AI startup micro1 bids $12.5M for Spirit’s records, topping Google’s agreed $10M deal

The AI training-data company micro1 has offered $12.5M for Spirit Aviation’s internal records, topping Google’s agreed $10M and proposing an ombudsman chosen by Spirit’s advisers rather than the buyer. European law would treat the deidentification promise as a question about capability rather than a label, but none of it applies to an American liquidation. An…

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Oklahoma Parents Arrested After Allegedly Leaving Three Small Children At Home Alone So They Could Do WHAT?!

[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Ugh. This is incredibly sad and concerning. An Oklahoma couple is facing child neglect charges after authorities say they left three young children home alone while they went out to play… pickleball. No, seriously. According to a statement from the Glenpool Police Department in the Oklahoma City of Glenpool this week,…

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Pineapple Financial puts $1B in mortgage records on Injective

The mortgage lender plans to bring more than $10 billion in historical loans onchain, turning thousands of mortgage files into blockchain-based records. Pineapple Financial has moved more than $1 billion in residential mortgage records onto Injective, a layer-1 blockchain focused on financial applications, as part of a broader effort to migrate its historical loan portfolio…

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‘The Basics of Philosophy’ Review: Paul Schrader Does Some Deep — and Discomfiting — Thinking About a College Professor’s Guilt

When Paul Schrader’s new moral drama The Basics of Philosophy begins, we are on a fictional college campus where John (Jack Huston), a professor of philosophy, gives an introductory lecture about the meaning of his course. Soon after, we see him in his office with a female student, who is begging for a grade change….

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OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads globally and builds out its ad stack

OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT Ads, alongside new tools for audience targeting, conversion measurement, and reporting OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Ads into more international markets while adding new targeting, measurement and optimization tools for advertisers. The combination could make ChatGPT a more meaningful part of advertisers’ media plans. Geographical expansion. ChatGPT Ads are rolling out to…

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