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☆ Why it was so easy for OpenAI's board to fire Sam Altman, one of the most influential CEOs in tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

OpenAI's board of directors fired Sam Altman, the man behind ChatGPT, in a shock move on Friday. OpenAI's board announced Friday that Altman is out saying it "no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI." The board consisted of six people including OpenAI's president and cofounder Greg Brockman, OpenAI's chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, Adam D'Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner and Sam Altman himself. He pointed out that even CEOs are "at-will employees," at US companies, but that OpenAI's board "behaved like a bunch of kids" and "erratically" in this instance. Most of OpenAI's board members don't own shares in the company, including Sam Altman himself who chose not to take any equity in, which ultimately limited his power and influence.

Persons: Sam Altman, ChatGPT, OpenAI's, —, Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Adam D'Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Brockman, John Bates, It's, they've, Satya Nadella, Kara Swisher's, Bates, Marissa Mayer, X, Mayer, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, what's Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Cambridge University, Google, Meta Locations: British

☆ Microsoft exec says OpenAI employees can join with same compensation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on Tuesday offered to match compensation for the hundreds of employees at OpenAI who are threatening to resign following Sam Altman's sudden ouster as CEO. "Know that if needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation and advances our collective mission." But, the comment gives some clarity to what Microsoft is willing to pay employees and how many it would hire. Early Monday morning, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that Altman, Greg Brockman, who resigned as OpenAI's president, and their colleagues would join Microsoft as part of a new AI research group. More than 600 OpenAI employees then signed a letter to the company's board and threatened to join their former boss at Microsoft unless the members resigned.

Persons: Kevin Scott, Sam Altman's, Sam Altman, Scott, Altman, Satya Nadella, Greg Brockman, Nadella, Brockman, OpenAI, Emmett Shear, Ilya Sutskever —, — Adam D'Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Sutskever, Jordan Novet Organizations: Research, Microsoft, CNBC Locations: OpenAI

☆ X sues Media Matters over report about ads appearing next to Nazi posts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( David Ingram | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk's social media company, X, sued Media Matters for America and one of its staff members Monday over an investigative report the progressive watchdog organization published saying Nazi content ran on the X app alongside advertisements from major corporations. News of the lawsuit coincided with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's announcing an investigation into Media Matters for possible fraudulent activity. Media Matters President Angelo Carusone said the website would defend itself. Media Matters stands behind its reporting and looks forward to winning in court," he said in a statement. In the lawsuit, X alleges that Media Matters' portrayal of the app is untrue because its article did not reflect what typical users see.

Persons: Elon, Ken Paxton's, Paxton, Musk, Andrew Bailey, Bailey, Angelo Carusone, X Organizations: Media Matters, America, Texas, Media, Missouri, Apple, IBM, Comcast, NBCUniversal, NBC, X Corp Locations: Fort Worth , Texas

☆ Here are six important questions as Elon Musk faces an ever-deepening crisis over his unhinged behavior
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Elon Musk has an ever-deepening crisis on his hands. Days after the billionaire conspiracy theorist endorsed an antisemitic post on his hate-drenched platform, X, there is mounting pressure for others to take additional action against the unhinged businessman. Here are six questions about the calamity besieging X:What is Musk doing with his lawsuit against Media Matters? Earlier this year, the NFL expressed concern when a Media Matters report found its ads were appearing next to accounts belonging to racists. But it has not said a word since, even as X continued placing ads for NFL teams onto VDARE’s account.

Persons: CNN — Elon Musk, It’s, Musk, Ted Boutrous, X, ” Angelo Carusone, Will Linda Yaccarino, Lou Paskalis, Clare Duffy, Elon Musk, ” Paskalis, she’s, ‘, ” Yaccarino, Axios, TechCrunch, I’m, newsrooms, Casey Newton, ” Newton Organizations: CNN, Media Matters, Media, Hamas, AJL Advisory, NFL, The Washington Post, Financial Times, New York Times Locations: Israel

☆ If OpenAI's board was trying to save humanity from Sam Altman, it failed. So it's time to come clean.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Henry Blodget | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Altman will be in charge of OpenAI's team and products no matter what. So the three remaining OpenAI Board members should explain why they fired him and move on. But, as Business Insider's Alistair Barr has argued, if the goal of the three remaining OpenAI Board members is to save humans from OpenAI's product, it's time for those board members to say so. As a member of humanity, I do thank the three remaining OpenAI members for maybe looking out for us. AdvertisementBecause Sam Altman is going to be leading the OpenAI team and continuing its product development either way.

