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OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman on Friday. Elon Musk said that OpenAI should explain why it fired Altman, citing AI's potential dangers. Musk previously said he left the OpenAI board in 2018 over safety concerns. AdvertisementElon Musk said that the potential danger of AI is so great that OpenAI, the most powerful artificial intelligence company in the world right now, should disclose the reason it fired CEO Sam Altman. It's worth noting, though, that Musk's own AI company will likely only benefit from the current chaos at OpenAI.
Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Altman, , David Sacks, Elon, Musk, Ilya Sutskever — Organizations: Service, CNBC
Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya discussed how AI could impact VCs. Palihapitiya said there was a "reasonable case to make" that the job could cease to exist. AdvertisementAdvertisementBillionaire investor and former Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya thinks AI will radically change the job of the venture capitalist. He said that changes to the industry sparked by AI could lead to VCs being replaced by "an automated system of capital against objectives." The rapid advancements in generative AI have sparked fears of job losses across industries, including in the financial sector.
Persons: Chamath Palihapitiya, Palihapitiya, , Chamath, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, David Friedberg Organizations: Service, Facebook, Silicon, Silicon Valley VC, Social Capital, Deutsche Bank Locations: Silicon Valley
Senior U.S. administration officials detailed a handful of agenda items during a briefing with reporters. "We're not talking about a long list of outcomes or deliverables," a senior administration official told reporters. Even in recent days, Chinese officials were hesitant to confirm that Xi would attend the meeting with Biden. Biden and Xi's meeting also comes in the lead-up to Taiwan's 2024 presidential election in January, followed by the U.S. election. "We've been clear publicly and privately that interference in the Taiwan election is something we're extremely concerned about," a senior administration official said.
Persons: Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, Xi, Colleen Cottle, Jude Blanchette, They've, Thomas Fingar, Fingar, Biden, Wang Wenbin, Karine Jean, Pierre, Jean, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Ely Ratner, Ratner, We've, we've, Li Shangfu, Li, David Sacks, Sacks, Xi's Organizations: Global China, Atlantic Council, Senior, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Stanford University, National Intelligence Council, White, U.S ., American Enterprise Institute, NBC News, Defense, Biden, China, Council, Foreign Relations, U.S, Washington Locations: Nusa Dua, Indonesian, Bali, U.S, China, Taiwan Strait, South China, San Francisco, People's Republic of China, Taiwan
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNot being a union shop gives Tesla 'flexibility', says Craft Ventures' David SacksHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.
Persons: David Sacks, Brian Sullivan, Organizations: Craft Ventures, CNBC
Elon Musk says he's considering moving X behind a paywall. Some users are unhappy with the idea and threatening to leave the app. "There really is no doubt that he simply wants to kill the platform," one X user said of the decision. Comedian Chelsea Hart said the suggested paywall may hinder free speech and citizen journalism in some countries, something Musk claims to support. Another user seconded this: "I believe social media should be free to users, so if that happens, I'll be decamping to the other place permanently."
Persons: Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, David Sacks, Chelsea Hart, Bradley Wall, I've Organizations: Service, Twitter, Tech Locations: Wall, Silicon
Elon Musk said X, formerly Twitter, could be rolling out a paywall to all its users. Musk told Netanyahu that having a payment system and prioritizing premium users' posts would help minimize the influence of bots. AdvertisementAdvertisementMusk said he believes the paywall is critical if X is to deal with bots on the platform. This isn't the first time the billionaire has considered having a paywall for all X users. Besides renaming Twitter to X, Musk replaced the platform's legacy verified program — the blue ticks that verify the authenticity of famous personalities — with the Twitter Blue subscription program in March.
Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, David Sacks Organizations: Service, Israel's, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon
Elon Musk expressed his disappointment in Ukraine's summer counteroffensive in an X post on Sunday. "So much death for so little," Musk wrote in his post. "So much death for so little," Musk wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. Musk, for his part, has weighed in many times on the war in Ukraine. Representatives for Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.
Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Elon, , David Sacks, Sacks, Andrii Melnyk, Anton Gerashchenko, Walter Isaacson, Jan Kallberg Organizations: Service, Sunday, NATO, SpaceX, Musk, Foreign Relations, Center for Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia
In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAI co-pilots will help workers do their jobs better, not put people out of jobs, says David SacksDavid Sacks, Craft Ventures co-founder, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the UAW strike, AI co-pilot technology, recent tech IPOs and more.
