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☆ Trump Media payday: What Truth Social executives got paid in stock and compensation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Those thresholds for the share price are well below where Trump Media stock was trading on Monday, when it closed at $37.17, down more than 8%. The filing disclosed that Trump Media awarded company stock to Nunes, chief financial officer Phillip Juhan, and chief operating officer Andrew Northwall. The three top executives, like Trump himself, are currently barred from selling any of their common stock in Trump Media for the next six months. CNBC asked a spokeswoman for Trump Media why promissory notes were used to grant stock to the executives. Legal battlesBesides Trump, the biggest shareholders in Trump Media are two corporate entities.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Donald Trump, Devin Nunes, Trump, Kevin Murphy, Murphy, Nunes, Phillip Juhan, Andrew Northwall, Juhan, Northwall, DWAC, we've, Tom Williams, Kash Patel, Patel, Dan Scavino, Scavino, Department of Defense Kash Patel, Justin Sullivan, Sandro De Moraes, Vladimir Novachki, Scott Glabe, Novachki, Glabe, De Moraes, Eric Swider, beneficially, Renatus, Swider, Andy Litinsky, Wes Moss, Moss, Patrick Orlando, Mike Pont Organizations: Trump Media, Trump . Trump Media, Nasdaq, Corp, Trump, University of Southern, Securities and Exchange Commission, DWAC, SEC, CNBC, Partners, Northwall, Juhan, Trump Media's, U.S, Capitol, CQ, Inc, Getty, Equity, Messrs, Republican, Hudson Digital, Trump White House, Staff, Department of Defense, Digital, Renatus, ARC Global, United Atlantic Ventures, Twitter, Facebook, NBC, FilmMagic Locations: Juhan, California, Minden, Minden , Nevada, Orlando, New York City

☆ Modelo maker Constellation Brands is primed for market share gains but we still see one issue with the company
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Constellation Brands stock is looking like it could be ready to break out, with its strong beer business well-positioned for market share gains in the upcoming fiscal year. Morgan Stanley anticipates Constellation to continue gaining market share at the expense of Bud Light during this period. Since Constellation tends to boast industry-leading results in its beer business, we're confident it will deliver strong numbers again next week. Over the past few years, Constellation has been trying to boost sales in its wine and spirits business — shifting from lower-priced brands to more premium names. While wine and spirits make up a small part of Constellation's overall business, Jim has said it must go.

Persons: It's, Jim Cramer, Morgan Stanley, Jeff Marks, Jim, Bud Light, Marks, Piper Sandler, Newlands, Kim Crawford, Eli Lilly, Elliott, Jim Cramer's, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Constellation Brands, Anheuser, Busch Inbev, Modelo, Nielsen, Cinco de Mayo, Bud Light, Constellation, Piper, Elliott Investment Management, CNBC Locations: Corona, Pacifico, U.S, GLP, Modelo, San Rafael , California

☆ Major driver of the AI trade takes a breather. But Nvidia's business is still full steam ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The major force behind this year's AI trade has cooled off in recent weeks. "For three decades we've pursued accelerated computing, with the goal of enabling transformative breakthroughs like deep learning and AI," Huang said at GTC. So, as the benefits of AI trickle through the "AI supply chain," look for the benefits of AI to spread and earnings to grow as a result. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, we've, It's, Jim Cramer, Nvidia –, We're, hyperscaler, Jack, McDonald's, Jim, That's, Jim Cramer's, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Nvidia, GTC, Blackwell, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet's Google, Google, Club, Web Services, Super, CNBC, Intelligence, SAP Center Locations: U.S, China, San Jose , California

☆ Powerball hits $1.3 billion. Most people still buy tickets in person, but more lottery apps emerge
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Justin Sullivan | GettyThe growth of 'lottery couriers'U.S. lottery sales exceeded $113.3 billion in 2023, according to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries. With varying state and provincial regulations, players have different purchase options, such as in-person or online sales, depending on where they live. One option is lottery-courier services, which accept orders and buy lottery tickets on a customer's behalf. Mike Silveira Chief of staff for Jackpot.comPlayers can use Jackpot.com to order state lottery tickets via mobile phone, tablet or computer. He said the state has roughly $5 billion of in-person lottery sales yearly across 10,000 retailers and about $1 billion in online sales.

