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☆ States have been eliminating taxes on period products for years. Here’s where you'll still pay them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Aria Bendix | Joe Murphy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Texas was the most recent: Since September, there has been no state sales tax on period products there. Over the last four decades, states with sales tax have been enacting laws that eliminate such taxes on menstrual products. Most states don't tax certain essential goods, such as grocery store produce, canned food and prescription medicines. "It's like, 'Do I spend money on gas to get to school or do I buy period products? In the future, states might also consider bills that make period products free in public restrooms, she added.

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☆ OpenAI executive resigns for better work-life balance: 'Anyone with young children and a super intense job can relate to that tension'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dave Willner, OpenAI's head of trust and safety, stepped down from his role. Dave Willner, the head of trust and safety OpenAI, announced on Thursday in a LinkedIn post that he is stepping down from his executive role at the company to prioritize his work-life balance. "OpenAI is going through a high-intensity phase in its development — and so are our kids," Willner wrote in his LinkedIn post. Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, rejects the phrase "work-life balance" all together, as it implies a trade-off between life and work. In the mean time, Mira Murati, OpenAI's chief technology officer, will "directly manage" the trust and safety team, the spokesperson said.

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☆ OpenAI’s head of trust and safety is stepping down
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —OpenAI’s head of trust and safety announced on Thursday plans to step down from the job. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for AI regulation during a Senate panel hearing in March. Willner’s exit comes as OpenAI continues to work with regulators in the United States and elsewhere to develop guardrails around fast-advancing AI technology. OpenAI was among seven leading AI companies that on Friday made voluntary commitments agreed to by the White House meant to make AI systems and products safer and more trustworthy. As part of the pledge, the companies agreed to put new AI systems through outside testing before they are publicly released, and to clearly label AI-generated content, the White House announced.

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☆ OpenAI's head of trust and safety steps down
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

STOCKHOLM, July 21 (Reuters) - OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner is leaving the company, he said in a LinkedIn post on Friday, citing the pressures of the job on his family life and saying he would be available for advisory work. Willner took over his role at OpenAI in February last year, after working at Airbnb and Facebook. He attributed his decision to quit to growing demands from his job affecting his family life. Microsoft-backed OpenAI, whose AI chatbot ChatGPT, has stormed the world, has said it depends on its trust and safety team to build "the processes and capabilities to prevent misuse and abuse of AI technologies". Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm and Fanny Potkin in Singapore; editing by Barbara LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dave Willner, OpenAI, Willner, I've, Supantha Mukherjee, Fanny Potkin, Barbara Lewis Organizations: OpenAI, Facebook, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: STOCKHOLM, Stockholm, Singapore

☆ The Race to Prevent ‘the Worst Case Scenario for Machine Learning’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Issie Lapowsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dave Willner has had a front-row seat to the evolution of the worst things on the internet. He started working at Facebook in 2008, back when social media companies were making up their rules as they went along. It didn’t take long in the job before Mr. Willner found himself considering a familiar threat. “I am not surprised that it was a thing that people would attempt to do,” Mr. Willner said. “But to be very clear, neither were the folks at OpenAI.”For all of the recent talk of the hypothetical existential risks of generative A.I., experts say it is this immediate threat — child predators using new A.I.

Persons: Dave Willner, Willner, Facebook’s, “ Hitler, OpenAI, Dall, Mr Organizations: Facebook Locations: San Francisco

"Saturday Night Live's" final show of 2022 doubled as a send-off for Cecily Strong, who exited amid her 11th season and as one of the longest-tenured female cast members. Amid speculation she would depart before the 48th season started in fall, Strong stayed on. Her original characters on the show included Cathy Anne, "Weekend Update" anchor Michael Che's chain-smoking neighbor, which she reprised Saturday in a goodbye sketch. "Actually, I’m a little emo here tonight because truth is I’m here to say goodbye," Cathy Anne said. Cecily Strong as Cathy Anne on "Saturday Night Live."

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