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☆ Jeff Bezos’ morning routine includes scrolling and dragging his feet: ‘I’m not as productive as you might think’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Jeff Bezos doesn't let his responsibilities — executive chairman of Amazon, owner of Blue Origin, being a billionaire investor — get in the way of his slow-moving morning routine. This appeared to shock Fridman, who'd just called Bezos "one of the most productive humans in the world." "I'm not as productive as you might think I am," Bezos responded, in an episode first released in December 2023. The morning routine coincides with Bezos' philosophy to embrace wandering, or doing things aimlessly. His time for his morning routine comes from waking up early.

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☆ Jeff Bezos isn't a fan of 'time blocking'—here's what he does instead to boost his productivity
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Jeff Bezos doesn't jam-pack his schedule or set strict time blocks for all his meetings. "I don't keep to a strict schedule," Bezos said, in an episode first released in December 2023. "My meetings often go longer than I plan for them to, because I believe in [mind] wandering." "When I sit down [in] a meeting, I don't know how long the meeting is going to take if we're trying to solve a problem," Bezos said. He added that "a lot of people feel like wandering is inefficient," but studies show that a divergent mind can actually boost a person's productivity, creativity and happiness.

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☆ Netflix co-founder swears by ‘great business philosophy’ from Jeff Bezos: ‘Take a lot of risks on things that are recoverable’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

When it comes to taking risks, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has an important rule of thumb. "I try to take a lot of risks on things that are recoverable," Hastings said in a recent conversation on entrepreneur Tim Ferriss' podcast. A two-way door risk is easy to take because it's reversible, so "you can come back in and pick another door," Bezos said. But a one-way door risk probably can't be undone. In 2017, Hastings told CNBC he was actually pushing his content team to "take more risk" in that regard.

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☆ Mark Cuban shares his No. 1 favorite way to inspire young kids—it's as easy as pointing to a lightbulb or chair
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Cuban has a simple tactic for inspiring young kids — and getting them to think about their own limitations, or lack thereof. "I get emails [from] kids around the world, because 'Shark Tank' is shown everywhere, asking me business questions," Cuban recently told the "Lex Fridman Podcast." The tactic is as simple as pointing to a lightbulb or chair. "When I go talk to elementary school kids, one of the things I do, I say, 'OK, let's look around. Plus, sign up for CNBC Make It's newsletter to get tips and tricks for success at work, with money and in life.

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☆ Mark Cuban says everyone has the potential to be ‘world-class great’ at one thing—here’s how to identify yours
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Cuban believes you're capable of greatness — as long as you stay open-minded enough to discover your strengths. "I'm a hardcore believer that everybody has something that they're really, really, really good at — that could be world-class great. "I [only] took one technology class in college, Fortran programming, and I cheated on it," Cuban said. "That's when I realized that I can be really, really good at technology." After getting fired from that sales job, Cuban started a software company called MicroSolutions, which he sold to CompuServe for $6 million in 1990.

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☆ Mark Cuban is doubling down on backing DEI, saying it's boosted his bottom lines
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

I know DEI is a positive because I see its impact on bottom lines. Cuban told BI. Advertisement"You may not agree, but I take it as a given that there are people of various races, ethnicities, orientation, etc that are regularly excluded from hiring consideration," Cuban told Musk in January. In March, Cuban told podcaster Lex Fridman that "it's fun to engage" with Musk on diversity initiatives. "When we start talking about DEI and that it's de facto racist — this stuff that I just think is nonsense — I have no problem sharing my opinion," Cuban told Fridman.

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☆ Mark Cuban says pushing back against Elon Musk on X is fun: 'I have no problem sharing my opinion'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mark Cuban says he enjoys his online sparring matches with Elon Musk. Cuban told podcaster Lex Fridman that he likes pushing back on Musk's platform. AdvertisementMark Cuban is having fun prodding Elon Musk. And Cuban says he enjoys poking the bear — even if his discussions about DEI with the tech mogul aren't always fruitful. He just comes back with snark comments," Cuban said in an interview on the Lex Fridman Podcast.

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☆ Ex-Stability AI leader says being a CEO sucks: 'Elon was right'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewStability AI's former leader Emad Mostaque thinks Elon Musk was right about one thing: being a CEO isn't fun. Mostaque stepped down in March as CEO of Stability AI, the company behind the popular AI image generator Stable Diffusion. When asked about his departure, Mostaque told New York Times reporter Kevin Roose that "being a CEO sucks." The former Stability CEO also said he has Asperger's and ADHD in Reddit threads addressing his tenure as CEO, which he said made the role more difficult for him. Stability AI declined to comment on Mosaque's comments about being a CEO.