Persons: Sam Altman, —, Satya Nadella, Altman, Board's, It's, Kali Hays, Adam D'Angelo, D'Angelo, Alistair Barr, OpenAI, humanity's Organizations: Service, Microsoft

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsNov 20 (Reuters) - OpenAI's board of directors approached rival Anthropic's CEO about replacing chief Sam Altman and potentially merging the two AI startups, according to two people briefed on the matter. The news, reported earlier by The Information on Monday, follows various reported calls to find Altman's successor days after OpenAI's board ousted him. OpenAI declined to comment and board member Adam D'Angelo did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Sunday the board offered ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear to be its interim chief, who accepted. By Monday, nearly all of the startup's more than 700 employees threatened to quit, including one of its executives on OpenAI's now four-person board.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, OpenAI's, OpenAI, Adam D'Angelo, Emmett Shear, Altman, Anthropic, Claude, Jeffrey Dastin, Urvi, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Sam Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Sunday, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Bengaluru

☆ OpenAI board, Altman in talks for return of former CEO - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. Talks are happening between Altman and at least one board member, Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo, the report said. Altman could return as a director on a transitional board and the talks also involve some investors of the artificial intelligence startup. But things appeared fluid, as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told media on Monday "irrespective of where Sam is, he's working with Microsoft" and that governance at OpenAI needed to change. Other than Quora's D'Angelo, OpenAI's four-person board consisted of Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner and OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever as of Friday.

Persons: Sam Altman, Carlos Barria, Altman, Adam D'Angelo, Greg Brockman, Satya Nadella, Sam, Brockman, Nadella, Emmett Shear, Quora's D'Angelo, OpenAI's, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Ilya Sutskever, Akash Sriram, Chavi Mehta, Devika Syamnath, Arun Koyyur Organizations: OpenAI, Economic Cooperation, REUTERS, Microsoft, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Asia, San Francisco , California, U.S, OpenAI, Bengaluru

☆ Italy says migrant pact with Albania isn't comparable to UK-Rwanda plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Angelo Amante | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"This Protocol is not comparable to the agreement between the United Kingdom and Rwanda," Tajani said, rejecting comparisons between the Italian initiative and Britain's, which UK's top judges have declared unlawful. The protocol, seen by Reuters, says the camps will operate under Italian jurisdiction, and should open in spring 2024. Tajani told lawmakers Italy would bear all the costs, including building and policing the centres, and would pay 16.5 million euros ($18.00 million) for the initial expenses. Some 150,000 sea migrants have arrived in Italy so far this year, compared to around 94,000 in the same period in 2022. ($1 = 0.9168 euros)Reporting by Angelo Amante Editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Antonio Tajani, Tajani, Meloni, Silvio Berlusconi, Angelo Amante, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Reuters, Albanian, Forza Italia, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Albania, Rwanda, Africa, Italy, Turkey, United Kingdom, Tajani

ROME, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Italy is considering candidates to take the helm of state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), three sources close to the matter told Reuters, as part of a wider shake-up of state-controlled companies. State-backed investor CDP, founded 173 years ago, plays a key role in keeping strategic assets in national hands. Asked to comment on a change of CEO at CDP, Meloni's office said any rumours of a replacement for Scannapieco were unfounded. Rome is expected to decide on the top management of CDP in March at the latest, immediately after the approval of this year's CDP financial accounts, the sources said. The state lender invests savings made by Italians through the national post office network Poste Italiane.

Persons: Dario Scannapieco, Fincantieri, Giorgia, Scannapieco, Antonino Turicchi, Stefano Donnarumma, Mario Draghi, Elvira Pollina, Susan Fenton Organizations: Eni, ITA Airways, European Investment Bank, Telecom Italia's, Thomson Locations: Italy, State, Rome, EU, Milan

☆ Elon Musk is suing Media Matters for saying X put ads next to pro-Nazi posts — and Texas AG Ken Paxton wants in too
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Media Matters was served a double whammy on Monday, after reporting on X's advertising strategy. Elon Musk is now suing the watchdog, and Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating the group for fraud. The report, published Thursday, triggered an advertiser exodus from X, after which Musk declared that he'd file a "thermonuclear" lawsuit against Media Matters. In a statement to BI, Media Matters President Angelo Carusone said X's lawsuit was "frivolous" and "meant to bully X's critics into silence." A Media Matters representative did not immediately respond when asked to comment on Paxton's investigation.