Persons: Justin Sullivan, Mike Silveira, Jackpot.com, Silveira, DraftKings, Drew Svitko, Svitko Organizations: North American Association of State, Provincial, Lottery, Jackpot.com, Pennsylvania Lottery, New Jersey, Mega Locations: Arkansas , Ohio , Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Jackpocket, Pennsylvania, New

☆ What's more important? AI or the election.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're announcing the finalists for our business, tech, and innovation bracket. What's on deck:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. If you're just catching up, a few weeks ago we identified eight of the biggest trends in business, tech, and innovation. And then there were two: the AI race vs the US presidential election. Dan Rosen, founder and partner, Commerce Ventures:Advertisement"As a fintech investor, AI strikes me as more important.

Persons: —, we're, Chelsea Jia Feng, Readers, Bruce K, Lee, Dan Rosen, Ira Allen, Tracy Albert, Wendy Craft, Elle, Dodd, Frank, Zach Blank, Nick DiGiovanni, Adam Jeffery, Ian MacNicol, David Einhorn, Jesse Cohn, Greg Coffey, Goldman Sachs, Brian Robinson, Nelson Peltz's, James Park, would've, Justin Sullivan, Marissa Mayer's, Enrique Munoz Torres, Elon Musk, Musk, Lukas Schulze, it's, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover Organizations: Service, Business, Keebeck Wealth, Commerce Ventures, CNBC, NBCU, Getty, Elliott Management, Sohn, Street Journal, Disney, UCLA, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Elon, Apple, Ford, Workers, Advertising Research, NCAA Locations: Europe, California, New York, London

☆ Fed's Powell emphasizes need for more evidence that inflation is easing before cutting rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell speaks during the Stanford Business, Government and Society Forum at Stanford University on April 03, 2024 in Stanford, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday it will take a while for policymakers to evaluate the current state of inflation, keeping the timing of potential interest rate cuts uncertain. "We do not expect that it will be appropriate to lower our policy rate until we have greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably down toward 2 percent," he added. "Recent readings on both job gains and inflation have come in higher than expected," Powell said. The uncertainty about rates has caused some consternation in markets, with stocks falling sharply earlier this week as Treasury yields moved higher.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Justin Sullivan, Powell, Raphael Bostic, Mary Daly, Cleveland's Loretta Mester Organizations: Bank, Stanford Business, Government, Society, Stanford University, Getty, Federal, Market, Atlanta Fed, CNBC, San Francisco Fed, Group Locations: Stanford , California

☆ Elon Musk's having a terrible year
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read preview2024 has been off to a rough start for Elon Musk. Musk's golden child, Tesla, has been facing headwinds in recent months. In the US, Musk's company is also facing softening demand from customers who appear to be growing increasingly weary of Musk's antics. Thus far, Musk's purchase of Twitter doesn't appear to be going according to plan. A judge recently tossed out a lawsuit Musk's X filed against a research group, saying the suit was an attempt to bully the social media site's critics into silence.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Tesla, Justin Sullivan Wedbush, Dan Ives, Ives, — that's, Oppenheimer, Colin Rusch, Musk, he's, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Kent Nishimura, Musk's X, X, Neuralink Organizations: Service, Elon, Business, EV, Twitter, CNBC, Tesla, Bloomberg, Fidelity, SpaceX Locations: Berlin, BYD

☆ Meet Sharon Zhou, the AI founder doing just fine without Nvidia's chips
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Santa Clara giant's chips, known as GPUs, became the hottest property of the generative AI boom. In April last year, Zhou and her cofounder Greg Diamos, based in Palo Alto, brought their new startup, Lamini AI, out of stealth. It makes using AI models with GPUs like the H100 and Nvidia's new Blackwell chip, as simple as a plug-and-play system. Fortunately for them, after consulting with Diamos, according to Zhou, AMD was on its way to building a rival system that they would eventually test. it's indiscernible to customers to run Lamini on Nvidia and AMD GPUs," she explained.

Persons: —, giant's, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, hasn't, Jensen Huang, Sharon Zhou, Andrew Ng, Zhou, Greg Diamos, Lisa Su Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Business, Harvard, Stanford, Anthropic, Amazon, AMD Locations: Santa, Palo Alto, OpenAI

☆ Macy's hasn't closed 150 stores yet. But Target, Kohl's CEOs already smell opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Those companies already count many of Macy's shoppers as their customers, according to an analysis of credit card data by Earnest Analytics. Macy's closures could put as much as $2 billion of market share up for grabs. The department store's net sales were $23.1 billion in the most recent fiscal year, and it said the 150 stores that it's closing account for less than 10% of sales. About 63% of Macy's stores have a T.J. Maxx or Marshalls within a one-mile radius, according to an analysis by Jefferies. Off-price stores also draw a similar customer, which tends to be more affluent.

