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ChatGPT’s free ride is ending: Here’s what OpenAI plans for advertising on the chatbot

OpenAI says it will soon start showing advertisements to ChatGPT users who aren’t paying for a premium version of the chatbot. The artificial intelligence company said Friday it hasn’t yet rolled out ads but will start testing them in the coming weeks. It’s the latest effort by the San Francisco-based company to make money from […]

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Tennessee man pleads guilty to repeatedly hacking Supreme Court’s filing system

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded guilty on Friday to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s filing system more than two dozen times, court records show. Nicholas Moore, 24, of Springfield, Tennessee, also admitted that he illegally accessed records from AmeriCorps’ computer servers and a Department of Veterans Affairs electronic platform. U.S. District Judge Beryl […]

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Registry gets update to include teachers under investigation

Manitoba’s teacher registry is undergoing changes so the public is more in the know when educators are subject to an ongoing investigation. The province announced the minor regulatory update Thursday, a little over a year after the initial version of the database came online. “In the past, a teacher could’ve voluntarily surrendered their certificate and […]

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Carney reaches ‘landmark’ tariff quota deal with China on EVs, canola

Prime Minister Mark Carney touted a renewed relationship with China and “enormous progress” on trade irritants as he announced a new deal with Beijing on electric vehicles and canola at the end of a high-profile trip to China on Friday. But the agreement has received mixed reviews at home. Ontario and the auto sector warned […]

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Saskatchewan’s Moe, canola farmers say trade deal with China ‘very good news’

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and canola farmers are hailing Canada’s new trade deal with China as “very good news” that could restore exports for the major Prairie crop. Moe accompanied Prime Minister Mark Carney to Beijing this week to strike the deal. It will see China significantly reduce tariffs on Canadian canola seed — and […]

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Tesla granted more time in US investigation into its self-driving tech

U.S. regulators have granted a five-week extension for Tesla to respond to allegations that its vehicles have broken traffic laws while operating in what the electric automaker calls “full self-driving” mode. An investigation of Tesla’s full-self driving feature was opened in October after the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration said it had collected dozens […]

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Tennessee judge grants expanded media access to state-run executions

A judge ruled Friday that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions, after a coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press sued on claims that state execution protocols unconstitutionally limit thorough and accurate reporting. Before Chancellor I’Ashea L. Myles’ order, reporters witnessing lethal injections were limited to […]

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Immigrants more likely to cite human rights, diversity as ‘Canadian values’: survey

Immigrants are more likely than those born in Canada to identify things like respect for human rights and gender equality as “shared Canadian values,” say survey results in briefing notes prepared for Immigration Minister Lena Diab. The survey results — part of a package assembled for the minister when she took over the portfolio last […]

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Richmond to fight B.C. privacy watchdog’s order to remove surveillance cameras

The City of Richmond said it will challenge an order by British Columbia’s privacy watchdog to remove high-definition surveillance cameras at an intersection on the grounds the city lacked authorization to gather private information. It said in a statement that it had “clearly stated” to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of B.C. […]

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BlackBerry says complainant’s job loss wasn’t discriminatory or retaliatory

BlackBerry Ltd. is fighting court claims from its former chief marketing officer, who says she lost her job after complaining the company’s CEO sexually harassed her and then retaliated against her. New documents the Waterloo, Ont.-based technology firm filed in a U.S. court this week allege Neelam Sandhu has presented no evidence that shows her […]

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Press freedom advocates worry that raid on Washington Post journalist’s home will chill reporting

If the byproduct of a raid on a Washington Post journalist’s home is to deter probing reporting of government action, the Trump administration could hardly have chosen a more compelling target. Hannah Natanson, nicknamed the “federal government whisperer” at the Post for her reporting on President Donald Trump’s changes to the federal workforce, had a […]

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Kaiser affiliates will pay $556M to settle a lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kaiser Permanente affiliates will pay $556 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records to receive higher reimbursements, federal prosecutors said. The deal announced Wednesday came more than four years after the U.S. Department of […]

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