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    Warner Bros. sets “Furiosa,” “Color Purple” musical for theaters in 2023

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    Anya Taylor-Joy in the series “The Queen’s Gambit.” Taylor-Joy will star in “Furiosa,” which Warner Bros. will bring to theaters in 2023 (Ken Woroner/Netflix via AP)

    By Lindsey Bahr, AP Film Writer

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    A "Mad Max: Fury Road" prequel and an adaptation of "The Color Purple" Broadway musical are coming to theaters in 2023, Warner Bros. said Wednesday. 

    The announcement comes on the heels of the studio's industry-shaking decision to release all its 2021 films simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters. 

    "Furiosa," the "Mad Max" prequel based on Charlize Theron's character, stars Anya Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit" as the titular warrior. George Miller wrote and is returning to direct the film, which also stars Chris Hemsworth and has been slated for a June 23, 2023 release. 

    "The Color Purple," meanwhile, has been set for a December 2023 debut. The adaptation of the Tony-award winning musical, based on Alice Walker's book and Steven Spielberg's 1985 film, is set to be directed by Blitz Bazawule ("Black Is King"). Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey are among the producers.

    Warner Bros. also announced "Coyote vs. Acme," a hybrid live-action and animated film about the Looney Tunes character, for June 2023. 

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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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