Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images The annual press dinner was canceled after a shooting on Saturday night. It was initially unclear what happened to the 2,600 unserved meals of lobster and steak. The host said Monday that the hotel donated them to two shelters for abused women. The lobster and steak dinners that went uneaten after a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this week did not go to waste. The Washington Hilton, the site of the annual gala, donated the 2,600 meals to two shelters for abused women and their children. That's according to Weijia Jiang, the CBS News correspondent and president of the journalists' association that throws the so-called "nerd prom." "They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life," Jiang said in a post on X on Monday. "HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances." The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD. They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances. — Weijia Jiang (@weijia) April 27, 2026 A Hilton spokesperson said in a statement that "the hotel regularly donates unused food from events to support local organizations." "Food from this weekend is being donated to our local community partners, and remaining produce items were composted and will be sent to farms for agricultural use," the spokesperson said. After the shooting, social media was abuzz with people wondering what would happen to the sumptuous suppers slated to be served to the media and political elite. A member of TMZ's new Washington bureau went to the hotel on Monday in search of the leftovers, going so far as to inspect some dumpsters for signs of them. The folks at the White House Correspondents' Dinner all left without injury, but thousands of lobsters weren't so lucky. 🦞 https://t.co/x1aKc7EhdI pic.twitter.com/KyBcdKTTZv — TMZ (@TMZ) April 27, 2026 The $350-a-seat dinner was halted Saturday night after shots rang out during the salad course while President Donald Trump was onstage for his first appearance at the event while in office. Prosecutors say Cole Allen, 31, traveled from his home in California to the nation's capital and checked into the Hilton with two guns and three knives before trying to crash the party and kill Trump. A Secret Service agent was shot but saved by his protective vest, and Allen was arrested at the scene. Read the original article on Business Insider

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After a yearslong legal feud, Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are heading to trial this week in Northern California in a case that could have sweeping consequences. Ahead of OpenAI’s highly anticipated IPO, the court could rule on whether the company is allowed to exist as a for-profit enterprise and might even oust…

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Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk boosted a New Yorker profile questioning OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's trustworthiness on X. The article appeared on X feeds on Monday, the same day Musk and Altman's trial kicked off in Oakland. Musk's lawsuit claims Altman deceived him on OpenAI's mission as a nonprofit. A New Yorker magazine investigation detailing concerns about Sam Altman's leadership resurfaced on X feeds on Monday, at the behest of the social media platform's billionaire owner. A post from Ronan Farrow, an investigative reporter, linking to his New Yorker profile of the OpenAI CEO titled "Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?" showed up on the X "For You" page for some users on Monday, three weeks after it was initially posted on April 6. The post was labeled as "Boosted" and said, "This organic post was boosted by @elonmusk." Ronan Farrow's post linking his profile of Sam Altman appeared in X feeds on Monday with a note saying it was "boosted" by Elon Musk. Kelsey Vlamis It's unclear how many people were served the post on Monday, but several Business Insider reporters saw it in their feeds. The profile was boosted as a high-stakes trial between Musk and Altman kicked off in Oakland, California, on Monday. Altman made an unexpected appearance in court as jury selection began. Musk was not in attendance. Musk sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024, alleging he was deceived when he cofounded the company in 2015 and invested tens of millions of dollars, only for it to abandon its mission as a public benefit nonprofit. The case could cost billions for OpenAI, which is preparing for an IPO. Musk went after Altman directly on Monday in a critical post on X. "Scam Altman and Greg Stockman stole a charity. Full stop," he wrote, referring to Altman and OpenAI's president, who is also named in the lawsuit. OpenAI said Monday the lawsuit was "a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor." X did not respond to a request for comment or questions about the "boosted" feature, including how it works and how it compares to an advertising post, which is typically labeled "Ad." The New Yorker declined to comment. Read the original article on Business Insider