Persons: Macy's, Justin Sullivan, Brian Cornell, Tom Kingsbury, Maxx, Jefferies, Ross, Earnest, Penney, Tony Spring, Corey Tarlowe, Cornell, Tarlowe, Cos, Mercedes Organizations: Getty, CNBC, Nordstrom, Earnest Analytics, Target, Abercrombie, Fitch, Home Goods, Jefferies, Toyota, Maxx Locations: San Leandro , California, United States, New York, Burlington, U.S

☆ Opinion: Trump videos send wildly different messages
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. In a video promoting the Bible, Trump said, “Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country. … we need to bring them back.”On Good Friday, Trump posted a very different kind of video. It showed an image of President Joe Biden lying sideways and tied up in the bed of a pickup truck. “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign can’t win, but it could swing the presidency to former President Donald Trump,” Begala wrote.

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A significant chunk of that money was strategic, in that it came from tech companies rather than venture capitalists or other institutions. The company has refocused much of its product development on generative AI, and its newly rebranded Gemini model, adding features into search, documents, maps and elsewhere. Alphabet and Nvidia are also investors in Runway ML, a generative AI company known for its video-editing and visual effects tools. Microsoft has invested in many of the techniques underpinning generative AI through its Microsoft Research division. Apple researchers recently published details of their work on MM1, a family of small AI models that can take both text and visual input.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Justin Sullivan, Claude, Fred Havemeyer, Havemeyer, that's, Anthropic, Gemini Ai, Michael M, It's, Amy Hood, dealmaking Daniel Newman, Mustafa Suleyman, Newman, Lina Khan Organizations: Getty, Getty Images Tech, aren't, GPT, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Nvidia, Google, Web Services, Amazon, Santiago, AMD, Runway ML, Mistral, Big Tech, Microsoft Research, Baidu, Futurum, Anthropic, Federal Trade Commission Locations: San Francisco, Macquarie, Anthropic, New York City, Mistral, U.S, China

☆ A global scramble to make humanoid robots is gearing up to be the 21st century's space race
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Joshua Zitser | Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Humanoid robots are symbols of power and technological capability, a geopolitics expert says. An incident earlier this month involving a Saudi humanoid robot inappropriately touching a female reporter might not at first seem even remotely connected. AdvertisementHumanoids are visual representations of breakthroughs in AIIn Italy, the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia is working on iCub, a research-grade humanoid robot. AdvertisementChina wants to take the leadWhen it comes to humanoid robots, China is vying for the top spot, so it's no wonder other nations are getting nervous. "The vast magnitude of the market offers an unmatched chance to test, improve, and expand the uses of humanoid robots," he said.

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ROGA members commit to work together on issues ranging from education, responsible gaming best practices, conscientious advertising and marketing across the industry. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesROGA says it will create a certification program to assess members' responsible gaming efforts and provide an incentive for operators to participate. Problem gamblingAn estimated 2 million U.S. adults meet the criteria for a severe gambling problem, according to the National Council on Problem Gambling. Another 5 million to 8 million U.S. adults are considered to have a mild or moderate gambling problem. Problem gambling prompted regulatory crackdowns in Europe and especially in the United Kingdom over the last couple years, impacting sportsbooks' profitability and changing the way they conduct business.

Persons: —, Jennifer Shatley, ROGA, Justin Sullivan, Shohei Ohtani, Ohtani, he's, Jontay Porter, There's, Paul Tonko, Tonko, PrizePicks, FanDuel, Milton Thompson, CNBC it's, it's, Silquia Patel, Eduardo Munoz Organizations: MGM PENN, Penn Entertainment, Online Gaming Association, D.C, Super, Los Angeles Dodgers, NBA, Toronto Raptors, Integrity, Temple University, National Council, . Rep, CNBC, DraftKings, Indiana Gaming, Caesars, American Gaming Association Locations: BetMGM, United States, Washington, Europe, United Kingdom, New York, Indiana, Rhode, Kentucky, East Rutherford , New Jersey, U.S

☆ Mega Millions jackpot hits $1.1 billion — and the big winner could face these costly pitfalls
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

However, you must redeem the winning ticket in the state where you bought it, meaning an out-of-state purchase in a high-tax state could trigger a bigger bill. But the annuity payout could save on future state taxes, depending on where you choose to live, Stoltmann said. Otherwise, anyone who holds the winning ticket can file a claim to collect the proceeds. Avoid a 'legal catfight' on shared ticketsYou could also have winning ticket issues when pooling money with friends or co-workers, according to Stoltmann. "The nastiest legal catfights happen when a group of people buy a ticket together" and one person claims they bought the winning ticket alone, he said.

