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    “60 Minutes” tops Nielsen ratings for 3rd straight week

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    In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Sunday, March 13, 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, shakes hands with a wounded soldier during his visit to a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine. Coverage of the war in Ukraine was part of the coverage in this past Sunday's "60 Minutes," which topped the week's Nielsen ratings (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    CBS' "60 Minutes," with reports on Ukraine, voting rights, Pete Buttigieg and "Ted Lasso," was the week's most-watched live television show — making it three weeks in a row for the old guys.

    The newsmagazine has been on the air since 1968, and when asked to identify the first week "60 Minutes" was television's most-watched show, CBS said its records didn't go back that far.

    "60 Minutes" was television's top show for an entire year the first time in the season that ended in 1980, the Nielsen company said. The feat was repeated in 1983, 1992, 1993 and 1994.

    This winter's achievement is noteworthy because it came without the benefit of an NFL football game airing directly before it, which often inflates the show's ratings in the fall.

    For the week, CBS led the way in primetime with an average of 4.9 million viewers. ABC had 3.5 million viewers, NBC had 2.9 million, Fox had 2.1 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Ion Television had 1.02 million and Telemundo had 990,000.

    Fox News Channel was the most popular cable network, averaging 2.79 million viewers in primetime. ESPN had 1.4 million, MSNBC had 1.19 million, CNN had 1.12 million and HGTV had 1.1 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" led the evening news ratings race, averaging 8.4 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.3 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.2 million.

    For the week of March 7-13, the 20 most popular shows, their networks and viewerships:

    1. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8 million.
    2. "FBI," CBS, 7.75 million.
    3. "NCIS," CBS, 7.46 million.
    4. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 7.14 million.
    5. "Chicago Med," NBC, 7.05 million.
    6. "The Equalizer," CBS, 6.95 million.
    7. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 6.79 million.
    8. "American Idol," ABC, 6.64 million.
    9. "Chicago PD," NBC, 6.38 million.
    10. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 6.14 million.
    11. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 5.97 million.
    12. "FBI: International," CBS, 5.96 million.
    13. "Bob Hearts Abishola," CBS, 5.74 million.
    14. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 5.58 million.
    15. "NCIS: Hawai'i," CBS, 5.4 million.
    16. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 5.34 million.
    17. "911: Lone Star," Fox, 5.16 million.
    18. "United States of Al," CBS, 5.14 million.
    19. "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 5.05 million.
    20. "Magnum P.I.," CBS, 5.01 million.

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    Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died

    Saturday, December 21, 2024
    Suchir Balaji poses for a photo in Hawaii in 2018. Balaji was a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who died in November 2024. (Balaji Ramamurthy via AP)

    Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26.

    Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He was well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI's strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products.

    "We are devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news and our hearts go out to Suchir's loved ones during this difficult time," said a statement from OpenAI.

    Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said "appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation." The city's chief medical examiner's office confirmed the manner of death to be suicide.

    His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy said they are still seeking answers, describing their son as a "happy, smart and brave young man" who loved to hike and recently returned from a trip with friends.

    Balaji grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and first arrived at the fledgling AI research lab for a 2018 summer internship while studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He returned a few years later to work at OpenAI, where one of his first projects, called WebGPT, helped pave the way for ChatGPT.

    "Suchir's contributions to this project were essential, and it wouldn't have succeeded without him," said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman in a social media post memorializing Balaji. Schulman, who recruited Balaji to his team, said what... Read More

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