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3. Ivanka Trump calls Leopold's Situational Awareness article "excellent and important read"
4. More OpenAI leadership departing, unclear why. 4a. Apparently sama only learned about Mira's departure the same day she announced it on Twitter? "Move fast" indeed! 4b. WSJ reports some internals of what went down at OpenAI after the Nov board kerfuffle.
5. California Federation of Labor Unions (2million+ members) spoke out in favor of SB 1047.