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Microsoft and OpenAI have finalized a new agreement that removes uncertainty for investors and clears the path for OpenAI to restructure as a for-profit business. Microsoft receives a 27% ownership stake in OpenAI worth approximately $135 billion and retains access to the AI startup's technology until 2032, including models that achieve AGI. OpenAI completed its recapitalization, simplifying its corporate structure while keeping the nonprofit in control of the for-profit entity. The OpenAI Foundation receives an equity stake worth roughly $130 billion and plans to initially focus on funding work to accelerate health breakthroughs. Microsoft backed OpenAI with $13.75 billion and was the biggest holdout among investors during negotiations. Once OpenAI achieves AGI, verified by an independent expert panel, Microsoft will no longer receive a cut of OpenAI's revenue. Microsoft also loses its right of first refusal on new cloud infrastructure business from OpenAI, though OpenAI commits an additional $250 billion to Azure.

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An assessment of the causes and remedies of glaring LED lamps will be launched after their increasingly common fixture in new vehicles has made it hazardous to drive in the dark.

Among the top value destinations are beaches that offer fresh coconuts for less than £1, beers at roughly £2 and hotels averaging about £57 per night.

The '0 bedroom' second-floor flat in the affluent Belsize Park area in Hampstead has caused a storm after being shared on social media this week.

John Kent and John Hutchenson were caught on CCTV attempting to steal the bicycle on Bishopsgate in the City of London.

In the days after the 1912 disaster, devastated families travelled by train to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to collect the bodies. Upon arrival they were handed an 'important notice' by White Star Line officials.

Alistair Taylor, 34, had run a successful barbershop for years - but was forced to move premises when Blackpool Council suddenly terminated his lease at a market in the town.

Noyb says New York-based facial recognition biz flouted GDPR orders and kept scraping anyway

Privacy advocates at Noyb filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI for scraping social media users' faces without consent to train its AI algorithms.…

The western Sudanese city of El-Fasher fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after more than 18 months of brutal siege warfare.

Three teenagers were seen approaching the Alexandria property on October 14, taunting the homeowners with demands to open the door and threatening to make their own way in.

James Fort, senior radiographer for a private medical company, became obsessed with buying 'excess quantities' of board games during the Covid pandemic, a tribunal heard.

Anthony Dawson - better known as TooTurntTony - is the king of swamp slapstick. But behind the laughs and the lake water, there's something darker lurking beneath the surface.

Speaking in a new interview on Tuesday, the musician, 50, admitted she 'was jealous because it was making her successful' as she questioned her own perception.

It was scheduled to open on October 27 - but opened a day early

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Amazon said on Tuesday it would reduce its corporate workforce by approximately 14,000 roles as part of an effort to remove bureaucracy and organizational layers. Beth Galetti, the company's senior vice president of people experience and technology, told employees in a memo that the cuts followed earlier work to strengthen teams by reducing layers and increasing ownership. The company said it would offer most affected employees 90 days to find new roles internally and that recruiting teams would prioritize internal candidates. Those unable to find positions at Amazon will receive severance pay, outplacement services and health insurance benefits, the memo added.

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Councillors praising the developer for working with council to make changes to proposals

From natural disasters to stray bullets and exams, it's been a shaky quarter for the world's connectivity

Cloudflare's latest internet disruptions report reads like a global disaster log, with exam-related shutdowns, natural calamities, stray bullets, and even a Starlink software failure all taking chunks out of global connectivity.…

'Some may ask why we're reducing roles when the company is performing well,' a top boss wrote.

Anita Rani and her father Bal Singh Nazran have revealed how they were mistaken for refugees by hotel staff in Mexico during filming for the new Celebrity Race Across The World series.