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Crowds in New York City, the largest city in the US. Andrew Kelly/Reuters The 2020 US Census determined the largest city in every state. New York City is the biggest US city, followed by Los Angeles and Chicago. Some states' most populous cities only have tens of thousands of residents. Conducted every 10 years, the United States census counts every person living in the US and collects statistics such as age, sex, and household makeup. A city's population, along with other demographic data, is a key factor in determining its allocations for federal and state funding. According to 2020 census data, some states' most populous cities only have tens of thousands of residents, while others, like New York City, have more than 8 million. Take a look at the largest city in every state. ALABAMA: Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama. Isabella Pino/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Population: 200,733 ALASKA: Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska. Rocky Grimes/Shutterstock Population: 291,247 ARIZONA: Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona. Shutterstock Population: 1,608,139 ARKANSAS: Little Rock Little Rock, Arkansas. Walter Bibikow/Getty Images Population: 202,591 CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles Los Angeles, California. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock Population: 3,898,747 COLORADO: Denver Denver's forthcoming "Benefit Recovery Fund," a permanent "wage-replacement" program for undocumented workers, is the first of its kind in the country. Jon Paciaroni/Getty Images Population: 715,522 CONNECTICUT: Bridgeport Bridgeport, Connecticut. DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images Population: 148,654 DELAWARE: Wilmington Wilmington, Delaware. Denis Tangney Jr./Getty Images Population: 70,898 FLORIDA: Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock Population: 949,611 GEORGIA: Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia. ESB Professional/Shutterstock Population: 498,715 HAWAII: Honolulu Honolulu, Hawaii. 7maru/Shutterstock Population: 350,964 IDAHO: Boise Boise, Idaho. Charles Knowles/Shutterstock Population: 235,684 ILLINOIS: Chicago Chicago, Illinois. Bob Krist/Getty Images Population: 2,746,388 INDIANA: Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana. alexeys/Shutterstock Population: 887,642 IOWA: Des Moines Des Moines, Iowa. Shutterstock Population: 214,133 KANSAS: Wichita Wichita, Kansas. Ricardo Reitmeyer/Shutterstock Population: 397,532 KENTUCKY: Louisville Louisville, Kentucky. f11photo/Shutterstock Population: 246,161 LOUISIANA: New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana. John Coletti/Getty Images Population: 383,997 MAINE: Portland Portland, Maine. DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images Population: 68,408 MARYLAND: Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland. David Shvartsman/Getty Images Population: 585,708 MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Boston, Massachusetts. DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images Population: 675,647 MICHIGAN: Detroit Detroit, Michigan. f11photo/Shutterstock Population: 639,111 MINNESOTA: Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota. f11photo/Shutterstock Population: 429,954 MISSISSIPPI: Jackson Jackson, Mississippi. Getty Images Population: 153,701 MISSOURI: Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri. Edwin Remsberg/Getty Images Population: 508,090 MONTANA: Billings Billings, Montana. trekandshoot/Shutterstock Population: 117,116 NEBRASKA: Omaha Omaha, Nebraska. Shutterstock Population: 486,051 NEVADA: Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada. Kobby Dagan/Shutterstock Population: 641,903 NEW HAMPSHIRE: Manchester Manchester, New Hampshire. DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images Population: 115,644 NEW JERSEY: Newark Newark, New Jersey. EQRoy/Shutterstock Population: 311,549 NEW MEXICO: Albuquerque Albuquerque, New Mexico. turtix/Shutterstock Population: 564,559 NEW YORK: New York City New York City. Getty Images Population: 8,804,190 NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina. digidreamgrafix/Shutterstock Population: 874,579 NORTH DAKOTA: Fargo Fargo, North Dakota. David Harmantas/Shutterstock Population: 125,990 OHIO: Columbus Columbus, Ohio. f11photo/Shutterstock Population: 905,748 OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Marcus Elwell/Getty Images Population: 681,054 OREGON: Portland Portland, Oregon. pikappa51/Shutterstock Population: 652,503 PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pabkov/Shutterstock Population: 1,603,797 RHODE ISLAND: Providence Providence, Rhode Island. Shutterstock Population: 190,934 SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Charleston, South Carolina. f11photo/Shutterstock Population: 150,227 SOUTH DAKOTA: Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, South Dakota. DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images Population: 192,517 TENNESSEE: Nashville Nashville, Tennessee. f11photo/Shutterstock Population: 689,447 TEXAS: Houston Houston, Texas. Trong Nguyen / Shutterstock Population: 2,304,580 UTAH: Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, Utah. Darwin Fan/Getty Images Population: 199,723 VERMONT: Burlington Burlington, Vermont. Shutterstock Population: 44,743 VIRGINIA: Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, Virginia. Joanna Will/Shutterstock Population: 459,470 WASHINGTON: Seattle Seattle, Washington. Sean Pavone/Getty Images Population: 737,015 WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston Charleston, West Virginia. Jerry Pennington/Shutterstock Population: 48,864 WISCONSIN: Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Henryk Sadura/Shutterstock Population: 577,222 WYOMING: Cheyenne Cheyenne, Wyoming. Henryk Sadura/Shutterstock Population: 65,132 Read the original article on Business Insider

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The Navy's new refueling drone completed its first test flight over the weekend. The MQ-25A Stingray is the Navy's first carrier-based unmanned aircraft. Right now, there are no unmanned refueling aircraft in service, but the Navy said the Stingray is expected to enter service in 2027. Built by Boeing, the Stingray costs about $209 million per unit. The Navy invested about $16 billion in the system. After years of delays in the Stingray's development, this test flight gets the Navy closer to using it in military operations. The Navy says the drone will be a valuable tool to extend the reach of crewed fighters and aircraft. Read the original article on Business Insider

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Wired: Elon Musk boosts an X post by Ronan Farrow promoting his New Yorker article on Sam Altman's alleged deceptions, as Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI heads to trial  —  The move comes as the trial for Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI kicks off in federal court in Oakland.

