BJ’s Wholesale, Sam’s Locations: Paris, London, France

☆ Saudi crown prince says normalization with Israel gets 'closer' every day
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN —Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) said that his country was moving “closer” each day toward reaching a normalization deal with Israel, the first time he has publicly acknowledged the process. We’re gonna see how it goes.”The Biden administration has for several months been in talks with Saudi Arabia on the matter, according to US officials. Saudi Arabia has been strengthening its ties with China as Washington’s rivalry with the Asian nation heats up. “We are the biggest buyer of American armored manufacturing,” he said, adding that Saudi Arabia is “critical” to US arms exports. Saudi Arabia is in the process of changing laws to make them “more realistic” for Saudis, he said.

Persons: UAE CNN — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, ”, Biden, don’t, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Fox News ’ Brett Baier, ” BRICS, BRICS, Jamal Khashoggi, Khashoggi Organizations: UAE CNN — Saudi Arabia’s Crown, Fox News, Saudi, MBS, ”, West Bank, Wednesday, CNN, Fox, White, America, CIA Locations: Abu Dhabi, UAE, Israel, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, ”, Iran, Tehran, China, Beijing, Gulf, America, Arabia, West, Russia, Istanbul

☆ $10,000 bill from Great Depression era sells for $480,000 at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A rare $10,000 bill dating back to the Great Depression has sold for $480,000 at auction. Issued in 1934, the Federal Reserve note was certified by Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) and was Exceptional Paper Quality (EPQ) graded, according to Dallas-based auction house Heritage Auctions. A rare 1899 double eagle $20 gold coin featuring a portrait of the head of Liberty topped the Coins auction. Heritage AuctionsTopping the house’s parallel coins auction was a rare 1899 double eagle $20 gold coin featuring a portrait of the head of Liberty. Only 84 coins of its kind were issued, and only about 30 are thought to still be around, according to the auction house.

Persons: Lincoln’s, Salmon, “, ”, Dustin Johnston, ” Johnston, Todd Imhof Organizations: CNN, Money Guaranty, Treasury, Heritage, Federal, Museum of American Finance, US, of Engraving, Liberty Locations: Dallas, Boston

☆ Danilo Cavalcante: Escaped Pennsylvania killer has been captured. Here's what happens next
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —The convicted murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison late last month is once again behind bars, now facing additional charges, after a nearly two-week manhunt that captured national attention and put the surrounding community on edge. Officers escort Danilo Cavalcante from a Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Avondale on Wednesday. “He said the law enforcement presence where he was, was immense and he felt that he needed to leave,” Clark said. “Three times, he described that law enforcement officials almost stepped on him within 7 or 8 yards,” Clark said. Prosecutors say Cavalcante stabbed Brandão 38 times in front of her two young children in Pennsylvania in April 2021.

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Seoul, South Korea CNN —A jet ski rider detained by South Korea for allegedly entering the country illegally is a prominent Chinese dissident who rode hundreds of miles across the sea to escape from China, activists say. The man, who is in his 30s, was apprehended August 16 near Incheon, on South Korea’s west coast near to the capital Seoul, the Incheon Coast Guard said in a news release Sunday. He is suspected of traveling from China’s eastern Shandong province, which lies about 400 kilometers (250 miles) across the Yellow Sea from Incheon. Upon arrival in South Korea, he got stuck on the muddy shore and had to call an emergency line for help, the release said. Lee Dae-seon, an activist working with Dialogue China and based in South Korea, said Kwon had been sentenced to jail and released in March 2019.

Persons: Kwon Pyong, Kwon, Xi Jinping, “, ”, Lee Dae, Lee, “ Kwon, ” Lee Organizations: South Korea CNN, South, Incheon Coast Guard, CNN, Iowa State University, House, Freedom, Dialogue Locations: Seoul, South Korea, China, Incheon, South Korea’s, Shandong, United States, Dialogue China

CNN cannot independently verify if the photographs, social media accounts and the homes addresses being posted actually belong to the grand jurors. However, the names being circulated on these sites appear to match the names of at least 13 of the 26 grand jurors that served on the panel in Fulton County. It’s unclear if those names are the actual grand jurors or just people with the same name. Also, on some forums, users are posting multiple social media profiles of different people who have the same name as some of the grand jurors. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference at the Fulton County Government building on August 14, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Persons: Donald Trump, Daniel J, Jones, Hillary Clinton’s, Fani Willis, Joe Raedle, Ben Decker, Willis, Trump Organizations: CNN, Advance Democracy, Trump, Fulton, Fulton County Government, “ Locations: Fulton, Fulton County, Washington, Atlanta , Georgia, Atlanta

☆ Rust shooting: Charges against Alec Baldwin could be refiled as forensic report shows trigger on gun used in shooting had to be pulled
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jamiel Lynch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

At the time, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis said Baldwin could still face culpability and charges could be refiled. “The charges against Alec Baldwin were dismissed without prejudice because a possible malfunction of the gun significantly affects causation with regard to Baldwin, not with regard to Gutierrez. If it is determined that the gun did not malfunction, charges against Mr. Baldwin will proceed. When reached by CNN Wednesday, Morrissey said charges against Baldwin are still being considered and a final decision had not been made. According to the report attached to Gutierrez Reed’s motion, the experts say the trigger was in fact pulled on the weapon, which Baldwin has consistently denied.

