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Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.

In a lawsuit filed at San Francisco Superior Court, billionaire Musk said that when he bankrolled OpenAI’s creation, he secured an agreement with Altman and Greg Brockman, the president, to keep the AI company as a nonprofit that would develop technology for the benefit of the public.

Under its founding agreement, OpenAI would also make its code open to the public instead of walling it off for any private company’s gains, the lawsuit says.

However, by embracing a close relationship with Microsoft, OpenAI and its top executives have set that pact “aflame” and are “perverting” the company’s mission, Musk alleges in the lawsuit.

OpenAI declined to comment on the lawsuit Friday.

“OpenAI, Inc. has been transformed into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of the largest technology company in the world: Microsoft,” the lawsuit filed Thursday says. “Under its new Board, it is not just developing but is actually refining an AGI to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity.” read more

It’s just before noon on a Sunday, and I am on a fast-moving Orlando brunch crawl with Netflix star Phil Rosenthal, who these days is famous for being fed. 

If you don’t know “Somebody Feed Phil,” which premiered back in 2018, it is equal parts travelog, wondrous and immersive, and food porn so sophisticated — glistening skin, tender flesh, flowing juices — it blurs the line between elegant and explicit.

At the center of it all: Rosenthal, who has described himself as “exactly like Anthony Bourdain – if he was afraid of everything.”

It is a charming, funny line from a charming, funny guy. Precisely the man you’ll see on the show. That said, Rosenthal isn’t afraid of anything. Not on the plate, anyway. He approaches food with enthusiasm and zest and childlike curiosity. He greets the world and everyone in it with a bright, open smile.

That’s how he greeted me, too.

I was supposed to be at a Yankees spring training game that Sunday, but my collision with Rosenthal, admittedly, seemed like kismet.  read more

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By Kate Ashford | NerdWallet

Financial planners talk about three phases in retirement: the go-go years, the slow-go years and the no-go years. Expenses tend to be highest at the beginning and end of retirement — creating a U-shape. But many people think of retirement spending as a constant variable.

“As they enter retirement, especially early in retirement, they see themselves spending all sorts of money and then they can’t envision themselves cutting back,” says Jonathan Swanburg, a certified financial planner in Houston.

But the big trips and experiences you’re planning for your golden years are often one-time things, and as you get older, you may naturally travel and spend less. Then at the end of life, there’s an uptick in spending on things like long-term care.

“It kind of looks like a smile when you look at all the numbers,” says Michelle Crumm, a CFP in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Here’s how to lean into this spending pattern.

Get clear on your goals

A U-shaped retirement plan works for many people — but not all. You and your financial professional should discuss what you hope to get out of your retirement. read more

Universal Orlando has revealed more details about the DreamWorks Land set to open at Universal Studios theme park sometime this summer. Among the elements: a Trolls Trollercoaster ride, Po’s Kung Fu Training Camp and Shrek’s Swamp Meet.

The area is under construction on the footprint of what was formerly known as KidZone. The refurbishment will include character interactions, playgrounds, themed foods and retail outlets.

The Trollercoaster will be “family-friendly,” Universal said, with Caterbus-themed ride vehicles and spiders among their webs. It will be near Poppy’s Playground, which will feature bouncing and climbing structures beneath a 20-foot mushroom. Trolls Treats will be an ice-cream kiosk transformed from Poppy’s boombox seen in “Trolls Band Together.”

Trolls will also be featured in the coaster’s queue, and Poppy and Branch will be incorporated into a fountain in the land.

“Shrek” activities will include the Swamp Meet, where visitors will encounter the title character, Princess Fiona and Donkey; a playground for “little ogres”; interactive lily pads that make music at King Harold’s Swamp Symphony; and Mama Luna Feline Fiesta, an on-screen interactive experience themed to a retirement home for cats, inspired by “Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish.” read more