A Q andA about Open Artificial Intelligence and partnering with the government
OpenAI CEO Chris LeHane in a recent interview with NPR said the US and China are “in a race” to see who leads in artificial intelligence. “We’re bringing our leading-edge innovation and artificial intelligence technology into the US National Labs. But at the end of the day, what it’s really bringing is our leading-edge tech, the innovation that we’re building,” he added.
What will happen in the DC jet crash investigation?
The US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military is investigating the helicopter crash with a civilian plane in Washington, DC, which killed five people. The helicopter was “fairly experienced” and the crew had required yearly night evaluations, Hegseth said. President Donald Trump said the pilots were to be blamed for the crash that killed the three soldiers on board.
People with intellectual disabilities can get many jobs but not direct air traffic
The US Federal Aviation Administration has released the names of three candidates who graduated from the FAA Air Traffic Training Academy in 2021 and became air traffic controller trainees that year. The programme’s first three candidates graduated in 2021 from the FAA Academy and became air traffic controller trainee that year. The agency said the candidates receive the same “rigorous consideration”.
RFK Jr. is proposing a plan to fix the overdose crisis
After US President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services Rebekah Kennedy said that people suffering from addiction to drugs should have access to outdoor addiction treatment, an activist said that his plan would be an “enormous step backward”. “What we need to do about addiction,” Rebekah Kennedy, an activist who is in addiction recovery, said.
There was a midair crash in Washington, D.C
A pilot and two crew members have been killed after an American Airlines regional jet collided with a helicopter while landing at the Washington, DC airport on Wednesday. The passengers on the flight were members of the US figure skating team. The aircraft was carrying athletes, coaches, and family members of the US figure skating team.
The U.S. will send the most criminal illegal aliens to prison, says Trump
US President Donald Trump has said he would use Guantnamo Bay in Cuba to house up to 30,000 people who will be deported from the US. The detainees would be sent to the US-Mexico border and then would be sent back to their native countries, he added. Trump further said he wanted to detain the “worst criminal illegal aliens”.
HeGSeth ordered an investigation into his conduct and took Milley out of his security detail
The Pentagon has ordered an investigation into former Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley’s “conduct” after his security detail was revoked by President Donald Trump. “It is unconscionable and recklessly negligent for President Trump and Secretary Hegseth to revoke Milley’s security detail for their own political satisfaction,” the Department of Defence said. Milley had clashed with Trump during his first term.
Musk is running a website on the Federal Government
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reportedly offered federal employees a “fork in the road offer” to leave the firm if they wish to remain in their jobs. The email was reportedly sent by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the federal agency responsible for hiring, firing, and spending on federal employees. It is not based on any law, regulation or anything else, NPR reported.
The infinite optimism of polymath Friedrick Leibniz
Three farmers in Switzerland filed a lawsuit against the government last year to force them to act against climate change before their farms become “unviable”. Climate law experts said that such lawsuits might have stronger sway with governments than previous climate cases from social activist groups. Farmers’ lawsuits might have a better chance of success than previous climate cases, they added.
2 Palestinians died as Israeli troops fired on them trying to return to homes
Israeli soldiers fired at a crowd of residents returning to Gaza Strip from Israel on Monday, injuring nine and killing two others, officials said. The Israeli military said that its soldiers had fired at “several gatherings of dozens of suspects” who were “posed a threat to them”. This comes amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to end an 18-day conflict.