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    Fox’s Carlson scores in primetime; Nielsen week in review

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    In this March 2, 2017 file photo, Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Tucker Carlson drew the television equivalent of a royal flush on the week before Labor Day.

    The controversial Fox News Channel personality had all five of his weeknight programs land in the Nielsen company's 20 most popular programs last week. Four of them were in the Top 10.

    Fox's Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, as well as MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, all had programs in the Top 20 last week, a reflection of interest in the presidential campaign as well as the relative paucity of entertainment options on broadcast television.

    None of the broadcast networks topped an average of three million viewers in primetime last week.

    NBC, with 2.82 million, narrowly edged ABC's 2.81 million viewers. CBS had 2.6 million, Univision had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.2 million, Fox had 1.17 million and Telemundo had 1.1 million.

    Fox News Channel led the way among cable networks, averaging 3.43 million viewers in primetime last week. MSNBC had 2.11 million, TNT had 1.74 million, ESPN had 1.49 million and TLC had 1.28 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" led the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.2 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.3 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.3 million.

    For the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6, the 20 most-watched programs, their networks and viewerships:

    1. "60 Minutes," CBS, 6.45 million.
    2. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 6.41 million.
    3. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 5.66 million.
    4. NBA Playoffs: Houston vs. L.A. Lakers (Sunday), ABC, 5.43 million.
    5. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Monday), Fox News, 4.94 million.
    6. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.92 million.
    7. "Hannity" (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.85 million.
    8. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.8 million.
    9. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Thursday), Fox News, 4.79 million.
    10. "Hannity" (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.67 million.
    11. "NCIS," CBS, 4.31 million.
    12. NBA Playoffs: Oklahoma City vs. Houston (Wednesday), ESPN, 4.29 million.
    13. "Big Brother" (Thursday), CBS, 4.24 million.
    14. "Hannity" (Thursday), Fox News, 4.17 million.
    15. "Big Brother (Wednesday), CBS, 4.162 million.
    16. "The Ingraham Angle" (Monday), Fox News, 4.16 million.
    17. "Transplant," NBC, 3.96 million.
    18. "The Rachel Maddow Show" (Tuesday), MSNBC, 3.873 million.
    19. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Friday), Fox News, 3.832 million.
    20. "The Ingraham Angle" (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.828 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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