Persons: Elon Musk, Ken Paxton, —, Musk, Paxton, Apple —, Angelo Carusone, Carusone, It's Organizations: Texas, Service, Media Matters, America, Media, billionaire's X Corp, Business, IBM, Oracle, Apple, Twitter Locations: Texas

☆ X sues Media Matters after report about ads next to antisemitic content
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Sheila Dang | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla, X (formerly known as Twitter) and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk speaks with members of the media during the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Bletchley, Britain on November 1, 2023. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Media Matters Sf, Llc FollowNov 20 (Reuters) - Messaging platform X on Monday sued media watchdog group Media Matters, alleging the organization defamed the platform after it published a report that said ads for major brands had appeared next to posts touting Nazism. X, formerly Twitter, has faced growing outrage since Media Matters published the report on Thursday, which led IBM, Comcast and several other advertisers to pull ads from the platform in response. On Saturday, Musk posted that X would file a "thermonuclear" lawsuit against Media Matters and others "who colluded in this fraudulent attack on our company." In an interview with Reuters earlier on Monday, Media Matters President Angelo Carusone said the nonprofit's findings flew in the face of X's statements that it had introduced safety protections to prevent ads from appearing next to harmful content.

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Leon Neal, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Angelo Carusone, Sheila Dang, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: SpaceX's, Bletchley, Companies Media, Media, IBM, Comcast, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Bletchley, Britain, Dallas

☆ OpenAI employees wanted Bret Taylor to join a new board. He's no longer expected to do so, insiders say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was ousted on Friday, igniting chaos inside the company. Amid discussions that the OpenAI board would be remade, Bret Taylor was asked to join. The former Salesforce executive and Twitter board chair is no longer poised to do so. Yet, in another affront to employees, it seems some expected changes to the board are no longer in the works. Now he is no longer set to join the OpenAI board.

Persons: Sam Altman, Bret Taylor, —, Altman, — Emmet Shear, Twitch, Mira Murati —, Elon Musk, Taylor, Greg Brockman, Adam D'Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Ilya Setskever, Setskever, Brockman, Kali Hays Organizations: Service, Twitter, Elon, Microsoft, Georgetown Center for Security, Emerging Technology Locations: khays@insider.com, @hayskali

☆ REVIEW Cricket-One-day format revived as Australia gatecrash India's World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

It was a remarkable journey for Australia, who began their campaign with back-to-back defeats yet still finished with the 50-overs World Cup in their arms for the sixth time. Shakib had already caused controversy over his appeal that led to Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews becoming the first player in international cricket to be 'timed-out'. Cummins, for one, had no doubts about the stature of the original World Cup. "I think it's the pinnacle of international cricket," said Cummins, who was part of Australia's victorious 2015 squad. "The whole cricket world stops with this World Cup."

Persons: Narendra Modi, Adnan Abidi, Cummins, Travis, Jos Buttler, Jonathan Trott, Australia's Glenn Maxwell, Babar Azam, Shakib Al Hasan's, Shakib, Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews, Mathews, Buttler, Anurag Dahiya, Mark Twain's, Amlan Chakraborty, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Narendra, Australia, ICC Cricket World, REUTERS, Rights, India, The, West Indies, Sri, WORLD, International Cricket Council, ICC, T20, Pakistan, Thomson Locations: India, Australia, Ahmedabad, Rights AHMEDABAD, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia's, Dharamsala, New Delhi

☆ X's CEO tells staff data will show efforts to fight hate, as advertisers flee
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Sheila Dang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo for social media platform X, following the rebranding of Twitter, is seen covering the old logo in this illustration taken, July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 20 (Reuters) - Social media company X CEO Linda Yaccarino told employees that "data will tell the real story" about its efforts to battle antisemitism, according to a note to employees, amid growing outrage over the issue. On Thursday, and media watchdog group Media Matters said it had found that ads for major brands had appeared next to posts that touted Nazism. An X representative confirmed that the company would sue the nonprofit organization, possibly as early as Monday. After buying Twitter in October 2022 for $44 billion, Musk laid off thousands of employees, including many who worked to moderate content on the platform.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk, Yaccarino, Musk, Angelo Carusone, Sheila Dang, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Twitter, REUTERS, Social, IBM, Comcast, White, Media, Reuters, Thomson Locations: United States, Israel, Gaza, Dallas

☆ OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sam Altman was fired. They're unconvinced and furious.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

OpenAI 's current independent board has offered two examples of the alleged lack of candor that led them to fire co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, sending the company into chaos. Staff had spent the day expecting to be told of the reinstatement of Altman as CEO. Sustkever is said to have offered two explanations he purportedly received from the board, according to one of the people familiar. One explanation was that Altman was said to have given two people at OpenAI the same project. These explanations didn't make sense to employees and were not received well, one of the people familiar said.

Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Emmett Shear, Mira Murati, Altman, Shear, Sutskever, Sustkever, it's, Satya Nadella, Adam D'Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Setskever, Greg Brockman, Murati, she's, Kali Hays Organizations: Twitch, Business, Staff, Google, OpenAI, Murati, Microsoft, Georgetown Center for Security, Emerging Technology, Twitter Locations: OpenAI's San Francisco, khays@insider.com, @hayskali

IBM, NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast said last week that they stopped advertising on X after the Media Matters report said their ads were appearing alongside material praising Nazis. The Media Matters report pointed to ads from Apple and Oracle that also were placed next to antisemitic material on X. It says Media Matters did this by using X accounts that just followed X users known to produce “extreme fringe content” and accounts owned by X’s major advertisers. This, the complaint says, led to a feed aimed at producing side-by-side placements that Media Matters could then screen shot in an effort to alienate X's advertisers. Media Matters said Monday that it stands by its reporting and expects to prevail in court.

Persons: Elon, Musk, “, ”, Angelo Carusone, ” Musk, Linda Yaccarino Organizations: Media, America, X Corp, ” Media, D.C, IBM, NBCUniversal, Comcast, Apple, Oracle, Amazon, NBA, Hamas Locations: Washington, NBA Mexico, NBCUniversal, Francisco, Fort Worth , Texas, Israel

The board of directors of OpenAI, the high-flying artificial intelligence start-up, said in a note to employees on Sunday night that its former chief, Sam Altman, would not be returning to his job, while naming his second interim replacement in two days. Emmett Shear, the former chief executive of Twitch, will replace Mira Murati as interim chief executive of OpenAI, the board said. Ms. Murati, a longtime OpenAI executive, had been appointed to that role after Mr. Altman’s ouster on Friday. The board said Mr. Shear has a “unique mix of skills, expertise and relationships that will drive OpenAI forward,” according to the memo viewed by The New York Times. It was signed by each of the four directors on the company’s board; Adam D’Angelo, Helen Toner, Ilya Sutskever, and Tasha McCauley.

Persons: Sam Altman, Emmett Shear, Twitch, Mira Murati, Murati, Altman’s, Shear, ”, Adam D’Angelo, Helen Toner, Ilya Sutskever, Tasha McCauley, “ Organizations: OpenAI, The New York Times

☆ 505 OpenAI employees threaten to quit after Altman fired and his successor was replaced
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In a letter obtained by CNN, the more than 500 employees accused the OpenAI board of mishandling Altman’s firing, failing to provide sufficient evidence for claims that Altman had not been candid with the board, and “negotiating in bad faith” with the company’s executive leadership. “Your actions have made it obvious that you are incapable of overseeing OpenAI,” wrote the employees. Murati’s promotion has since been superseded by the appointment of incoming interim CEO Emmett Shear, the 40-year-old co-founder of the livestreaming company Twitch. “Microsoft has assured us that there are positions for all OpenAI employees,” the letter added. After Sutskever posted his message to X, Altman amplified the apology by quote-posting it.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, “, ”, reinstates Altman, Greg Brockman, Mira Murati, Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s, Murati’s, Emmett Shear, Sutskever, we’ve, Adam D’Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Altman’s Organizations: CNN, Microsoft, Georgetown University’s Center for Security, Emerging Technology Locations: OpenAI

☆ Media Matters: Elon Musk’s X sues media watchdog over report on pro-Nazi content on the social media site
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Brian Fung | Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The lawsuit filed Monday accuses Media Matters of distorting how likely it is for ads to appear beside extremist content on X, alleging that the group’s testing methodology was not representative of how real users experience the site. “Media Matters designed both these images and its resulting media strategy to drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.”The lawsuit simultaneously names Media Matters and Eric Hananoki, its senior investigative reporter, as defendants. It calls for a judicial order forcing Media Matters to remove its analysis from its website and accuses Media Matters of interfering with X’s contracts with advertisers, of disrupting their economic relationships and of unlawfully disparaging X. In a statement Monday evening, Media Matters President Angelo Carusone vowed to defend the group against the suit. “Media Matters stands behind its reporting and looks forward to winning in court.”On Monday evening, X CEO Linda Yaccarino chimed in defending the social media site.

