OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.“It seems like they had very bad security,” Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI employee said of the artificial intelligenc

S Sheera Frenkel, Dustin Volz and Dylan Freedman

OpenAI Apologizes for Australia Medicare Hack

The company detailed how A.I. agents gained access to four government websites and acknowledged mishandling its response.OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. The company said it would work to rebuild trust with Australians.

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College Students Flex Their Power in A.I. Investment Frenzy

Dorm Room Fund, a program that lets college students invest in their peers, raised a new $50 million fund as the competition for young founders ramps up.Molly Fowler, a partner at Dorm Room Fund, at her office in Manhattan. The venture capital firm has raised a new $50 million fund.

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ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive

A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Newark, N.J. in May. The agency has staffed up drastically since President Trump took office, growing by about

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Man Shot by ICE Agent in Austin Is Charged With Assault

The charge reveals the existence of body camera footage of the shooting, though that video has not been released.Body camera footage shows federal agents next to Wilber Rafael Garces Perez’s car on the day he was shot in Austin, Texas.

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His Jet vs. Her Jeep: How Wealth Is Playing in the Midterms

In the so-called affordability election, two candidates for governor of Ohio are sparring over whether billionaires are the problem or the solution.Dr. Acton after a campaign event at the UFCW Local 1059 in Columbus, Ohio, in February.

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Mamdani Announces Plan to Fight Antisemitism, Without Discussing Israel

A report issued by Mayor Zohran Mamdani describes ways that New York City is funding hate crime prevention and celebrating the contributions of Jewish New Yorkers.Mr. Mamdani’s longstanding criticism of Israel and advocacy for Palestinian rights have caused unease among some Jews in New York. The ma

S Sally Goldenberg and Dana Rubinstein

Cornell University Rape Investigation: What We Know

Prosecutors have reopened the case of a woman who said she was sexually assaulted on campus in 2024. The woman’s lawsuit brought renewed pressure to reopen the investigation.Students walk past the now shuttered Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

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Israeli Settlers Stop Soldiers From Returning Palestinians to Their Home

The Supreme Court had ordered the military to ensure a West Bank family that fled violence could go back. But settlers blocked the effort, with the authorities accused of not doing enough to confront them.Mahmoud Toubassi with his wife, Aedah, in the village of Jalud in the Israeli-occupied West Ban

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Tankers Are Loading Oil Again From a Vital Saudi Pipeline

Saudi authorities had taken the pipeline offline this month after it was damaged in a drone attack by an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia.A satellite image of the East-West pipeline after it was damaged in a drone strike this month. The pipeline was a vital workaround for Saudi oil.

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