Persons: Alec Baldwin, “, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza, Baldwin, CNN’s, Kari Morrissey, Jason Lewis, Gutierrez, Morrissey Organizations: CNN, Forensic Science Services, CNN Wednesday, Science Services, FBI Locations: Arizona, Mexico

On Tuesday they first saw flames under half a mile from their home, and when winds picked up, the fire suddenly was in their yard, Mark Stefl told CNN on Wednesday. While there’s enough shelter for an emergency response for a few days, “there’s not enough shelter for long term living,” the governor told CNN. • Hospitals overwhelmed: Hospitals on Maui were overwhelmed with burn patients and people suffering from smoke inhalation, Luke told CNN Wednesday. Fire burned buildings near Dickenson Street in Lahaina, Maui, on Tuesday. “I am told my house is gone, but we are not yet allowed access to West Maui,” he said.

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☆ Niger: US State Department orders evacuation of non-emergency personnel
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The US State Department on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family members from Niger following last week’s military takeover. Subsequent events have severely limited flight options,” the State Department said in an updated travel advisory. “We’re working really, really hard to see if we can turn this around,” a senior State Department official said Monday. On Tuesday, however, the US Embassy in Niger asked Americans who are in the country and wish to leave to register with the US State Department. The State Department created a similar form in the midst of deadly violence in Sudan, when scores of Americans were in need of assistance to depart the country.

Persons: Mohamed Bazoum, “, Matt Miller, ”, ” Miller, Kathleen FitzGibbon, Miller Organizations: CNN, US State Department, Wednesday, “, State Department, Department, Embassy, Nigerien, Nigerien Party for Democracy and, Getty, CNN Wednesday, The State Department Locations: Niger, Embassy Niamey, ”, U.S, Niamey, AFP, West, Sahel, Africa, Mali, Burkina Faso, United States, Nigerien, Sudan, France, Italy

☆ Homelessness in England has reached a 25-year high by this measure
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England has hit its highest level since at least 1998, according to official data. Local authorities in England have a duty to provide accommodation for households that have become “unintentionally homeless.” While authorities process a household’s application for housing, they often provide temporary accommodation. “The majority of households in temporary accommodation have been placed under the main homelessness duty,” the housing department says in its definition of temporary accommodation. In addition, there were almost 38,000 households at risk of becoming homeless, broadly unchanged from the first quarter of 2022. The figure refers to homes in England, the department told CNN Wednesday.

Persons: —, “, Matt Downie, they’re Organizations: London CNN, Local, National Housing Federation, Scotland’s Heriot, Watt University, National, Building Council, CNN Locations: England, United Kingdom, —, Scotland, Wales

☆ Shopify calculator shows how much unnecessary meetings really cost the company
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Shopify, a Canadian e-commerce company, rolled out its Meeting Cost Calculator internally Wednesday as part of ongoing efforts to encourage emptier calendars. By getting rid of even three meetings a week per person, Shopify estimates it will see a 15% reduction in overall costs. Shopify wants to make it easy for other businesses to see how much pointless meetings are costing them, which is why the company is rolling out its Shopify Meeting Cost Calculator Chrome extension today. “[W]e have seen meeting creep seep back in and we needed to take immediate action,” the company wrote in the internal note this week. “The Meeting Cost Calculator is here to challenge the status quo, nudging us to reconsider meeting necessity and explore more creative collaboration methods,” the company wrote.

Persons: Shopify Organizations: New, New York CNN, Google, CNN Locations: New York

☆ Indian CEO of Dukaan replaced 90% of staff with an AI chatbot
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The average time taken to resolve a customer’s issue also dropped by almost 98% when they interacted with the chatbot, he tweeted. Shah said the job cuts were “tough” but “necessary.”Shah told CNN Wednesday that the 23 layoffs were made in September. By introducing the technology, the company has cut the cost of its customer support function by about 85%, Shah said. Shah told CNN that he believed “in a future where AI and humans work together, each doing what they do best,” and that he was exploring opportunities to use AI in work involving graphic design, illustration and data science. AI fearsThe news of the layoffs comes as fears that AI will result in mass job losses have escalated eight months after Open AI released its AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT to the public.

Persons: Shah, ” Shah, “, Dukaan, ChatGPT Organizations: London CNN, Summit Shah, Twitter, CNN, Organisation for Economic Cooperation, Development, OECD Locations: Bangalore

☆ OpenAI lawsuit: Maker of ChatGPT sued over alleged data usage
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —OpenAI, the company behind the viral ChatGPT tool, has been hit with a lawsuit alleging the company stole and misappropriated vast swaths of peoples’ data from the internet to train its AI tools. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a California federal court, claims that OpenAI secretly scraped “massive amounts of personal data from the internet,” according to the complaint. Microsoft, a major investor into OpenAI, was also named as a defendant in the suit and did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It also seeks payments of “data dividends” as financial compensation to people whose information was used to develop and train OpenAI’s tools. OpenAI publicly launched ChatGPT late last year, and the tool immediately went viral for its ability to generate compelling, human-sounding responses to user prompts.

Persons: CNN — OpenAI, OpenAI, “, ”, Timothy K, Giordano Organizations: CNN, Microsoft, Clarkson Locations: California, OpenAI

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