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    Roberts, Aniston, Mann added to NBC’s ‘Red Nose Day’ special

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    In this Jan. 30, 2015 file photo, actress Jennifer Aniston arrives at the 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Montecito Award ceremony in Santa Barbara, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    NBC is adding the star power of Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Leslie Mann to its "Red Nose Day" charity special.

    The actresses will join the more than two-dozen celebrities previously announced for the three-hour fundraiser featuring music and comedy. Jennifer Hudson, Will Ferrell, John Legend and Sam Smith are among those scheduled to take part.

    Donations will go to anti-poverty groups benefiting children and families in Africa, Asia, Latin American and the United States, NBC said. The 12 charities sharing in the donations include the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Children's Health Fund and United Way.

    The May 21 special airing 8 to 11 p.m. EDT is the first U.S. Red Nose Day. Operated by Comic Relief in Britain, Red Nose Day was co-founded in 1985 by "Love Actually" filmmaker Richard Curtis. Red Nose Day USA is run by Comic Relief Inc., an independent sister organization of Britain's Comic Relief.

    In Britain, celebrities, schoolchildren and others traditionally don red clown noses to promote the biennial March event, a reflection of its lighthearted approach.

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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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