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After Trump and Musk scuttled prior bipartisan deal, Republicans denied Trump-backed package

The US House of Representatives passed a funding proposal Friday evening just hours before the US government was due to shut down, with a bill that dropped Donald Trump’s demand for a debt limit increase.

The bill, which passed 366-34, approves government funding for three months and will be sent to the Senate, where it is expected to pass. The vote came after the president-elect and his billionaire ally, Elon Musk, scuttled a prior bipartisan deal at the last minute, sparking conflicts within the Republican party. A Trump-backed package hastily assembled by Republicans on Thursday included a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling, which would have helped the incoming president enact his agenda, but was opposed by members of his own party.

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21.12.24 08:33

by theguardian.com

OpenAI whistleblower who died was being considered as witness against company

Suchir Balaji, listed in court filing as having ‘relevant documents’ about copyright violation, died on 26 November

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26.

Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He had been well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI’s strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products.

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