Persons: Elon Musk, Eric Hananoki, Angelo Carusone, ” Carusone, ”, Linda Yaccarino chimed, I’m, ” Yaccarino, “, Ken Paxton, Musk, ” Musk, opportunistically, that’s, Steve Vladeck, Joan Donovan, ” Ken White, “ X, ” White, White, Mark Pittman, Donald Trump, Pittman, Joe Biden’s, Jon Passantino, Dan Berman Organizations: CNN, Media, “ Media, X Corp, Court, Northern, Northern District of, “, Whites, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros, Northern District of Texas, University of Texas, Boston University, YouTube, of Columbia Locations: Northern District, Northern District of Texas, Texas, Los Angeles, California

☆ This is the wildest coup in Silicon Valley history
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Michael Cogley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The wildest coup in Silicon Valley's history just took place over the last 48 hours. OpenAI booted CEO Sam Altman, nearly hired him back, then went with 2 other CEOs. Sam Altman has now been scooped up as an employee by Microsoft, OpenAI's biggest investor. Sam Altman had met with world leaders, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in London earlier in the month. But Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has not let a good crisis go to waste.

Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Altman, —, Mira Murati, Emmett Shear, Greg Brockman, — Aaron Levie, ❤️ emojis, AngelList, Babak Nivi, OpenAI's, Rishi Sunak, Kamala Harris, Ursula von der Leyen, Alastair Grant, Ilya Sutskever, Adam D'Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Mary, Gary Marcus, Sam, 👉, Gary, Satya Nad Organizations: Microsoft, Service, British, AI, Georgetown's Center for Security, Emerging Technology, usl Locations: London

☆ Sam Altman is back at OpenAI … with a guest badge
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Sam Altman is back at OpenAI. But Altman, Brockman and Sutskever in 2019 formed OpenAI LP, a for-profit entity that exists within the larger company’s structure. Altman had pushed the for-profit company to innovate faster and go to market with products. If not, Altman reportedly may opt for another venture, perhaps taking loyalists away from OpenAI to his new landing spot. Either way, OpenAI’s board made a consequential decision that will make massive waves in the AI industry for years to come.

Persons: Sam Altman, “, ” Altman, Greg Brockman, Brockman, Altman, Altman haven’t, Ilya Sutskever, Adam D’Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Altman “, Kara Swisher, OpenAI Organizations: New, New York CNN, Wall Street, New York Times, Microsoft, GeoSim Systems, Georgetown’s Center for Security, Emerging Technology, CNN Locations: New York, OpenAI, San Francisco, Sutskever

The Pantanal holds thousands of plant and animal species, including 159 mammals, and it abounds with jaguars, according to the World Wildlife Fund. In the dry season, wildlife enthusiasts flock to see the normally furtive jaguars lounging on riverbanks, along with macaws, caimans and capybaras. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesMuch of the Encontro das Aguas (Meeting of the Waters) park, located at the border of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul states — known for its large jaguar population — had turned from emerald green to dark brown. “This is so atypical,” said Renata Libonati, who coordinates the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's alert system for fires in the Pantanal. The neighboring state of Mato Grosso said it had also strengthened its workforce, with about 200 federal and state firefighters on the ground.

Persons: —, they’ll, Leonisio da Silva, ”, Renata Libonati, ” Libonati, Angelo Rabelo, Mato Grosso, Enderson Barreto, “, ” Barreto, Barreto Organizations: — Firefighters, Facebook, Federal University of Rio, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, World Wildlife Fund, Mato Grosso, Associated Press, ” Jaguars, Firefighters, El, Environment, Federal Highway Police, Waters, ” Locations: POCONE, BRAZIL, Brazil's, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Waters, Mato Grosso, Mato, Sul, Brazil, Porto Jofre

☆ An Italian ski resort shut down by climate change plans to reopen with artificial snow. Not everyone is happy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Now, plans to build a multi-million-dollar ski facility on a snowless northern Italian mountain may prove equally challenging. The Lake Como town of Bellagio is among communities backing the reopening of ski facilities. Old turnstiles, ski lift pillars, and even a map of now-vanished pistes can still be found on the mountain. Snow could become even more scarce in the future as the impacts of the climate crisis accelerate. The first plans for the Monte San Primo ski area were passed and the money pledged in early 2022.