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Girl Reading Under an Oak Tree -- Winslow Homer (1879) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Could I but ride indefinite I’d soar above the verdant hills, The breeze would be my constant friend, For in the silence of the wild, Do you like Emily Dickinson? Her poetry is beautiful, isn’t it? Original, evocative, vivid. The rhymes are subtle. The lines flow softly from one image to the next. If you thought these stanzas were written by Dickinson, you are not alone. All but one of the eight students who participated in our pilot study on responses to AI-generated poetry thought so too. Yet only the first four lines are Dickinson’s. The remaining lines were generated by OpenAI’s GPT4o. You can read what Dickinson actually wrote here. Emotional reactions Our study set out to explore students’ responses to AI-generated poems. We especially wanted to know if AI poetry could produce the same feelings of emotional connection and growth that have long been associated with reading literature. Researchers have found that both lay and professional readers of literature prefer AI-generated texts to human ones, and the majority of readers are unable to reliably distinguish between them. A recent New York Times quiz confirmed these findings: more than 50% of the 86,000+ quiz-takers preferred the AI texts. And yet, as the newspaper’s technology columnist Kevin Roose reported in a recent podcast, many quiz-takers were upset when informed of this. So were the students in our experiment. What do these emotional reactions suggest is at stake when we read AI-generated writing? The results of our study may offer some clues. Dickinson’s poetry is beloved for its emotional resonance; she has been described as “someone with whom people have a very personal relationship”. Would AI versions of her poetry have the same effect? Emily Dickinson c.1848. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons To investigate this question, we used GPT4o to produce new versions of Dickinson poems that are available in the public domain. Prompting the model to reuse the first stanza, we asked it to complete each poem three times, closely mimicking Dickinson’s signature tone and style. Students were invited to read and comment on one of two original poems and the three AI renderings. In surveys and interviews undertaken immediately after, we asked each student about their impressions and their preferences. Students knew that only one of the poems would be “real”, but we revealed which one it was only at the end of the interviews. An unpredictable arc The AI-generated versions of the meadow-bee poem consistently offered a fluent and logical story of the bee as the image of a free and authentic self, released into nature. Dickinson’s original poem has a far more unpredictable arc. It gives us a picture of a fractured and ironic psychological state. In Dickinson’s poem, the flitting bee is free to follow its “indefinite” whims and “flirt all day with buttercups”. The speaker likewise desires to marry whom I may, But this desire quickly unravels into darker territory. She declares that she would rather flee from moral authorities (“Or better, run away / With no police to follow”) than enjoy the limited freedoms of conventional courtship, even to the point of desperate measures: Till I should jump peninsulas The final stanza performs a brilliant and surprising return to the opening motif. As if waking from a reverie, Dickinson restates the bee theme: I said, but just to be a bee The poem’s wild ride isn’t done with us yet. In the final two lines, the speaker and the reader realise that her psychological situation is in fact a prison: What liberty! So captives deem Disappointment and betrayal Read alongside the soothing lines of the AI version, Dickinson’s original may sound fervent, harsh or depressing. What would readers think of the differences between them? Neither we nor the students were prepared for what we found. Not only were seven out of eight students unable to tell the real Dickinson poems apart from the AI-generated versions, but they confidently rejected the original poem as “definitely” AI-generated. What’s more, they described intensely positive feelings in response to the AI poems. Students were suspicious of Dickinson’s liberal use of em-dashes (a hallmark of GPT writing). They dismissed her unusual or disjunctive imagery as “stilted” and “distinctly unevocative and jarring”. In their view, Dickinson’s poem lacked the flowing, immersive, emotionally engaging and enjoyable qualities they associated with human-written poetry. Conversely, they responded strongly to the emotional and aesthetic qualities of the AI poems, describing them as “very soothing”, “flowing”, “serene”, “calming” and “relatable”. The AI poems moved them, connected with their memories, and motivated them to experience nature. One student found the AI-generated nature imagery “very peaceful […] as I feel when I have been out in nature”. Several students intuited the presence of lived emotion in the AI poems: “when you are reading the imagery, you feel like there is a feeling to it, I suppose”. The same students described experiencing disappointment, alarm, fear and even betrayal when we revealed the original poem. Moreover, knowing that a poem was written by AI produced an immediate emotional distance from the text. One student explained,“you’re not going to have that connection […] you’re seeking that connection with the human being”. Another student said that the poem they thought was AI-generated felt “like a computer in my heart”. Novelist James Baldwin argued literature connects us with others. Allan Warren, via Wikimedia Commons., CC BY-SA A shared connection At a time when AI-generated texts can pass for human writing, it feels critical to understand why the connection with human experience and emotions