Bernt Wahl

Co-founder of artificial intelligence, or AI, tech company OpenAI and research scientist John Schulman spoke at the campus EECS colloquium Wednesday regarding the future of ChatGPT and its AI counterparts. 

A year ago, eight people campaigned for the mayorship of Berkeley, held for 14 years by Tom Bates.

The victory for Arreguin, who earned the major endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders and was a frontrunner in the mayoral race, marks a triumph for his youth-driven grassroots campaign which advocated for strong progressive policies.

Sleepless nights, door-to-door canvassing and relentless phone banking are common themes for Berkeley’s mayoral and City Council candidates as they vie for residents’ votes in the election season’s last days.

Any conversation with Bernt Wahl eventually returns to the mathematical concept of fractals.

Berkeley mayoral candidate Laurie Capitelli’s cumulative campaign fundraising has now reached about $104,000 in total monetary contributions compared to contributions to fellow candidate Jesse Arreguín of about $70,000, according to campaign finance disclosures.

Two members of the Berkeley community, Bernt Wahl and Stephen Fligo, have thrown their hats into the ring to fill the city’s vacant mayoral seat.

According to recently released campaign financial statements, Berkeley mayoral candidate and current City Councilmember Laurie Capitelli raised $67,135 during the first six months of 2016 — significantly more than the amount raised during that span by fellow candidate and City Councilmember Jesse Arreguin.

UC Berkeley entrepreneurs were well-represented at the recent Kairos Society 2013 Global Summit, an international gathering at the New York Stock Exchange where the most talented student entrepreneurs engaged with business leaders to tackle challenges ranging from world health to 3D printing.