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    Lights, Camera, Barbie springs into Action

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    The Barbie Career of the Year Women in Film doll set (Mattel)
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    Barbie has unveiled its Career of the Year dolls, which highlight positions in which women are underrepresented. For 2024, Mattel debuts a set featuring Barbie in four moviemaking roles, inspired and sparked in part by the commercial and critical success of the Greta Gerwig-directed feature film, Barbie.

    The four new dolls are:

    • Barbie Studio Executive doll with an original body wears a two-piece outfit, comes with shoes and sunglasses, and includes a smartphone play piece. 
    • Barbie Director doll with a tall body wears a jumpsuit, shoes and headset, and comes with a movie script play piece. 
    • Barbie Movie Star doll with a curvy body wears a glamorous gown and heels, accessorizes with a necklace and bracelet, and comes with an award trophy.  
    • Barbie Cinematographer doll with a petite body wears a “Chase Dreams” top, plus pants and shoes, and comes with camera and clapboard accessories. 

    Barbie has worked in more than 250 professions–and counting–over the years. The filmmaking dolls add to that field of career possibilities.

    From last night (1/9) through January 11 at 5:59am PT, Barbie Signature members can buy the Barbie Career of the Year Women in Film doll set at the Mattel Creations website while supplies last. During that time, the doll set may also be available online at Amazon, Target and Walmart.

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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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