Elon Musk-led group makes .4bn bid for OpenAI

Elon Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for OpenAI

Musk’s bid could ratchet up longstanding tensions with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the future of the startup. A consortium led by Elon Musk said it has offered $97.4bn to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, months after the billionaire sued the artificial intelligence startup to block it from transitioning to a for-profit firm. Musk’s…

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‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer

‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer

US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’. United States President Donald Trump’s offer to rehouse white South Africans as refugees fleeing persecution may not spur quite the rush he anticipates, as right-wing white lobby groups want to “tackle the injustices” of Black majority rule on home soil….

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Trump revokes Biden’s access to intelligence briefings

Trump revokes Biden’s access to intelligence briefings

BREAKINGBREAKING, US president says ‘no need’ for predecessor to have access to classified information. United States President Donald Trump has announced that he is revoking former President Joe Biden’s access to intelligence briefings in his latest act of retribution against his rivals. Trump said on Friday that there was “no need” for Biden to keep…

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Countries form united stand against US sanctions on ICC

Countries form united stand against US sanctions on ICC

Countries condemn US sanctions on the ICC alleging impunity for serious crimes and weakening international law. Donald Trump’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) increases the “risk of impunity” for serious crimes, 79 parties to the global tribunal have said. In a statement on Friday, a group of 79 countries – about two-thirds…

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