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☆ AI engineers report burnout, rushed rollouts as 'rat race' to stay competitive hits tech industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +16 min

The AI engineer bailed on his friends, who had traveled from the East Coast to the Seattle area. watch nowThis is the dark underbelly of the generative AI gold rush. Last year marked the beginning of the generative AI boom, following the debut of OpenAI's ChatGPT near the end of 2022. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAn AI engineer at Microsoft said the company is engaged in an "AI rat race." The Microsoft AI engineer said a lot of tasks are about "trying to create AI hype" with no practical use.

Persons: Sebastien Bozon, Jensen Huang, Tech's, Amy Hood, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Andy Jassy, Jassy, they're, Eric Gu, “, Gu, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Justin Sullivan, there's, Morry, Kolman, doesn't, Sundar Pichai, Bard, There's, That's, beholden, Ayodele Odubela, ", it’s, Adam Selipsky, Anthropic, Dario Amodei, Noah Berger, Odubela, Gemini Organizations: Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, AFP, Getty, Amazon, CNBC, Big Tech, Nvidia, Google . Engineers, Tech, Vision, Cloud Next, Web, Amazon Web Locations: Mulhouse, France, East Coast, Seattle, ChatGPT, San Francisco, Vegas, Las Vegas, German

☆ Watch Amateurs Race Against the Tour de France’s Top Climbers (Sort Of)
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( K.K. Rebecca Lai | Ben Blatt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Col du Platzerwasel Puy de Dôme Col du Tourmalet Stage 20 Stage 9 Stage 6 Col du Platzerwasel Stage 20 Puy de Dôme Stage 9 Col du Tourmalet Stage 6 Photos of cyclists climbing mountains at the Tour de France. Col du Tourmalet (Stage 6)10.4 miles 7.4% avg. gradient Tadej Pogacar Pro cyclist Starts in 00:00:00 00:00:00 Rich Bower School administrator 00:00:00 Start the climb! gradient Sepp Kuss Pro cyclist Starts in 00:00:00 00:00:00 Martin Catherineau Student 00:00:00 Start the climb! gradient Feilx Gall Pro cyclist Starts in 00:00:00 00:00:00 Christophe Schmitt Newspaper journalist 00:00:00 Start the climb!

Persons: du Platzerwasel Puy, du, Etienne Garnier, du Platzerwasel, MARCO BERTORELLO, Thibault Camus, Col du Tourmalet, Rich Bower, du Tourmalet, Bower, Rich Bower “, ”, “, Puy, Sepp, Martin, Sepp Kuss, Martin Catherineau, Col du Platzerwasel, Christophe Schmitt, Felix Gall of Austria, Schmitt Organizations: Tour de France, Agence France, Presse, Getty Images, Getty, AP, Amateur, de France, Rich Bower School, Martin Catherineau Locations: AFP, Slovenia, Oxfordshire, England, France, American, Lyon, Europe, Eastern France, Mulhouse

☆ Analysts see A.I. as a double-edged sword for 3 big tech stocks. We're more optimistic
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Alphabet The news: Analysts at UBS lowered their rating on Alphabet to neutral from buy but increased their price target to $132 per share from $123. Analysts expect the company's use of generative AI to be the "next leg to shares," and its use of AI tools should help the company "be viewed as an AI winner." Though Meta shares fell 3.5% to $278 each Monday. Reacceleration of revenue growth at Amazon's cloud unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS) into the fourth quarter of this year, should be a catalyst for the stock, analysts said. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Jim, We're, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, there's, Zuckerberg, Roth, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Sebastien Bozon Organizations: CNBC, Nasdaq, UBS, Google, Club, Microsoft, Facebook, Meta, Apple, Amazon Web Services, AFP, Getty Locations: Mulhouse

☆ Macron addresses France amid anger over pension reform
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he heard people's anger over raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, but insisted that it was needed. In an televised address to the nation, Macron said "this changes were needed to guarantee everyone's pension," after he enacted the pension law on Saturday. Macron acknowledged anger over increasing prices and jobs that don't "allow too many French people to live well." Before Macron's speech, opponents to the reform called for people to bang pots and pans across France during his address. Macron, who just enacted the protest-igniting pension changes, was expected to provide details about his domestic policies in the coming months.

☆ As carmakers unveil new EVs, France ups subsidies for poorer buyers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Gilles Guillaume | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

PARIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) and Stellantis (STLA.MI) unveiled new French-made electric vehicles (EVs) at the Paris Motor Show on Monday, as President Emmanuel Macron announced bigger subsidies for poorer families to buy EVs and pushed for more local production. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMost EVs are currently more expensive than fossil-fuel equivalents and are unaffordable for many. "We have an industrial strategy in place for people to buy more and more French (cars)," Macron told Les Echos. The electric versions of Stellantis' Peugeot 308 sedan and larger Peugeot 408 unveiled on Monday will be assembled in Mulhouse in eastern France. The Renault 4 will join the new electric Kangoo, produced in Maubeuge, and new Mégane manufactured in Douai, also in northern France.

☆ As Renault unveils new EV, France hikes subsidies for poorer buyers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Gilles Guillaume | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A woman holds a cable to charge up a Renault Kangoo ZE electric utility vehicle at a Renault automobile dealership in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File PhotoPARIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) unveiled its new French-made electric Renault 4 at the Paris Motor Show on Monday, as President Emmanuel Macron announced bigger subsidies for poorer families to buy electric vehicles (EV) and pushed for more local production. He added a "social leasing" scheme helping low-income families access an EV for 100 euros per month would start in early 2024. "We have an industrial strategy in place for people to buy more and more French (cars)," Macron told Les Echos. Asked about boosting subsidies for European-made EVs, as the United States has done with its recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act, Macron told Les Echoes he had favoured this approach for years.

☆ Raymond Domenech a fost numit antrenor la FC Nantes
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-27 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

FC Nantes a oficializat numirea lui Raymond Domenech în funcţia de antrenor al clubului din Ligue 1. Fostul selecționer al naționalei Franței a semnat un contract până la finalul sezonului curent cu echipa de pe Stade de la Beaujoire. Astfel, tehnicianul l-a înlocuit pe Christian Gourcuff care a fost demis din cauza rezultatelor slabe și revine în antrenorat după o perioadă de 10 ani.Ultima oară, Domenech a pregătit reprezentativa Franţei, în 79 de meciuri, unde a petrecut şase ani, între 2004 şi 2010. Cu el pe bancă, "Les Bleus" s-au calificat în finala Campionatului Mondial din 2006 dar au fost învinși la loviturile de departajare de Italia.De-a lungul carierei, noul antrenor al "canarilor" a mai pregătit echipele FC Mulhouse, Olympique Lyon dar şi naţionala de tineret a Franței.Raymond Domenech nu va avea o misiune deloc ușoară la FC Nantes, care ocupă în prezent locul 16 în clasamentul campionatului francez de fotbal și este la trei puncte distanță de zona retrogradării.Tehnicianul, în vârstă de 68 de ani, își va începe activitatea la "La Maison Jaune" pe 6 ianuarie în partida din etapa a 18-a cu Stade Rennais.

Persons: Raymond Domenech, Christian Gourcuff, Domenech Organizations: FC Nantes, Ligue, Stade, FC Mulhouse, Olympique Lyon, Stade Rennais Locations: Franței

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