Arwinder Kaur

Mother, Sikh; Punjabi; Belgian; Francophone, Canadian, Feminist, Activist, Humanist, Linguist, Sociologist, Knitter, Painter. Optimistic & Pessimistic

[Mackenzie Gray @Gray_Mackenzie]

Global News has learned that agents of the Indian government are aleged to be linked to Punjabi music star AP Dhillon house being shot at and the murder of Sukhdool Singh Gill in Winnipeg, among other violent crimes.

Here's what our team has learned today #cdnpoli

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

NEWS

Scarlett Johansson has just issued this statement on OpenAI.

I have confirmed its authenticity directly with her publicist.

"Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system. He told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and Al. He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.

After much consideration and for personal reasons, declined the offer.

Nine months later, my friends, family and the general public all noted how much the newest system named "Sky" sounded like me.

When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference. Mr. Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single word "her" - a reference to the film in which | voiced a chat system, Samantha, who forms an intimate relationship with a human.

Two days before the ChatGPT 4.0 demo was released, Mr. Altman contacted my agent, asking me to reconsider. Before we could connect, the system was out there.

As a result of their actions, I was forced to hire legal counsel, who wrote two letters to Mr. Altman and OpenAl, setting out what they had done and asking them to detail the exact process by which they created the "Sky" voice. Consequently, OpenAl reluctantly agreed to take down the "Sky" voice.

In a time when we are all grappling with deepfakes and the protection of our own likeness, our own work, our own identities, I believe these are questions that deserve absolute clarity. I look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected.”

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

#ONpoli

Doug Ford took $235M away from mental health services to pay the $225M increased costs for private health clinics???

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

Talked to someone today who went through a hellish five-month journey following a routine surgery in Toronto, and among all the awful parts of it, this person got the sense that the hospital - one of the biggest in the city - was trying to save money.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

BREAKING: Deal reached. No strike on Monday.

#onpoli #onted

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

BREAKING: CUPE says the Unlawful strike complaint to the Ontario Labour Relations Board by the Minister of Education has been “withdrawn.”

Meaning no fines for the union of members for the two days of “political protest”

#onpoli #onted

[Niki Kazemzadeh (she/her) @MmeKazemzadeh]

The approximate annual cost for the raise requested by CUPE is $264m.
The $200 per child bribe Lecce recently gave out cost around $365m.
The license plate renewal fee brought in approximately $1b each year.

[Bev 🇨🇦 @Garnet_2203]

PT 1. Must watch Joel Harden speak up to Stephen Lecce. 👇👇👇@JoelHardenONDP @Sflecce @fordnation #ontedsolidarity #onted #notwithstandingclause #dougford #firelecce #onpoli

[CP24 @CP24]

11-year-old allegedly caught driving 150 km/h loses control of car during police pursuit in Durham Region https://t.co/X1xpZ9fR9F

[CP24 Breakfast @CP24Breakfast]

Our friend, family and team member @mikamidolo has been away from our screens since June, and today she joined us to talk about her personal journey after being diagnosed with Lymphoma. Sending all our love to you Mika💚 Here’s her story: https://t.co/WfH3T2Ll7c

[Arwinder Kaur @ArtKinder]

@sarbjitkaur1 This is hilarious !

[Sarbjit Kaur @sarbjitkaur1]

Man stocking shelves at Loblaw’s asked me if I need any help because he saw a young worker rudely and blatantly ignore me. I had to explain that was my daughter…I was just asking her if she wanted me to pick up anything for her🤣🤣. I guess not.

[Simran Jeet Singh @simran]

About 640 Afghan refugees were on the aircraft. Instead of forcing them off, the crew felt compassion and made the decision to go.

Incredible and heart-wrenching.

[Brandi Morin @Songstress28]

The most beautiful burial I’ve ever witnessed. After over a 100 yrs the children who died at Carlisle Indian Boarding School are laid to rest by the youth of this generation. Wrapped in buffalo robes and back to the comfort of Grandmother Earth in their ancestral Lakota lands.

[Arwinder Kaur @ArtKinder]

@so_sofia_rm Thanks for sharing!!!!!

[WSO @WorldSikhOrg]

We have serious concerns with the ON govt emergency order reintroducing carding and street checks. This policy will disproportionately affect BIPOC.

Its encouraging to see some police services state they will not make use of these powers. We ask the govt reconsiders this policy

[Baaz @BaazNewsOrg]

Original Reporting | A Loving Grandmother Amongst Sikh Victims Of Indianapolis Shooting, from @ThisIsJoti

“They’re not just numbers. These are pillars of our community. She’s a grandmother. She’s a great grandmother. She deserved so much more than this.”

https://t.co/24zCYpUK16

[Arwinder Kaur @ArtKinder]

@oreoinder So sorry to read about your loss. Waheguru ji mehar karn 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[KB @KhaledBeydoun]

The decision to wear a headscarf - or not wear a headscarf - should be held by the woman. And only the woman. NOT the state. Laws that mandate it, and restrict it, both strip that liberty from its rightful holder.