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    Return of football dominates TV ratings; Nielsen week in review

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    Dallas Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch (55) gives chase as Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette (7) runs the ball for a long gain in the second half of a NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The Nielsen company's list of the 20 most popular primetime programs for the week of Sept. 5-11, their networks and viewerships:

    1. NFL Football: Tampa Bay at Dallas, NBC, 23.3 million.
    2. NFL Football: Buffalo at L.A. Rams, NBC, 19.94 million.
    3. "NFL Pregame" (Sunday), NBC, 17.9 million.
    4. "NFL Pregame" (Thursday), NBC, 13.42 million.
    5. "Football Night in America" (Sunday, 7:54 p.m.), NBC, 13.27 million.
    6. "The OT," Fox, 10.04 million.
    7. "NFL Kick-Off Show," NBC, 9.3 million.
    8. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.85 million.
    9. "NFL Post-Game," CBS, 7.64 million.
    10. "Football Night in America" (Sunday, 7:28-7:53 p.m.), NBC, 7.62 million.
    11. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 6.12 million.
    12. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 5.7 million.
    13. College Football: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech, ESPN, 4.86 million.
    14. College Football: Kentucky vs. Florida, ESPN, 4.33 million.
    15. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 4.16 million.
    16. "Big Brother" (Sunday), CBS, 4.05 million.
    17. "Monarch," Fox, 4.03 million.
    18. "Big Brother" (Wednesday), CBS, 3.83 million.
    19. "The $100,000 Pyramid," ABC, 3.57 million.
    20. "FBI," CBS, 3.53 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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