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Mayor Bass loses another spokesperson amid heavy turnover

Mayor Bass loses another spokesperson amid heavy turnover

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A top spokesperson for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass left her administration Monday after a brief tenure, joining a growing list of communications aides who have departed over the last nine months. Kolby Lee, who started as Bass’ director of communications in February, said he was resigning to spend time with family and loved ones. “I’m very grateful to Mayor Bass for giving me the opportunity to be part of her team and serve the people of Los Angeles,” Lee said in a statement Tuesday. Bass’ communications office said in a statement to The Times on Tuesday, “We thank Kolby for his contribution to the office and wish him and his family well.” Bass is running for reelection against City Councilmember Nithya Raman. The departures began in October, when Zach Seidl, Bass’ longtime deputy mayor of communications, left for the private sector. Press secretary Clara Karger left in January after working for the mayor for nearly three years. Bass then brought on Amanda Crumley to replace Seidl. But Crumley lasted about four months, leaving in …

EU Commission looking at practical consequences of Anthropic decision, spokesperson says

EU Commission looking at practical consequences of Anthropic decision, spokesperson says

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BRUSSELS, June 14 : The European Commission said on Sunday that it is assessing the practical implications of a U.S. export control directive impacting artificial intelligence company Anthropic and that measures should not be discriminatory against partners. Anthropic said on Friday it would “abruptly disable” its most advanced AI models for all users after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. “We are seeing a new generation of highly capable AI models reach the market. These models offer significant benefits, including for cyber-defence, but they also raise serious cybersecurity concerns that need to be addressed,” European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said in a statement. “We believe that contingency measures taken in this light should not be discriminatory against partners,” he said. “This development is a further illustration of why Europe needs to strengthen its technological sovereignty,” Regnier said. “We are looking closely at the practical consequences of this for European users of these services.” Source link

Israel: Top Iranian spokesperson killed

Israel: Top Iranian spokesperson killed

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The Israeli military announced Friday that the top spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed by airstrikes as part of the U.S. and Israel’s joint military offensive in the Middle East nation. The Israeli military, in a post on social platform X, said its strikes took out IRGC Public Relations Array head… Source link

An OpenAI Spokesperson Just Said Something Wild About ChatGPT’s Upcoming “Adult Mode”

An OpenAI Spokesperson Just Said Something Wild About ChatGPT’s Upcoming “Adult Mode”

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In October, ChatGPT maker OpenAI announced it would be opening the floodgates for “mature apps.” “Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases,” he tweeted at the time. “As part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults,” Altman added. Five months later, an “adult mode” chatbot that’s willing to breach topics that have been off-limits on ChatGPT so far — a move characterized by critics as a way to boost revenue in light of some disastrous financials — remains nowhere to be seen. And as the Wall Street Journal reports, the subject is still sending a shiver down the spines of company advisors, who are wary of the many potential dangers of letting OpenAI’s already-hooked customers engage in intimately-charged conversations. In fact, many staffers …

New Prince Harry book a ‘deranged conspiracy’, his spokesperson says

New Prince Harry book a ‘deranged conspiracy’, his spokesperson says

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LONDON: A new biography about Prince Harry, which says Queen Camilla had allegedly remarked he had been brainwashed by his wife Meghan, was described by his spokesperson on Saturday as a “deranged conspiracy”. Harry and Meghan have been estranged from the British royal family since stepping away from official duties in 2020 and moving to California, but continue to attract huge interest both in Britain and abroad. In extracts from his new book published in the Times newspaper, author Tom Bower, who has written a number of biographies about the royals, said the couple began feuding with the other royals shortly after their glittering 2018 wedding. The couple, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are now barely on speaking terms with the other royals and Harry has rarely seen his father King Charles in recent years. Bower wrote that Harry’s elder brother William and his wife Kate were alarmed by Meghan’s impact on him and regarded her as a threat. “Meghan’s brainwashed Harry,” Camilla, the prince’s stepmother, told a friend, according to the author. Source …

Book claiming Meghan ‘brainwashed’ Harry is ‘deranged conspiracy’, says his spokesperson | UK News

Book claiming Meghan ‘brainwashed’ Harry is ‘deranged conspiracy’, says his spokesperson | UK News

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Prince Harry’s spokesperson has criticised a new book claiming his wife Meghan “brainwashed” him, calling it a “deranged conspiracy”. The claims about the couple, who are estranged from the Royal Family, were made in extracts from a biography by author Tom Bower which were published in The Times. According to Bower, who has written various biographies about the royals, Queen Camilla told a friend: “Meghan’s brainwashed ‌Harry.” The author also wrote that the Duke of Sussex’s elder brother, Prince William, and his wife Kate were allegedly alarmed by Meghan’s impact on him. Image: Harry and Meghan are pictured with Charles and Camilla at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. Pic: Reuters “Both evidently saw Meghan as a threat rather than an ally,” Bower wrote in Betrayal: Power, Deceit and the Fight for the Future of the Royal Family, which will be released later this month. There were also claims Harry was scared the Prince of Wales might effectively banish him after seeing the dramatic demise of their uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of all titles and removed …

Top Trump immigration spokesperson to leave DHS : NPR

Top Trump immigration spokesperson to leave DHS : NPR

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Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in May 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, is leaving the agency, the department confirmed on Tuesday. McLaughlin has become the public face and voice defending the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy and immigration tactics over the past year. “McLaughlin started planning to leave in December but pushed back her departure amid the aftermath of the shootings of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers, according to the people briefed on her exit,” DHS said in a statement to NPR. POLITICO first reported her departure. It is not clear where she is going next. McLaughlin in a statement said Lauren Bis, currently her deputy, will replace her as assistant secretary for public affairs, while Katie Zacharia will become deputy assistant secretary. “I am immensely proud …

Suella Braverman named Reform UK’s education spokesperson

Suella Braverman named Reform UK’s education spokesperson

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The former home secretary claimed teacher authority had been ‘eroded by violence and disorder’ The former home secretary claimed teacher authority had been ‘eroded by violence and disorder’ More from this theme Recent articles Former Conservative home secretary and recently-defected Reform UK MP Suella Braverman has been named as the party’s education and skills spokesperson. Leader Nigel Farage today announced his “shadow cabinet”, with Braverman given the education, skills and equalities brief. Braverman defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK last month, claiming she had been “politically homeless” for the past two years. Farage claimed at a press conference earlier today that parents “all over this country are in a state of despair about what their children are being taught at school”. Braverman served as home secretary twice. She was initially appointed to the role in September 2022 by Liz Truss, but resigned in October 2022 after she sent an official document to a parliamentary colleague using her personal email address. She was re-appointed by new prime minister Rishi Sunak days later, but then …