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    Teller, Gleeson, Megan Thee Stallion to host first shows of 48th “SNL” season

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    Megan Thee Stallion performs at the Reading Music Festival, England, Friday, Aug. 26 2022. Megan Thee Stallion earns double duty on Oct. 15, 2022, as the host and musical guest of SNL, NBC said on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Garfitt, File)
    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Straight out of "Top Gun: Maverick," actor Miles Teller will host the opening episode of the 48th season of "Saturday Night Live" on Oct. 1.

    Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar will be the musical guest on opening night, his third appearance on "SNL," NBC said on Tuesday.

    It promises to be a transition season for NBC's comedy institution, which has seen the departure of eight cast members.

    Actor Brendan Gleeson, star of the upcoming film "The Banshees of Inisherin," will host the Oct. 8 edition of the show. Willow makes her "SNL" debut as musical guest.

    Megan Thee Stallion earns double duty on Oct. 15 as the host and musical guest, NBC said on Tuesday.

    The Lorne Michaels-produced show soldiers on this season minus cast members Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Christopher Redd, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Aristotle Athari and Melissa Villaseñor.

    The show has named four new cast members as replacements.

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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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