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18+ min ago (203+ words) Sam Altman says he has a hard time imagining "how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT." The OpenAI CEO joined Jimmy Fallon to talk about his latest product to hawk. Artificial Intelligence is a big discussion point these days, and Altman went on to The Tonight Show to plead its case. Somehow, these two knuckleheads got into talking about raising kids. "I cannot imagine having gone through, figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT," Altman smirked on the late night show. "People did it for a long time, no problem. So clearly it was possible, but I have relied on it so much." "One of the things that I'm worried about is just the rate of change that's happening in the world right now," Altman observed. "This is a three-year-old technology. No other technology has ever been adopted…...

19+ min ago (919+ words) Are you a GM Factory Zero worker? Fill out the form at the end of this article for assistance in building a rank-and-file committee to fight the layoffs and defend every worker's job. GM is slashing production by half at its flagship EV plant that straddles the border between Detroit and the enclave of Hamtramck. These job cuts, which GM now calls "permanent," are cascading through supplier plants in the Detroit area, leading to hundreds of additional layoffs. This is part of a brutal wave of downsizing in the auto industry since the supposed "record contract" negotiated by the UAW in 2023. This includes the mass firing of thousands of temp workers and layoffs at major plants in the Detroit area and throughout the country. "It is time to draw the line and defend the right to a secure job and…...

27+ min ago (263+ words) Consider the repeated unrelenting raids to reconstruct the preamble by purging it of the offending words "secular" and "socialist" even though they have been to a great extent shorn of the mildest challenge to the truculent Right. Hiren Gohain is a political commentator by Dr Ranjan Solomon10/12/2025 The BJP is incessantly seeking to distort History to diminish Nehru. Their challenges will miserably fall short. Nehru had a towering vision of India. Modi"s manufactured "Vande Mataram" debate is" The discovery of a poster with picture of mass murderer Netanyuhu and 'Wanted' as caption has caused consternation in Delhi police and EAM.Hot search is on for the person who" Remember what had happened in the case of Stan Swamy? An ailing priest of the church knowing the end was near after a prolonged illness and casual treatment in jail," An idea…...

31+ min ago (1017+ words) Following the recent statement by Chancellor Friedrich Merz (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) that Germany can no longer afford the welfare state, the CDU and Social Democratic Party (SPD) coalition are pushing through drastic cuts to social services which will be at the heart of the federal budget for next year. The abolition of the citizen's income scheme was only the first step. Economics Minister Katherina Reiche (CDU) has recently called for an Agenda 2030. According to Reiche, this should include far-reaching measures such as raising the retirement age to 70, abolishing payment of wages in the event of illness and a reduction of protections against dismissal. Proposals for drastic cuts in public healthcare have been widely discussed in the media for months. Now the German government's drug commissioner Hendrik Streeck (CDU) has underlined the inhumane and de facto murderous measures the ruling…...

33+ min ago (843+ words) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reneged on his earlier statement that he would have "no problem" with releasing the video of the September 2 murder of 11 unarmed civilians in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. In a bald-faced lie, he declared, "I didn't say that." Trump now says he has left the decision with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, declaring, "Whatever Hegseth wants to do is OK with me." Hegseth, however, risks being caught in multiple lies by the release of further details about the strikes. Last week he said, "I did not personally see survivors" after the first strike and has asserted that "I didn't stick around" to view the second strike'of which both claims are highly dubious, and the first of which is likely to be proven false by the release of the video. Trump hurled…...

46+ min ago (850+ words) The strike by teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) in California has reached its fourth day, under conditions of intensifying pressure from the district, the Democrats and the union apparatus to shut it down. Negotiators from the United Teachers of Richmond (UTR) are entering another round of talks tonight. The Teamsters 856 bureaucracy yesterday ordered 1,500 classified workers back to work and announced a tentative agreement that has not even been voted on. This sellout, almost identical to the deal workers already rejected, has effectively split the strike in half in order to weaken and isolate teachers. Conditions exist across California for a powerful, unified offensive, but this can only take place through an initiative by the rank and file. Multiple districts are already operating under expired contracts, while the California Teachers Association (CTA) peddles its "We Can't…...

46+ min ago (524+ words) Mount Sinai Hospital in New York has disciplined three nurses who discussed their concerns about workplace safety with their coworkers and the media. The cause of the nurses" concerns was an attempted shooting in the hospital"s emergency room last month. For discussing this life-or-death question, Mount Sinai sent two of the nurses written warnings and suspended the third. This blatant act of retaliation was carried out amid contract negotiations between management and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). A guard escorted Brown out of the hospital. Brown subsequently got into a confrontation with police, who then shot him. He was brought back into the hospital, where the same nurses whom he had threatened administered care to him. Brown died of his injuries while in the hospital. Fortunately, no staff member was hurt during the incident. The attempted shooting…...

46+ min ago (517+ words) Former President Jair Bolsonaro has endorsed his eldest son's campaign to be Brazil's next president in the 2026 race. Far-right Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has reaffirmed his commitment to running in Brazil's 2026 presidential race, despite criticism that he appeared to be openly haggling over whether to remain a candidate. On Tuesday, Bolsonaro met with reporters outside federal police headquarters in the capital Brasilia, where his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, is serving a 27-year sentence for attempting to foment a coup. The younger Bolsonaro said he conveyed to his father that he would not shrink from the 2026 race. "I told him this candidacy is irreversible," Flavio said. "And in his own words, "We will not turn back.' Now it is time to talk to people, so we can have the right people on our side." On Sunday, Flavio raised eyebrows when he…...

55+ min ago (423+ words) Democrat Eileen Higgins is favoured to win Miami's mayoral run-off, a closely watched test of voter sentiment in Trump's Florida stronghold. By Elizabeth Melimopoulos and News Agencies Democrats are favoured to win Miami's mayoral race for the first time in nearly 30 years, with the run-off closely watched as a test of voter sentiment in United States President Donald Trump's Florida stronghold. Although the election on Tuesday is technically nonpartisan " by law, candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot " it has drawn national attention. Trump has endorsed former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, a Republican, while the Democratic National Committee is backing Eileen Higgins, 61, a former Miami-Dade County commissioner. Higgins led a crowded field in last month's first round, securing 36 percent of the vote, short of the majority needed to win outright, but well ahead of Gonzalez, a retired…...

57+ min ago (1014+ words) On Monday, Barnaby Joyce joined the far-right One Nation party, having resigned from the National Party in a statement he delivered on the floor of parliament in late November. The defection had been in the works for months, with Joyce openly raising it in the media and holding meetings with One Nation's leader Pauline Hanson. Much of the commentary has focussed on Joyce's personal ambition. In his parliamentary statement, he likened his position on the backbench to an "ejector chair" from the building. Joyce and National Party leader David Littleproud are longtime factional opponents, with their antagonism such that they reportedly avoid being in the same room together. Whatever the role of such immediate factors, however, they are expressions of more fundamental processes." Joyce's defection is yet another expression of the crisis of the Coalition, the formation composed of the…...