Persons: Justin Sullivan, Uncle Sam, Andrew Stoltmann, Stoltmann, Michael Whitty, Smith, Gambrell, Russell, there's Organizations: Getty Locations: Chicago, California, Florida , New Hampshire, South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas, Washington, Wyoming

☆ Apple's having a rough year
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Matt Turner | Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIThis week's dispatchTaking a bite out of AppleApple's having a rough year. Apple is to blame for Amazon and Microsoft's phone failures, per the DOJ, which also zeroes in on Apple's green text bubbles. It was a tech antitrust lawsuit more than two decades ago that helped create space for Apple's rise.

Persons: —, Justin Sullivan, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, Apple, Rebecca Zisser, Frazer Harrison, Tyler Le, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Patrick Semansky Goldman, Russell Horwitz, Al Schwimmer, Frank Sinatra, Matt Turner, Jordan Parker Erb, Dan DeFrancesco, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Business, Apple, Department of Justice, DOJ, Amazon, FTC, Getty, Google, BI, David Solomon AP Locations: China, Palestine, New York

☆ What is shrinkflation? Here’s why consumers may be getting less for their money
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Pixelseffect | E+ | Getty ImagesSome grocery store products are providing less for your money. At the State of the Union, he again took a stand against shrinkflation, complaining that Snickers bars have become smaller. on X earlier this month, the White House responded, "C is for consumers getting ripped off." Where consumers may see shrinkflationFor now, it's up to consumers to spot the changes companies may make to their products. Why critics say shrinkflation is the wrong focusWhile shrinkflation is now under the political spotlight, not all experts agree the emphasis is correctly placed.

Persons: Joe Biden, Cookie, Biden, hasn't, Cookie Monster, Mara Weinraub, Weinraub, Shrinkflation, shrinkflation, Veronique de Rugy, de Rugy, David Doyle, Justin Sullivan Organizations: State, Union, shrinkflation, White, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, of Labor, Finance, Social, Federal, Labor Statistics, of Labor Statistics, George Mason University, Costco, Getty Locations: U.S, California, Macquarie, Novato , California

☆ Top banking analysts see 3 reasons why Wells Fargo stock should push even higher this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Wells Fargo 's run of form continued Wednesday, with shares hitting another 52-week high. Wall Street analysts see more upside ahead for what's been the best-performing major U.S. bank stock in 2024. Shares of Wells Fargo have surged nearly 18% year-to-date, compared to the S & P 500 's 8.5% advance over the same stretch. Higher for longer Both analysts said a higher-for-longer interest rate environment creates a favorable setup for a money center bank like Wells Fargo. As the expectations for Fed cuts this year have been coming down, Wells Fargo stock has been climbing.

Persons: Wells, what's, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley —, —, RBC Capital Market's Gerard Cassidy, Piper Sandler's Scott Siefers, Jim Cramer, RBC's Cassidy, Cash, Cassidy, Piper's Siefers, Siefers, Charlie Scharf, Scharf, that's, Jerome Powell, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Wall, Peers, JPMorgan, Wells, CNBC, RBC Capital, Federal Reserve, Wells Fargo, Capital, Getty Locations: Wells Fargo, Wells, Basel

☆ Long-term inflation expectations rise, spelling possible trouble for the Fed, survey shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

According to a report by the Commerce Department, consumer spending rose 0.8% in July beating expectations of 0.7%. At the three-year range, expectations rose 0.3 percentage point to 2.7%, while the five-year outlook jumped even more, up 0.4 percentage point to 2.9%. All three are well ahead of the Fed's 2% goal for 12-month inflation, indicating the central bank may need to keep policy tighter for longer. Economists and policymakers consider expectations as a key factor in viewing the path of inflation, so the Survey of Consumer Expectations for February could be bad news. "We remain committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2 percent goal and to keeping longer-term inflation expectations well anchored."

Persons: Justin Sullivan, Jerome Powell Organizations: Costco, Commerce Department, Federal Reserve, New York Federal Reserve, Capitol Locations: Novato , California

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Oracle, Vail Resorts, Advance Auto Parts and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Oracle — The database software stock surged about 10% in extended trading after fiscal fourth-quarter results topped analysts' earnings estimates. Vail Resorts — Shares of the ski resort operator fell more than 3% after its latest quarter missed estimates on the top and bottom lines. Vail also cut its full-year guidance amid lower snowfall across Western North American resorts through January. Asana — Shares of the work management platform rose slightly in after-hours trading after fiscal fourth-quarter results topped estimates. A sign is posted in front of the Oracle headquarters in Redwood Shores, California, on March 11, 2024.