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☆ Mark Cuban won't vote for Trump for 1 big reason: turnover rate
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Trump White House experienced a record turnover rate, a Brookings Institution study showed. Billionaire Mark Cuban says that's one reason he won't vote for Donald Trump. Still, those numbers reflect a relatively stable presidency — especially, as Cuban noted, when comparing the turnover rate to Trump's White House. According to the study, that was the highest first-year turnover rate for any presidency in at least four decades. By the end of his administration, the Trump White House saw a 92% turnover rate during his time in office.

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☆ ChatGPT’s boss claims nuclear fusion is the answer to AI’s soaring energy needs. Experts say not so fast
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Yet according to Sam Altman, head of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, there is a clear solution to this tricky dilemma: nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion — the process that powers the sun and other stars — is likely still decades away from being mastered and commercialized on Earth. A section of JT-60SA, a huge experimental nuclear fusion reactor at Naka Fusion Institute in Naka city of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, on January 22, 2024. The sector was responsible for around 2% of global electricity demand in 2022, according to the IEA. But, he cautioned, this doesn’t necessarily mean AI’s electricity demand will fall.

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☆ Sam Altman may have Siri and Alexa in his sights after OpenAI filed a 'digital voice assistant' trademark application
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

OpenAI filed a trademark application for a "voice engine" and to build "digital voice assistants." OpenAI also filed trademark applications in October for future models like GPT-6 and GPT-7. OpenAI has filed a trademark application to build "digital voice assistants" and a "voice engine", which signals that it may be set to release a new product. It also has a general-purpose speech recognition model called Whisper. OpenAI also filed trademark applications for its future models, including GPT-6 and GPT-7 in October.

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☆ A glimpse into Sam Altman's 2-hour-long bid to look like the saner, less chaotic foil to Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewSam Altman is warring with Elon Musk. Musk told Lemon he takes a small amount of ketamine "once every other week" and that he uses the drug "when my brain chemistry sometimes goes super negative." Related stories"So from investors' standpoint, if there is something I'm taking, I should keep taking it," Musk told Lemon. The billionaire told Lemon that he thinks people shouldn't make racism "a constant subject" and that they should "move on" from the topic altogether. "You're upsetting me because the way you phrase your questions is not cogent," Musk told Lemon.

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☆ Sam Altman says he doesn't think the world 'needs another copy of Google' because 'that's boring'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI's Sam Altman isn't interested in beating Google at search. Building a better search engine than Google, Altman said, is "boring." "I don't think the world needs another copy of Google," Altman told podcaster Lex Fridman. AdvertisementOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he isn't interested in beating Google in the search business. Advertisement"I don't think the world needs another copy of Google," Altman told Fridman.

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☆ Sam Altman says he thought Elon Musk would have 'more empathy' for OpenAI's big dreams because it 'wasn't that long ago Elon was crazily talking about launching rockets'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he thought his former cofounder Elon Musk would have had "more empathy" for the AI company's huge ambitions. Altman referenced Musk's spacefaring ambitions with his rocket company SpaceX, while discussing Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI. In his lawsuit, Musk accused the company of violating its nonprofit mission when it partnered with Microsoft. But Musk, Altman said, had at one point wanted to "make OpenAI into a for-profit company that he could have control of." To ClosedAI and I will drop the lawsuit — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2024Altman isn't the only one to have expressed disappointment at Musk's behaviour.

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☆ Sam Altman says he could do with more collaboration and less of Elon Musk tweeting a silver medal at Jeff Bezos to flex his wealth
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Sam Altman says collaborating with others isn't something Elon Musk is "most known for." Altman cited Musk's past behavior, when he'd dethroned Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person. Musk sent a silver medal emoji to Bezos via an X post in September 2021. AdvertisementSam Altman didn't like it when Elon Musk made fun of Jeff Bezos after surpassing Bezos as the world's richest person in 2021. But Altman raised a counterpoint that for Musk, collaborating with others is "not really the thing he's most known for."

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☆ Sam Altman said he'd 'pick a different name' for OpenAI if he could go back in time
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewSam Altman suggested OpenAI may not be the most ideal name for the artificial intelligence company — at least in hindsight. "We started off just thinking we were going to be a research lab and having no idea about how this technology was going to go," Altman told Fridman. "This was before we had any idea about an API or selling access to a chatbot," Altman said on the podcast. But Altman told Fridman that he doesn't really understand what Musk's "real motivations" are. "Speaking of going back with an Oracle, I'd pick a different name," Altman told Fridman.

