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Almost all of open AIIs employees signed on to an open letter urging their board to resign

after it sacked the company's boss, Sam Altman, on Friday. The letter's organizers said that nearly 700 employees, out of

770, threatened to jump ship to Mr Altman's new established team at Microsoft, which is Open

AI's biggest investor. Emmit Shea, former head of Twitch, a video streaming service, will lead open AI in the interim.

Joe Biden said that he believes that Hamas and Israel are nearing a hostage release deal.

Under such an agreement, Hamas would return some of the hostages it is holding in Gaza

in exchange for Israel temporarily pausing its offensive.

Earlier the enclave's Hamas-run health ministry

said that 12 people were killed

as Israeli tanks reportedly encircled the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza.

Argentina elected Harvey and Malay, a self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist as its president.

Mr Malay defeated Sergio Marsa, the Economy Minister in a runoff, securing almost 56% of the vote with counting nearly complete.

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