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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda visited the site of a rescue operation to recover four missing U.S. Army soldiers from their submerged vehicle. The soldiers, assigned to the Army's 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, went missing during a maintenance mission to recover another U.S. Army vehicle in the Pabrade training area, near Lithuania's border with Belarus.

A federal judge has allowed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft to proceed, with news organizations alleging the companies used their copyrighted material to train AI chatbots without permission. This lawsuit raises concerns about the ethical and legal implications of AI development and how copyrighted material is used in training AI models.

President Trump signed an executive order to limit collective bargaining for federal workers, prompting criticism from union leaders who view it as an attack on worker rights and a step towards weakening unions. The order, which affects agencies with national security responsibilities, has been met with concerns that it goes beyond its intended scope and could negatively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of federal employees.

Vice President JD Vance visited Greenland, emphasizing its importance for U.S. national security and expressing confidence that the island will choose independence from Denmark, paving the way for discussions with the U.S. Despite opposition from Greenland and Denmark, President Trump remains determined to acquire the island, viewing it as strategically important for U.S. interests.

ChatGPT, the popular AI language model developed by OpenAI, encountered technical difficulties on Thursday afternoon, leaving many users unable to access the service. The outage, which began around 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, was caused by an upstream provider issue and affected ChatGPT, the API, and Sora, OpenAI's video generation model.