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April 1st, 2023

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In Today’s Brief

Colombia: Volcano threat level raised
Little Rock: Significant tornado damage
Gwyneth Paltrow: Trial watched by 30M
Virgin Orbit: Cuts 85% of workforce

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Trump arraignment

Court officials confirmed that former President Trump will be arraigned in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday afternoon following his indictment by District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

The arraignment is reportedly scheduled for 2:15 PM. According to a statement the former president posted yesterday, he will appear before Juan Manuel Merchan, acting justice for the New York County Supreme Court. The charges against Trump come after a years-long investigation into allegations that he violated campaign finance laws by reimbursing his former lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130K “hush money” payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) to not speak about her relationship with Trump in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.

Law enforcement officials said Trump is expected to fly to New York on Monday before surrendering to officials on Tuesday. With the indictment, Donald Trump is the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges in American history.

Italy bans ChatGPT

Regulators in Italy yesterday issued a temporary ban on AI chatbot ChatGPT due to privacy concerns, effective immediately.

Italy’s Privacy Guarantor ordered ChatGPT blocked over concerns that OpenAI–the chatbot’s parent company–is violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation through its data handling practices. Italy maintained that a breach at ChatGPT had been reported on March 20th, and argued that ChatGPT’s lack of age verification for users “exposes children to receiving responses that are absolutely inappropriate to their age and awareness.”

Italy’s temporary ban comes days after key figures in AI research including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wrote an open letter calling on the industry to “immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4,” which refers to the technology powering ChatGPT. Over 1.8K individuals signed the letter, arguing that AI can “pose profound risks to society and humanity.”

NCAA Final Four (corrected*)

Iowa and LSU will face off for the NCAA women’s basketball championship title tomorrow after the Final Four teams played last night at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

This year’s Final Four teams for the women’s tournament were LSU, Iowa, South Carolina, and Virginia Tech. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark scored 41 points in the team’s 77-73 victory over South Carolina, setting the record for the most points in a national semifinal game in men’s or women’s NCAA tournament history. Earlier in the night, LSU beat Virginia Tech with a final score of 79-72.

*Yesterday’s Daily Brief incorrectly mentioned the men's Final Four beginning last night. The men's Final Four will play tonight, Saturday, April 1st, featuring UConn, Florida Atlantic University, San Diego State University, and the University of Miami. The prevailing two teams will face off in the championship game Monday, April 3rd.

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Around the Globe

Colombian authorities warned that the threat of an eruption from Nevado del Ruiz had grown due to increased seismic activity around the volcano; an eruption from Nevado del Ruiz triggered the country’s largest recorded natural disaster, killing 25K people in 1985 (More)
Pope Francis will be discharged this morning from the hospital after being admitted on Wednesday with a respiratory infection, according to a statement from the Vatican (More)
Incarcerated South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was denied parole after it was revealed he hadn’t served enough time to qualify for early release; Pistorius is currently serving 13 years for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013 (More)

On the Homefront

A tornado moved through Little Rock, Arkansas, and its surrounding areas yesterday afternoon and left at least a dozen injured; per meteorologists, it caused “significant” damage and was part of thunderstorms in the Midwest and South (More)
California will require half of all heavy trucks sold in the state to be all-electric by 2035; the mandate applies to garbage trucks, tractor-trailers, cement mixers, and other heavy vehicles (More)
Senator John Fetterman was discharged from the hospital yesterday after undergoing weeks of treatment for depression, according to a statement from his office (More)

Glitz & Games

Original ‘Power Rangers’ cast member Amy Jo Johnson announces new comic book series called Power Rangers: A 30th Anniversary Comic Book Celebration, with publisher Boom Studios (More)
The NFL is looking to create an international division in the coming years, according to a franchise owner speaking on the condition of anonymity (More)
Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial was reportedly watched by over 30M people across broadcast media, YouTube, and social media; the trial was centered on claims brought on by a retired optometrist who said Paltrow skied into him on a Utah ski slope in 2016, and the jury sided with Paltrow (More)

Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market closed higher for the third straight day, with the Nasdaq leading gains (Dow +1.26%, Nasdaq +1.74%, S&P 500 +1.44%)
Groupon names Dusan Senkypl as CEO, according to a company announcement; Senkypl will run the company from the Czech Republic and replaces Kedar Deshpande, who served as CEO for 15 months (More)
Rocket maker Virgin Orbit Holdings will lay off about 85% of its staff due to a lack of new investment; the job cuts will affect about 675 employees, per a regulatory filing (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: The Miami Seaquarium announced that, after nearly five decades in captivity, Lolita the orca will be able to return to the Pacific Ocean to live out the rest of her days in her home waters
Sneak Peek: Watch teenage girls develop the ability to emit electricity from their hands in the official trailer for The Power, a new series based on the best-selling novel that’s streaming now on Prime Video
Bump This: In honor of Lolita’s announced release from Seaquarium, get carried away with sibling trio Derik Nelson & Family’s original song about the 57-year-old orca, appropriately titled “Lolita” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Nerd Out: Read about a new study published in several peer-reviewed journals that shows how plants make airborne ultrasonic sounds when they feel thirsty or stressed…and how some animals can hear them
Go Deep: Read up on the defamation lawsuit that Dominion Voting Systems filed against Fox News based on allegations that the network aired false information about the company’s software after the 2016 election.…and which a Delaware judge ruled yesterday will go to trial
Hot Goss: Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were released from a Romanian jail yesterday after spending more than three months in custody and have reportedly been moved to house arrest
Life Hack: Staying hydrated is key to keeping radiant skin, and it’s about much more than just loading up on water - try out these hydration powders infused with plant extracts and electrolytes that will rejuvenate your skin from within

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Looking Back…

On April 1st: Apple Computer Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Los Altos, CA (1976); Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his father in Los Angeles (1984); Google launches the email service Gmail (2004); actress and singer Debbie Reynolds is born (1932).

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