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Nella McOsker — who is Tim McOsker’s daughter — opposes the measure on behalf of the Central City Assn., a downtown L.A. advocacy organization of which she is president and chief executive.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
AI legal startup Harvey is using Parallel’s platform to support its own AI agents, which automate many research-heavy legal tasks on behalf of customers, said Gabe Pereyra, Harvey’s president and co-founder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Seven lawsuits were filed in US court on Wednesday against OpenAI on behalf of families impacted by the February mass shooting in the small Canadian mining town of Tumbler Ridge.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Parallel’s platform is dedicated to servicing AI agents—the autonomous bots that can take action on behalf of humans—and allowing them to most efficiently and accurately search the web to complete tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Second, it gives people a motive, other than genetic self-interest, for sacrificing their lives on behalf of others.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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