Google co-founder Sergey Brin donated $102 million to the organization Building a Better California, which opposes Proposition 40 — an initiative for a one-time tax on billionaires’ wealth in California. According to the official text, the tax will apply only to state residents on January 1, 2026, and Brin, according to U.S. media reports, left California before that date.

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Biologists from Germany and the United States found a new species of amoeba — Incendiamoeba cascadensis — in the hot springs of Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. In the laboratory, it grew and divided at 63 degrees and survived five minutes submerged in water heated to 70 degrees.

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British Columbia has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI over allegations that the company failed to warn authorities about concerning conversations in ChatGPT before the Tumbler Ridge shooting. Tumbler Ridge is a town in Canadian British Columbia, where eight people, including six children, died in February.

#ChatGPT #openai #BritishColumbia #California #SamAltman #TumblerRidge

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