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    Miami Film 2016 To Recognize, Reward Argentine Films In Development

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    MIAMI --

    Miami Film 2016 has been launched in partnership with The Related Group. The program from Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival will award cash prizes totaling in the amount of $32,500 to three Argentine film projects in development, based on project quality and production feasibility.

    Minimum requirements for this merit-based grant fund include attached Argentine directors with at least one internationally-distributed previous feature film credit.  The directors of the winning projects will be invited to attend the 33rd edition of Miami International Film Festival in March 2016 to not only receive the award, but also participate in the Festival with a retrospective screening of selections of their earlier feature film(s).

    Submissions will be accepted from September 15–October 31, 2015. From all entries, the Festival will shortlist up to a maximum of 10 projects that will continue to the live pitching round during Buenos Aires’ annual Ventana Sur (the largest film market in South America) set to take place November 30–December 4, 2015. A jury of international professionals will determine the winning projects, which will be announced at Ventana Sur. Shortlisted finalists will be announced on November 15, 2015.

    Entrants must meet the following requirements: Be an experienced independent Argentine director having theatrically released at least one feature film in Argentina. (Fiction, documentary or animation); the main production company should be Argentinean (at least 51%) and winning projects must agree to add the following statement on the credits of the final cut of the film: “WINNER: MIAMI FILM 2016” along with the Fund’s logo ​Priority will be given to the most experienced producers currently working on a live action fiction feature film.

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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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