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OpenAI has banned the developer of a bot mimicking Democratic presidential hopeful Congressman Dean Phillips, the first action the ChatGPT maker has taken in response to what it sees as a misuse of its artificial intelligence (AI) tools in a political campaign, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.

Joe Biden said on Friday it was still possible Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could agree to some form of Palestinian state, after the two leaders spoke for the first time in nearly a month amid tensions over the Gaza war. Their call came a day after Netanyahu said he opposes allowing Palestinian sovereignty in the wake of the conflict with Hamas, deepening Israeli divisions with key backer Washington over the conduct of Israel's offensive and what comes next. But Biden said after the call that it was not impossible Netanyahu might come round to some form of so-called two-state solution, mooted for decades as a way to end tensions in the Middle East, despite the Israeli premier's comments. «There are a number of types of two-state solutions. There's a number of countries that are members of the UN that… don't have their own militaries,» Biden told reporters.

A travel advisory was issued by NYC Emergency Management on Friday. In the morning, the snow started to fall in the Big Apple, and within the time of the precipitation moving out, over half an inch of snow fell across the boroughs of the city. According to reports, 0.4 inches had fallen in Central Park.

Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected to hold interest rates steady for the fourth straight meeting when it gathers in Washington on Jan. 30 and 31. The real focus though will be on what lies ahead, at the FOMC’s March meeting and beyond.

WASHINGTON — Today, the Biden administration announced the cancellation of nearly $5 billion in student debt for an additional batch of 74,000 borrowers. This move is a targeted relief effort after the Supreme Court blocked a more expansive $400 billion loan forgiveness plan in June 2023.

Ram Temple in Ayodhya next week. Thousands of Indian Americans are expected to participate in a series of events commencing this week to mark the occasion. “Ayodhya is re-emerging from destruction and neglect, epitomising the eternal nature of Sanātana Dharma.

Airtel, Jio square off against Elon Musk in India's satellite broadband race "Starlink replied to the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, and in next few days or by the end of this month, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) may issue a Letter of Intent (LoI) to Starlink," ET Telecom quoted a source as saying. Meanwhile, a Moneycontrol report, citing sources, noted that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) could issue a letter of intent (LoI) to Starlink as early as Wednesday.

Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from its staffs' accounts. A Russian hacking group known in the cybersecurity industry as Nobelium, or Midnight Blizzard, used a «password spray attack» starting in Nov. 2023 to breach a Microsoft platform, the company said in a blog. Hackers use this technique to infiltrate a company's systems by using the same password across multiple accounts.

Ayodhya next week, with thousands of Indian Americans likely to attend a series of events beginning this week. «Ayodhya is re-emerging from destruction and neglect, epitomising the eternal nature of Sanātana Dharma. The upcoming consecration at Ram Lalla Mandir after 550 years is bringing immense joy to the city and nearly a billion Hindus across the world,» Kalyan Viswanathan, president of the Hindu University of America said in a blog post. The consecration ceremony at the Ayodhya temple wiil be held on January 22.

The storm is predicted to be bringing 1-3 inches of snow to the Northeast and Midwest, with certain regions getting 3-6 inches or more snow by Friday night as per AccuWeather.

On Jan. 5, a few hundred linguists gathered in a ballroom in midtown Manhattan to mull various nominations for the American Dialect Society’s 2023 Word of the Year. As chair of the society’s new words committee, I oversaw the lively colloquy, which attracted many members of the group and the larger Linguistic Society of America.

US, on Thursday (local time), avoided answering a question regarding whether Pakistan had engaged in prior consultations with Washington before carrying out retaliatory air strikes on Iran. In response to media reports suggesting that Pakistan consulted with the US before conducting the strikes in Iran, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, during a routine press briefing in Washington, stated, “I do not have any private conversations to read out." Also Read: Pakistan-Iran News LIVE Miller said, “The US is concerned about the escalating tensions in the region and has urged restraint on all sides." He stressed there is no need for escalation in the matter and that the country has noted the Pakistani government's comments about the importance of “cooperative relations between Pakistan and its neighbours." In response to a question on how the US administration reads the situation between Iran and Pakistan, Miller said, “We are concerned about escalating tensions in the region.

Congress has sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March

By Richard Cowan and Makini Brice

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Alaska Airlines said on Thursday it will extend the cancellation of its Boeing (NYSE:BA) 737 MAX 9 flights through Sunday as the Federal Aviation Administration continues to review inspection data from an initial group of 40 planes.

The U.S. hit a United Arab Emirates shipping firm and its 18 vessels with sanctions after it transported Russian crude oil above the $60 per barrel price cap

President Joe Biden says that U.S. military strikes against Iranian-back Houthi rebels in Yemen will continue, but he acknowledges that the American and British bombardment has yet to stop shipping attacks by the militants on vessels in the Red Sea

Federal officials have briefed a congressional committee on their investigations into a jetliner that lost a panel of its fuselage in midflight this month and revealed that airlines have inspected 40 identical Boeing planes

CNN's new chief executive, Mark Thompson, said in a strategy memo to his staff that the organization needs to recapture the “swagger and innovation” of its youth

By Howard Schneider

The United States has put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on its list of specially designated global terrorists