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    Tichina Arnold, Thuso Mbedu, Tituss Burgess among presenters added to lineup for Creative Arts Emmy Awards

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    Thuso Mbedu in a scene from "The Underground Railroad." Mbedu is among the presenters for this year's Creative Arts Emmy Awards (photo courtesy of Amazon Studios)
    NOHO ARTS DISTRICT, Calif. --

    The Television Academy and executive producer Bob Bain today announced the second group of presenters for the 2021 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards, hosted over two consecutive days on Saturday, Sept. 11, and Sunday, Sept. 12.

    The presenters reflect an exceptional group of talent representing Emmy-nominated shows and hit television series across viewing platforms and genres including drama, comedy, documentary and reality television programs.

    Recently confirmed presenters include: Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood), W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America), Tituss Burgess (Central Park), Nicole Byer (Nailed It!; Wipe Out), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country), Deon Cole (black-ish), Lisa Edelstein (The Kominsky Method), Dulé Hill (The Wonder Years), Maz Jobrani (Gander), Ross Mathews (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Thuso Mbedu (The Underground Railroad), Bernadette Peters (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), Jana Schmieding (Rutherford Falls), Drew and Jonathan Scott (Property Brothers), Paul Scheer (Black Monday), Randy and Jason Sklar (Cheap Seats), Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset), Michelle Visage (RuPaul’s Drag Race), and Ming-Na Wen (The Mandalorian; The Book of Boba Fett).

    The 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be presented during three ceremonies the weekend of Sept. 11 and 12 at L.A. LIVE: Saturday at 5PM and Sunday at 1PM and 5PM. An edited presentation will be broadcast on Saturday, Sept. 18 (8:00 PM ET/PT) on FXX. All three shows will be produced by Bob Bain Productions.

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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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