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    CBS wins for first time this ratings season; Nielsen week in review

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    Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris (22) dashes past Seattle Seahawks defensive end Benson Mayowa (10) on his way to the end zone and a touchdown during the first half an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Pittsburgh. This Sunday Night Football game topped the week's Nielsen ratings. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    CBS won its first week of the new television season, primarily by being the network of choice for people who wanted to watch something other than sports.

    CBS had 14 of the 20 most-watched non-sports shows on network television last week, while NBC had the other five and Fox had one. ABC was shut out, the Nielsen company said.

    It was CBS' first victory of the still-new television season, eclipsing NBC which had won every week since late September.

    As it has been hundreds of time since the ticking stopwatch first appeared, CBS' most popular show of the week was "60 Minutes."

    CBS averaged 6.2 million viewers in primetime. NBC was second with 5.6 million, Fox had 4.9 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and Ion Television had 920,000.

    With baseball playoffs in full gear, TBS led the cable networks in primetime, averaging 3.1 million viewers. ESPN had 2.5 million, Fox News Channel had 2.26 million, MSNBC had 1.17 million and HGTV had 924,000.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.9 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 6.6 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.9 million.

    For the week of Oct. 11-17, the top 20 primetime programs, their networks and viewerships:

    1. NFL Football: Seattle at Pittsburgh, NBC, 16.28 million.
    2. NFL Football: Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, Fox, 14.42 million.
    3. "NFL Pregame" (Sunday), NBC, 12.03 million.
    4. NFL Football: Indianapolis at Baltimore, ESPN, 11.34 million.
    5. "60 Minutes," CBS, 11.02 million.
    6. "Football Night in America," NBC, 8.94 million.
    7. "NFL Postgame" (Sunday), Fox, 8.93 million.
    8. "NFL Pregame" (Thursday), Fox, 8.9 million.
    9. "NCIS," CBS, 7.66 million.
    10. "Equalizer," CBS, 7.3 million.
    11. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 7.25 million.
    12. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 7.01 million.
    13. "Chicago Med," NBC, 6.94 million.
    14. "FBI," CBS, 6.75 million.
    15. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 6.55 million.
    16. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 6.54 million.
    17. Baseball: Division Series, Game 5: L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, TBS, 6.5 million.
    18. Baseball: ALCS, Game 1: Boston at Houston, Fox, 6.14 million.
    19. "Chicago PD," NBC, 5.98 million.
    20. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 5.95 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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