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Andrew J. Hawkins

Volvo teams up with Aurora to reveal an autonomous semi truck

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Volvo revealed its first “production-ready” self-driving truck that it’s making with Aurora, the autonomous driving technology company founded by former executives from Google, Uber, and Tesla.

The truck is based on Volvo’s new VNL, which is a Class 8 semi truck built for long-haul transportation. The autonomous version of the truck features an array of sensors and cameras to power Aurora’s Level 4 autonomous driving system, which enables the truck to operate...

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Lauren Goode

Apple’s Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of ‘Deleted’

An Apple Photos glitch, now fixed, is a reminder that digital bits of your life will live on forever.

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Will Knight

Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI Ripped Off Her Voice for ChatGPT

In a scorching statement, Scarlett Johansson claims that after she turned down an invitation to voice ChatGPT, OpenAI brazenly mimicked her distinctive tones anyway.

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Jacob Kastrenakes

Scarlett Johansson told OpenAI not to use her voice — and she’s not happy they might have anyway

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Scarlett Johansson says that OpenAI asked her to be the voice behind ChatGPT — but that when she declined, the company went ahead and created a voice that sounded just like her. In a statement shared to NPR, Johansson says that she has now been “forced to hire legal counsel” and has sent two letters to OpenAI inquiring how the soundalike ChatGPT voice, known as Sky, was made.

“Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman,...

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Ash Parrish

She sold her bathwater — PayPal took her profits

Image: X / Belle Delphine

Belle Delphine, the woman who went viral in 2019 for selling jars of her bathwater, revealed earlier this month that the stunt earned her $90K in profits. In a thread on X, the adult content creator and model also explained that because of PayPal, the payment processing system she used for the sale, she never saw a dime of that money.

“PayPal, without any warning closed my PayPal account and took the $90,000 that I earned from selling my bathwater,” Belle...

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

PGA Championship: Xander Schauffele’s Dad ends LIV Rumors after win

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Schauffele’s father, Stefan, quickly ended any rumor of his son joining LIV Golf after he won his first major at the PGA Championship.

The rumors quickly started Sunday evening about Xander Schauffele joining LIV Golf after he won the PGA Championship. Schauffele defeated Crusher GC captain Bryson DeChambeau by one stroke with an impressive birdie on the 18th.

By winning this major, he receives exemptions into the three other majors for the next...

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Harrison Faigen

Former NBA ref drops truth bomb about Chris Paul: ‘One of the biggest a--holes I ever dealt with’

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Chris Paul famously has a feud with Scott Foster, but the controversial veteran official apparently isn’t the only NBA referee who doesn’t like him.

Former NBA All-Star Chris Paul and referee Scott Foster have had a long-running feud, a mutual dislike so extensive that my colleague Ricky O’Donnell broke down the years-long history of it... in 2021. It has only continued since then, with Paul being ejected in 2023 for appearing to call...

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Kyle Buchanan

Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe on Yorgos Lanthimos’s New Film

The stars of his newest film, “Kinds of Kindness” explain that when working with the director, the less you know, the better.

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Troy Closson

Democrats Criticize N.Y.C. Parents Who Questioned Transgender Athlete Policy

Over a dozen Democratic elected officials criticized a parent group that asked for a review of rules that let students play on sports teams that align with their gender identity.

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Zach Montague

Top Education Officials Were Warned of FAFSA Overhaul Hurdles in 2020

Documents obtained by The Times show the department’s troubled FAFSA rollout this year came in spite of early warnings that the project required sustained attention.

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Matthew Goldstein

Trump Media Reports $770,000 in Revenue for First Quarter and Large Losses

The former president’s social media company reported taking in $770,000 in advertising revenue in the first quarter, sharply down from the year-earlier period.

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Matt Richtel

Legalized Weed is Landing More Seniors in the E.R.

In Canada, cannabis poisonings rose sharply among people 65 and older after the country legalized the drug, a new study found.

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MJ Franklin

Book Club: ‘James,’ by Percival Everett

For The Book Review Podcast’s May book club, we’ll talk about “James,” Percival Everett’s radical reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”

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Matthew Cullen

Iran’s President Died, Opening a New Chapter of Instability

Also, prosecutors rested their case against Trump. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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David Kaye

With I.C.C. Arrest Warrants, Let Justice Take Its Course

The request for International Criminal Court arrest warrants promotes the idea that the basic rules of international humanitarian law apply to all.

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Paul Krugman

What the Dow Jones Hitting 40,000 Points Tells Us

The stock market isn’t the economy — but its record high refutes conspiracy theories.

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Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh

What the Death of Iran’s President Raisi Means for His Country, and the World

The generation on the cusp of taking power in Iran sees domestic oppression and foreign aggression as indispensable to the success of the revolution.

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Michelle Goldberg

How Trump’s Hush-Money Case Failed to Capture America’s Imagination

A strange sense of anticlimax hangs over the Trump trial.

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Tripp Mickle

Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI Asked to Use Her Voice. Twice.

Last week, the company released a chatbot with an option that sounded like the actress, who provided the voice of an A.I. system in the movie “Her.”

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