In this Monday, March 16, 2015 file photo, Will Ferrell walks the red carpet for the world premiere of "Get Hard" during the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) --
The fate of a Lifetime TV movie featuring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig remained unclear on Friday after the project's secrecy was spoiled.
Lifetime confirmed on Thursday that the former "Saturday Night Live" stars had taped the ominously titled "A Deadly Adoption," playing a couple who befriend a pregnant woman in hopes of adopting her child.
After word got out, Ferrell issued a statement that he and Wiig had decided it was best to forego a project they had labeled "top secret."
Michael Feeney, spokesman for Lifetime's corporate parent, A&E Networks, said Friday that it's a disappointment that news was leaked, and that "the network is in the process of deciding what to do with the project." Earlier, the network had said it would air this summer.
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
