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    Ubisoft’s ‘Ghost Recon,’ ‘For Honor’ unveiled at E3

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    Cast member Angela Bassett addresses the audience during the "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege" game segment at Ubisoft's E3 2015 Conference at the Orpheum Theatre on Monday, June 15, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

    By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    Ubisoft debuted a trio of new games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

    The video game publisher unveiled the superhero-themed follow-up "South Park: The Fractured But Whole," the original combat game "For Honor" and open-world "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands" on Monday during its E3 briefing.

    "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were on hand to debut "The Fractured But Whole," a sequel to the role-playing game "South Park: The Stick of Truth."

    "At the end of 'Stick of Truth,' we learned how to make video games," Parker joked.

    The multiplayer-focused brawler "For Honor" will pit versions of knights, samurais and Vikings against each other on battlefields.

    "Ghost Recon: Wildlands" transports the espionage franchise to a virtual rendition of Bolivia. "Wildlands" marks the first time the "Ghost Recon" series has been set in an open world.

    Ubisoft also brought star power to its Orpheum Theatre stage presentation with Angela Bassett unveiled as the new chief in "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege" and Jason Derulo performing "Want To Want Me." The pop star's music will appear in the choreography game "Just Dance 2016."

    Other titles teased included the London-set "Assassin's Creed: Syndicate" and multiplayer action title "Tom Clancy's The Division."

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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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