Persons: Vail, Asana, Dan Loeb's, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Vail, Advance, Oracle Locations: Redwood Shores , California

☆ Out of options, Trump will pay $500M cash bond to appeal his NY fraud case, experts predict. Not paying will hurt even more.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Trump must stow $500M cash in a bank to cover the appeal bond for his NY fraud case, experts say. His next appeal bond will cost him far more. By posting another appeal bond. Similar to the more familiar jail bond, an appeal bond is a promise of payment that's backed by collateral, meaning cash or property. The premium on a half-billion-dollar appeal bond could run anywhere from $250,000 to north of one million dollars, just to purchase the bond, experts guestimated.

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☆ I worked at a popular hotel chain for 3 years. Here are 10 common mistakes I saw guests make.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Dani Quesnel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewI worked at a hotel chain that was always busy — during peak tourist season, we were sold out most nights. Companies like Marriott, Hilton, Choice Hotels, and IHG have thousands of hotels worldwide that you can earn points to redeem for free hotel rooms and gift cards at popular retailers. AdvertisementTrying to use someone else's credit cardYou need a credit card to check in, and it should ideally be your own. Monkey Business Images/ShutterstockHotels only allow you to use someone else's credit card if the card owner has provided the hotel with a credit-card-authorization form. AdvertisementShowing up without a credit card or IDHaving an ID is crucial for a smooth check-in process.

Persons: —, you've, I've, That's, Marriott, Justin Sullivan, there's, I'm, John Smith's, John Smith, they've Organizations: Service, Business, Companies, Marriott, Hilton, Choice, Getty Locations: It's

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Haley and her family walk back into the South Carolina State House after her inauguration in 2011. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Haley waves to the crowd during the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2013. Alex Wong/Getty Images Haley hugs her husband after his Army National Guard unit returned in 2013. Haiyun Jiang/Bloomberg/Getty Images Haley takes the stage at her election night watch party in Charleston, South Carolina, in February 2024. Haley “won’t just go away,” said Katon Dawson, a longtime Haley ally and former chair of the South Carolina Republican Party.

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☆ Microsoft engineer warns company's AI tool creates violent, sexual images, ignores copyrights
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Jones was noodling with Copilot Designer, the AI image generator that Microsoft debuted in March 2023, powered by OpenAI's technology. "It was an eye-opening moment," Jones, who continues to test the image generator, told CNBC in an interview. watch nowMicrosoft's legal department told Jones to remove his post immediately, he said, and he complied. Jones said the risk "has been known by Microsoft and OpenAI prior to the public release of the AI model last October." "I am certainly convinced that this is not just a copyright character guardrail that's failing, but there's a more substantial guardrail that's failing," Jones told CNBC.

Persons: Jakub Porzycki, Shane Jones, Jones, OpenAI's DALL, Lina Khan, Khan, deepfakes, he's, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Justin Sullivan, Darth Vader, Elsa, Mickey Mouse, guardrail that's Organizations: Microsoft, Nurphoto, Copilot, CNBC, Commerce, Science, Transportation, Federal Trade, Google, Getty, pitchfork, Disney, Wars, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Krakow, Poland, Redmond , Washington, San Francisco, hoodies, Gaza

☆ Nvidia makes it clear its best days are still ahead — and health care is one reason why
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The problem: Conventional scorekeeping for chip companies may miss the scale of Nvidia's opportunity ahead. NVDA 1Y mountain Nvidia's stock performance over the past 12 months. "Health care will be the largest technology industry in the coming years," Powell predicted at the TD Cowen conference. However, Powell said Nvidia's previous work on autonomous driving help the company's push into new corners of that market. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Morgan Stanley's, Colette Kress, Kress, Kimberly Powell, Powell, Cowen, haven't, Nvidia's, it's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Nvidia, Management, CNBC Locations: U.S

☆ Tesla engineers break down what it's like to interview at Elon Musk's car company
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

10 Tesla engineers broke down the process and gave tips for getting a job at Musk's company. But engineers at Tesla say it's no small feat to land a role at Elon Musk's most well-known company. Business Insider spoke with 10 current Tesla engineers about what it takes to work at the company. Advertisement"Sometimes it really is who you know at Tesla," said one engineer who has worked at the company for six years. AdvertisementSome Tesla engineers said they spent over 40 hours preparing for the presentation over the course of several weeks.

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