Persons: Matteo Colombo, ”, Roberto Fumagalli, Fumagalli, doesn’t, Monte, George Clooney “ We’ve, George Clooney, “, hasn’t, ” Fumagalli, Snow, Roberto Fumagalli ‘, Angelo Barindelli, Alessandro Fermo, It’s, won’t Organizations: CNN, Getty, World Wildlife Fund, Italian Alpine, Alamy, Hollywood, Protesters, Lombardy Regional Council, Facebook, Monte Locations: Messina, Venice, San, Lake Como, Bellagio, Monte San, Mauritius, Cardiff, Bristol, Italy, Ethiopia, of Africa, Lombardy, Monte San Primo

☆ Musk threatens 'thermonuclear lawsuit' against media watchdog, calls advertisers 'oppressors'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk lashed out at large advertisers and Media Matters, a media watchdog group, on Friday after several major brands decided to pause spending on X, the social media platform he owns and runs as CTO. Discovery , then decided to halt their ad spending, at least temporarily, on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. In late October, an X user complained that a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee was melted down in Charlottesville, Virgina. Last week, Musk agreed with a post falsely claiming that the Jewish people have been pushing "dialectical hatred" against white people. It is not clear whether or when X Corp. will actually file a suit against Media Matters, or in which jurisdiction.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, hawked, Joe Benarroch, Confederate, Robert E, Lee, Jonathan Greenblatt, Musk's, Angelo Carusone, Jonathan Vanian Organizations: Media, X Corp, America, Twitter, Apple, Comcast, NBC Universal, Disney, IBM, Lions, Paramount Global, Warner Bros, CNBC, Facebook, Defamation League, Media Matters, Washington , D.C Locations: Charlottesville, Virgina, Jewish, San Francisco, Washington ,

☆ NBA roundup: De'Aaron Fox (43 points) pushes Kings past Spurs
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Sabonis finished with 27 points and 14 rebounds and Malik Monk added 20 points off the bench for the Kings. Scottie Barnes and Gary Trent Jr. each added 14 points. Trae Young led the Hawks with 22 points and 13 assists while Jalen Johnson added 18 points and 10 rebounds. Evan Mobley contributed 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers, and Max Strus also scored 18 points. It was his second game of at least 20 points in a Clippers uniform, both in the past two contests.

Persons: De'Aaron Fox, Victor Wembanyama, Scott Wachter, Fox, Domantas Sabonis, Sabonis, Malik Monk, Zach Collins, Derrick White, White, Jaylen Brown, Pascal Siakam, Dennis Schroder, Scottie Barnes, Gary Trent Jr, Franz Wagner, Jonathan Isaac, Gary Harris, Paolo Banchero, Cole Anthony, Mo Wagner, Chicago's Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, Joel Embiid, Embiid, Tobias Harris, Tyrese Maxey, Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, Jalen Brunson, Brunson, Immanuel Quickley, Kyle Kuzma, Deni Avdija, Damian Lillard, Charlotte, Miles Bridges, Malik Beasley, Lillard, Beasley, LaMelo Ball, Darius Garland's, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Max Strus, Cade Cunningham, Isaiah Stewart, Kevin Knox, Zion Williamson, Jonas Valanciunas, Brandon Ingram, Naji Marshall, Dyson Daniels, Nikola Jokic, Christian Braun, Michael Porter Jr, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Harden, Alperen Sengun, Green, Fred VanVleet, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, D'Angelo Russell, Jerami Grant, Deandre Ayton, Shaedon Sharpe, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Jordan Clarkson, John Collins, Lauri Markkanen Organizations: Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Frost Bank Center, NBA, Spurs, Celtics, Raptors, Boston, Toronto, Bulls, Orlando, Chicago, Orlando Magic, 76ers, Hawks, Atlanta, Knicks, Wizards, Washington, Bucks, Hornets, Milwaukee, Cavaliers, Pistons, Cleveland, Detroit, Pelicans, Nuggets, New Orleans, Denver, Clippers, Rockets, Houston, Philadelphia 76ers, Lakers, Trail Blazers, Portland, Suns, Jazz, Phoenix, Thomson Locations: San Antonio , Texas, USA, Sacramento, Antonio, Philadelphia, New York, Bridges, Los Angeles, Utah, Salt Lake City . Durant

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