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McDonald’s shares fall after CDC says E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounders

A McDonald’s located on Route 66 in Azusa, California, on April 1, 2024. Robert Gauthier | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images McDonald’s shares dropped in extended trading Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers has led to 10 hospitalizations and one death. The agency said 49 …

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Kevin Bacon, Kate McKinnon, and other creatives warn of ‘unjust’ AI threat

Thousands of creatives, including famous actors like Kevin Bacon and Kate McKinnon, along with other actors, authors, and musicians, have signed a statement warning that the unpermitted use of copyrighted materials to train AI models threatens the people who made those creative works. 11,500 names are on the list of signatories so far. Here is the one-sentence statement: “The unlicensed …

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