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    “America’s Got Talent” tops TV ratings; Nielsen week in review

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    Heidi Klum attends the "America's Got Talent" season 15 red carpet on March 4, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. The most popular television show was one of the most enduring summer series, NBC's "America's Got Talent." The show is in the midst of auditions for its 16th season, and the episode on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, was seen by just over 7 million people. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Competition at athletic venues dominated the agenda for television viewers last week, but none was as popular as a competition on stage.

    "America's Got Talent," which is well-established as TV's favorite live show of the summer, reached seven million viewers last week with auditions for its 16th season on NBC, the Nielsen company said.

    ABC found some viewers for its premiere of "When Nature Calls," where Helen Mirren narrates comedic film clips from the wild, a reboot of a BBC series.

    Otherwise, the NBA conference finals and Olympic trials drew many TV viewers.

    NBC won the week with an average of 3.5 million viewers in primetime. CBS had 3 million, ABC had 2.7 million, Fox had 1.7 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Ion Television had 1.02 million and Telemundo had 990,000.

    ESPN won a tight race for cable supremacy, averaging 2.19 million viewers in primetime. TNT had 2.18 million, Fox News Channel had 2.15 million, MSNBC had 1.32 million and HGTV had 1.13 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" was the most popular evening news show, averaging 7.8 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 6.3 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.7 million.

    For the week of June 21-27, the 20 most popular programs, their networks and viewerships:

    1. "America's Got Talent," NBC, 7.01 million.
    2. "Olympic Trials: Women's Gymnastics" (Sunday), NBC, 5.75 million.
    3. NBA Conference Finals: Milwaukee at Atlanta (Sunday), TNT, 5.6 million.
    4. NBA Conference Finals: Phoenix at L.A. Clippers (Saturday), ESPN, 5.54 million.
    5. NBA Conference Finals: Phoenix at L.A. Clippers (Thursday), ESPN, 5.33 million.
    6. NBA Conference Finals: Atlanta at Milwaukee (Wednesday), TNT, 5.3 million.
    7. NBA Conference Finals: L.A. Clippers at Phoenix (Tuesday), ESPN, 5.27 million.
    8. "60 Minutes," CBS, 5.04 million.
    9. "Olympic Trials: Women's Gymnastics" (Friday), NBC, 4.59 million.
    10. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 4.38 million.
    11. "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 4.35 million.
    12. "NCIS," CBS, 4.16 million.
    13. "Olympic Trials: Track & Field" (Monday), NBC, 3.97 million.
    14. "United States of Al," CBS, 3.83 million.
    15. NBA Conference Finals: Atlanta at Milwaukee (Friday), TNT, 3.7 million.
    16. "When Nature Calls," ABC, 3.698 million.
    17. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 3.67 million.
    18. "FBI," CBS, 3.65 million.
    19. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 3.58 million.
    20. "The $100,000 Pyramid," ABC, 3.56 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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