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☆ Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman: One is clearly winning the nastiest battle in tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, years after he left the startup. "Elon Musk is the best PR stuntsman I've ever seen," Kyle Arteaga, the CEO of the national tech PR company, The Bulleit Group, said. Earlier this month, Altman told veteran tech reporter Kara Swisher that Musk was his "absolute hero" growing up. AdvertisementDuring the interview, Swisher told Altman she thought Musk's lawsuit was "nonsense." Representatives for Musk, Altman, and OpenAI did not immediately respond to a requests for comment by Business Insider.

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☆ Sam Altman said he texted Elon Musk after the billionaire sued him
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Altman said he texted Elon Musk after the Tesla CEO sued him. Musk sued Altman and OpenAI earlier this year, alleging the company violated its 'founding agreement.' AdvertisementOpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he fired off a text to Elon Musk right after he found out the Tesla CEO had sued him. In the face of Musk's very public disses, Altman has been more diplomatic in his public response to Musk. "I miss the old Elon," Altman told Swisher.

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☆ Sam Altman is done playing nice with Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewWhen it comes to OpenAI, Elon Musk is not afraid to go for the jugular. He addressed his personal relationship with Musk directly in a memo sent to employees shortly after the lawsuit was filed. Though he said he'd considered Musk a personal hero, he expressed disappointment that Musk wasn't on OpenAI's side. AdvertisementThe Journal reported cited people close to Musk, who said Musk was jealous of OpenAI's success in the AI race. Representatives for Musk and Altman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

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☆ Elon Musk was likely inspired by Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot, its founder says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Elon Musk’s humanoid robotics dream might have been inspired by Boston Dynamics — the company behind the "Black Mirror" style robot dogs. Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert recently said that he believes Musk’s ambitions are being driven by seeing the progression of the company's bipedal robot, Atlas. Raibert spoke about Musk and the robotics industry on a recent episode of Lex Fridman's podcast.

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☆ Jeff Bezos says he and Elon Musk are 'very like-minded' despite not knowing each other
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewJeff Bezos and Elon Musk haven't always seen eye to eye. But in an interview with Lex Fridman, Bezos said he and Musk are "very like-minded." AdvertisementBezos founded Blue Origin in 2000 and Musk founded SpaceX in 2002. SOPA Images/Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesDespite their similarities, Bezos and Musk are far from friends. "I don't really know Elon very well," Bezos told Fridman.

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☆ Jeff Bezos describes his perfect meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-18 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon cofounder Jeff Bezos has a specific method for running the "perfect meeting." The billionaire has a very specific way he likes his meetings to run, and the "perfect meeting" starts with days of prepping. "I like a crisp document and a messy meeting," Bezos said. In his efforts to encourage more truth seeking at work, Bezos recommends people do away with compromise. AdvertisementBezos has also implemented a "two pizza rule" into his past work meetings.

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☆ Elon Musk says he'd 'like to be friends again' with Google cofounder Larry Page after they got in a spat over AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk says he wants to rebuild his friendship with Google cofounder Larry Page. Page reportedly once called Musk a speciesist in a discussion about humanity and AI safeguards. We were friends for a very long time," Musk said of Page on Lex Fridman's podcast. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk wants to be on good terms with Larry Page again after the two fought over AI safeguards. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The future of AI should not be controlled by Larry," Musk told Hassabis, according to the biography.

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☆ Elon Musk says his mind is a 'storm' and people 'may think they'd want to be me but they don't know'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk doesn't think most people would really want to be him. Asked about challenges in his life, Musk said, "My mind is a storm. I don't think most people would want to be me. They may think they'd want to be me but they don't know, they don't understand." "There are times when I feel lonely," Musk said last year in an interview with Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Insider's parent company, Axel Springer .

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☆ Elon Musk says Israel should try to thwart Hamas with 'conspicuous acts of kindness' in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Musk said that Israel should display "conspicuous acts of kindness" toward Gaza. Musk told Fridman that there's "no easy answer" to solve the conflict, but he did have some suggestions for Israel. Musk suggested that Israel should do something "counterintuitive" and try to "thwart" Hamas with "conspicuous acts of kindness." AdvertisementAdvertisementBut Musk told Fridman that Israel should also focus on "unequivocal" acts of kindness during the conflict. Musk told Fridman.

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