WHO asks China for details on respiratory illness outbreaks (www.reuters.com)
Sudan refugees detail second wave of ethnic purge by Arab forces (www.reuters.com)
CORRECTED EXCLUSIVE OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster -sources (www.reuters.com)
AI poster child Altman back at OpenAI, may have fewer checks on power (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI is bringing Altman back just days after his ouster as well as installing a revamped board that could bring sharper scrutiny to the startup at the heart of the AI boom, but strong support from investors including Microsoft (MSFT.O) may give Altman more leeway to commercialize the technology....
Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect that led to killing of Florida man (www.reuters.com)
Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor, called the judge’s summary of the evidence significant because it suggests “alarming inconsistencies” between what Tesla knew internally, and what it was saying in its marketing....
Sudan refugees detail second wave of ethnic purge by Arab forces (www.reuters.com)
Sony facing $7.9 billion mass lawsuit over PlayStation Store prices (www.reuters.com)
Top Iowa evangelical backs DeSantis over Trump in US presidential race (www.reuters.com)
Sony facing $7.9 billion mass lawsuit over PlayStation Store prices (www.reuters.com)
US thwarts plot to kill Sikh separatist, issues warning to India -FT (www.reuters.com)
Military agreement fractures as tensions rise with North Korea (www.reuters.com)
Amazon resellers ask Supreme Court to clarify where online businesses can be sued (www.reuters.com)
Reusable packaging could cut emissions from plastics by up to 69% -study (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI, Microsoft hit with new author copyright lawsuit over AI training (www.reuters.com)
Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect (www.reuters.com)
A Florida judge found "reasonable evidence" that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other managers knew the automaker's vehicles had a defective Autopilot system but still allowed the cars to be driven unsafely, according to a ruling.
Monsanto hit with $165 million verdict over PCBs in Seattle school (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. jury has ordered Bayer's Monsanto to pay $165 million to employees of a school northeast of Seattle who claimed chemicals made by the company called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, leaked from light fixtures and got them sick.
Israel, Hamas agree on four-day truce, hostage release and aid into Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Note that this isn’t ALL the hostages – just 50 in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. archive.org link...
Israel, Hamas agree deal for release of Gaza hostages, truce (www.reuters.com)
GAZA/TEL AVIV, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Israel’s government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.