through literature continues to matter so much to us – and what we can do to preserve that connection. We know that reading literature can help us to work though difficult emotions. The speakers of Dickinson’s poems are often grappling with intense states of mind and divided or thwarted feelings. As such, they can accompany us in recognising and understanding our own emotions. Literature can even shift us into new ways of thinking and feeling through the internal dialogue we enter into with a text and its characters. As literature scholar Annette Federico points out, “literary reading is still fundamentally relational, or intersubjective: a self-to-other, self-to-world, and even self-to-self experience”. Crucially, it can help us feel a little less alone. As novelist James Baldwin said: You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive. Our research suggests that literature’s recuperative effect is amplified when reading together. When we share the reading experience, literature becomes “a springboard for broader reflections on life and personal experience”. Valuing the surprise and idiosyncrasy of human writing, with its genuine interiority, may be the key here. Generative AI now offers production-line quality in writing across a wide range of genres. But the price may be losing our connection to each other’s human experience and emotion through our words. We will give the final word to one of our students: poetry is, at its core, an expressive form of art that relies on emotion and […] human experiences and the imperfections that come with being human […] I just don’t feel that great about technology trying to replicate that. The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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The Stingray completed its first flight test, a major step in uncrewed refueling from carriers, the Navy said. Courtesy of the US Navy/Boeing The Navy and Boeing conducted the first test flight of the MQ-25A Stingray over the weekend. The Stingray is a drone designed for air-to-air refueling. The drone will eventually extend the range of crewed aircraft and free up aircraft for combat. A new US Navy carrier-based drone for refueling aircraft has begun flight testing with the first flight of a production-representative aircraft, the service announced, marking a key step toward bringing uncrewed systems into the refueling role. The Navy says that the MQ-25A Stingray is the first operational carrier-based uncrewed aircraft system. Made by Boeing, the Stingray's first test flight moves it closer to aircraft carrier operations and the refueling mission expected to extend the reach of crewed aircraft. The Stingray's timeline to service has been repeatedly delayed. The Navy and Boeing announced the first test flight on Monday. The April 25 test was not the first-ever flight of the MQ-25 concept, but it was the first test of a production-representative aircraft as the Navy starts up formal flight testing ahead of eventual service. Over the weekend, the MQ-25A flew for approximately two hours at Boeing's facility in Illinois and was controlled by Navy and Boeing air vehicle pilots via a ground control system. During the flight, the Stingray conducted several maneuvers and tests and demonstrated flight controls and navigation. "Today's successful flight builds on years of learning from our MQ-25A T1 prototype and represents a major maturation of the program," Dan Gillian, vice president and general manager of Boeing Air Dominance, said, per a press release. The sea service's Stingray is a planned uncrewed replacement for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet's air-to-air refueling role within carrier air wings. The Navy has said the drone's job will help extend the operational range of aircraft and free them up to focus on combat and surveillance roles. The Stingray will allow Super Hornets to focus less on air-to-air refueling. US Navy photo The MQ-25 can carry up to 15,000 pounds of fuel and could help the Navy rethink the ranges of its aircraft carriers and fighters as China's growing arsenal of anti-ship missiles threatens US naval forces. "The MQ-25A is not just an aircraft," Rear Adm. Tony Rossi, head of the program executive office for unmanned aviation and strike weapons, said, per the Navy's press release. He said that "it's the first step in integrating unmanned aerial refueling onto the carrier deck, directly enabling our manned fighters to fly further and faster. This capability is vital to the future of naval aviation." The Navy began work on the MQ-25 in 2016, selected Boeing for production in 2018, and the Navy and Boeing flew a test asset for the first time the following year. The most recent flight test is the first for the MQ-25A, a production-design aircraft different from the earlier MQ-25 T1 test asset. The MQ-25 T1 test drone previously showed off its refueling capabilities in 2021, flying in front of an F/A-18 and getting as close as 20 feet to the aircraft before extending the hose and drogue to plug into the fighter to transfer the fuel. The service has navigated several delays and cost increases to the Stingray, which was originally supposed to be operational in 2024 but is now set to enter into service later this decade. Read the original article on Business Insider

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The move comes as the trial for Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI kicks off in federal court in Oakland.

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Jury selection begins in Musk v. Altman trial at a federal courthouse in California, with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in attendance  —  Jury selection is beginning in the high-stakes legal battle between longtime friends turned rivals Elon Musk and Sam Altman at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California.