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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.
Persons: —, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Lex Fridman, Altman, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Elon, Fridman, Don Lemon, Lemon, Musk, Donald Trump, bLRae4DhyO, Brad Stone, Anna Makanju, Stone, " Altman, They're, OpenAI, Musk's Organizations: Service, Google, Business, CNN, Elon, Tesla, OpenAI, Microsoft, Business Insider Locations: Davos, Elon
☆ Amazon named its new chatbot Rufus after a Welsh corgi that a couple often took to the office
  + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Amazon has named its latest AI chatbot after a dog that belonged to two of the company's earliest workers. The e-commerce giant launched a new AI-powered shopping assistant called Rufus on Thursday — and the chatbot shares a name with Amazon's first four-legged "employee." Rufus belonged to Susan Benson, Amazon's former editor-in-chief, and her husband Richard, who was an engineer. pic.twitter.com/DsXElz0fht — Amazon (@amazon) February 20, 2020Amazon named one of the buildings in its Seattle headquarters after the corgi, which died in 2009. There are pictures of him throughout its offices , including one hailing Rufus as Amazon's "official switch thrower."
Persons: Rufus, Amazon's, Susan Benson, Richard, corgi, Brad Stone's, Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy Organizations: Amazon, corgi Locations: Seattle
☆ U.S. executives in Davos see a Trump victory in 2024, and no cause for concern
  + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Alex Sherman Mackenzie Sigalos | Alex Sherman | Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
The topic of Donald Trump has dominated dinners and parties at Davos, with many in attendance at the World Economic Forum mulling the former president's potential return to the White House after his resounding Iowa caucus victory. 2024 predictionsJamie Dimon, President & CEO,Chairman & CEO JPMorgan Chase, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Steve Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder Blackstone Group, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBCBlackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman expressed another common theme among executives — that both Trump and U.S. President Joe Biden are flawed choices. Marc Benioff, co-founder, chairman and CEO Salesforce, speaking with CNBC's Sara Eisen at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024.
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☆ Sam Altman wants people to move on from the 'soap opera' that was his brief firing from OpenAI
  + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
"I mean, I'm wrapping it up," Stone told Altman. Makanju told Stone that OpenAI's staff had been caught off guard by the news that Altman was out. We were all on Friday, preparing to have a restful week after an insane year," Makanju told Stone. "The only comparable set of life experience I had, and that one was, of course, much worse, was when my dad died," Altman told Noah. Representatives for Altman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.
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☆ Best son ever Jeff Bezos is moving to Miami to be near his parents, definitely not to avoid taxes
  + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Jeff Bezos announced he is moving from Seattle to Miami, in part to be close to his parents. Moving from Washington state to Florida could save Bezos a yachtload in taxes. Now, he's off to Miami where there's no capital gains tax and zero state income tax. They don't worry too much about income tax, but they do focus a lot on capital gains tax. Those holdings will probably be exposed to capital gains tax, too.
Persons: Jeff Bezos, Bezos, fiancé Lauren Sanchez, —, Miguel Bezos, Jeff, Lauren, Miami, McKenzie Scott, Brad Stone's Organizations: Service, Seattle, Miami Palmetto, GO, Amazon, SEC, Tech Locations: Seattle, Miami, Creek , Florida, Washington, Florida, , Florida, Biscayne, Amsterdam, New York City, California , New York, Texas
☆ The race is on for tech's 'golden goose' — the iPhone of the AI era
  + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Some tech leaders see the gadgets as the iPhone of the AI era, a way to own the hardware we use to interact with AI. A true iPhone successor could be tech's "golden goose," but past attempts have failed. The race is on as generative AI tools like ChatGPT, OpenAI's conversational AI chatbot, take the world by storm. Even though he said AI hardware innovations represent "the golden goose for tech players in the next decade along with software," he doesn't think all of them will be successful. AdvertisementAdvertisementYet, despite AI's impressive capabilities, Haigh said that smartphones may still be easier to use for the average consumer than AI devices, which means that AI personal devices may take awhile to gain public interest.
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☆ The history of Prime Day: How Amazon turned a typically sleepy season for sales into retail's biggest day of the year for deals
  + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Dominick Reuter | Yeji Jesse Lee | Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Since 2015, Prime Day sales have risen to more than $7 billion and could top $8 billion this year. Now in its ninth year, Amazon's annual Prime Day has become a fact of American life — a quasi-holiday that retailers of all types pile into. Protestors in New York raising awareness of Amazon facilitating ICE surveillance efforts coinciding with Amazon Prime Day 2019. How Prime Day is goingLast year, Amazon drove more than $7 billion in sales through its Prime Day sales, according to Insider Intelligence. The number of Amazon Prime account holders has ballooned too, with nearly 175 million people using Amazon Prime in the US today — around two-thirds of the country's population — according to a report by Insider Intelligence.
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☆ Andreessen Horowitz's buzzy tech publication Future is shutting down
  + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Rob Price | Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
A source familiar with Andreessen Horowitz's content strategy confirmed to Insider that Future is shutting down. An Andreessen Horowitz spokesperson declined to comment on the record. Joe LonsdaleIn this new climate, many tech and venture firms' media strategy has shifted from glorified marketing to a more full-fledged editorial operation. In 2021, an army of more than two dozen marketers at Andreessen Horowitz doubled down on this approach. Disclosure: Melia Russell's husband is a former employee of Andreessen Horowitz.
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