Persons: David Sacks David Sacks Organizations: Craft Ventures, UAW
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDavid Sacks: Investors should be worried if China's actions against Apple start to escalateHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.
Persons: David Sacks, Brian Sullivan, Organizations: Apple, CNBC
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Craft Ventures' David SacksHosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.
Persons: David Sacks, Brian Sullivan, Organizations: Craft Ventures, CNBC
Former Twitter lieutenant Esther Crawford warned Elon Musk is surrounded by "yes men." Esther Crawford, Elon Musk's former lieutenant at Twitter, voiced some of her concerns with the billionaire's leadership at the social media company in 14-minute video on Wednesday. Musk has been known to work with close friends across his companies and has even been criticized for having his close friends and brother on Tesla's board in the past. "Instead he'd poll Twitter, ask a friend, or even ask his biographer for product advice," Crawford wrote. Last year, venture capitalist and early Twitter investor Chris Sacca warned Musk needed to surround himself with more people that would challenge him.
Persons: Esther Crawford, Elon, Crawford, Musk, Elon Musk's, David Sacks, Steve Davis, Elon Musk, Clive Mason, Chris Sacca, Sacca Organizations: Twitter, Boring Company Locations: Elon
Square Roots told staff it was closing most of its locations and cutting jobs, two former staff said. Square Roots told local news it plans to reconfigure some locations and may eventually re-open them. Elon Musk's brother, Kimbal, cofounded Square Roots alongside CEO Tobias Peggs in 2016. "It was just a normal day," the former Grand Rapids employee said of the latest layoffs and farm closures announced Tuesday. "It was quite abrupt and has been very devastating to this wonderful team of people," the former Grand Rapids employee said.
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Silicon Valley and Wall Street stars are indulging Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign. RFK Jr. has said that vaccines cause autism – and the White House recently blasted him for sharing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. This isn't the first time parts of Wall Street and Silicon Valley have backed an anti-establishment firebrand. In both 2016 and 2020, big names like venture capitalist Peter Thiel and Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman backed Republican candidate Donald Trump.
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When asked at the time, he didn't say whether he had donated to Kennedy's campaign. Ackman is one of several prominent business leaders who donated to Kennedy's campaign in the second quarter. The Purple Good Government PAC, a committee that's been largely funded by investor and Elon Musk ally David Sacks, donated $6,600 to the campaign. Ken Fisher, the founder and executive chairman of Fisher Investments, donated $6,600 to the campaign, according to the filing. Veteran Wall Street executive Omeed Malik also donated $6,600 to the Kennedy campaign, the filing says.
Persons: Bill Ackman, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, that's, Elon Musk, David Sacks, Ken Fisher, Omeed Malik, Kennedy, Malik, Brett Messing, Anthony Scaramucci's, Eric Clapton, Sacks, Fisher, Clapton, Chamath Palihapitiya, Joe Biden, Kennedy's, Biden, Kevin Breuninger Organizations: Pershing, Capital, CNBC, RFK, Good Government PAC, Fisher Investments, Wall, Hamptons, Quinnipiac, Democratic Locations: England
A new breed of direct-to-consumer services is aggressively using targeted ads to sell habit-forming medications. In short, AI and surveillance capitalism, which empower today's targeted ads, have joined forces with the deadly OxyContin playbook. As the Journal reported, after ADHD medications grew to 20% of the VC-funded company's business, driving a $4.8 billion valuation, things came crashing to earth. We as a society may have come to accept being stalked by targeted ads, but consequences are much graver when the product itself is a danger. But above all, we need rules that ban targeted ads for drugs that can get patients hooked.
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RFK Jr. might be running for President as a Democrat, but he has some fans among GOP lawmakers. Sen. Ron Johnson told Insider he hopes Kennedy "gains traction and wins the nomination." House Republicans have invited Kennedy to testify next week, and some Democrats say it's a political ploy. "He's displayed extraordinary political courage," said Johnson, recounting Kennedy's own narrative about how he took up anti-vaccine advocacy. Johnson's liking for Kennedy goes beyond just COVID and vaccines — he's on a similar wavelength with other aspects of Kennedy's conspiratorial worldview as well.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of former US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, speaks during the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023. Since the conference, Kennedy has continued to tout bitcoin. Kennedy said at the Miami bitcoin conference that if he were to become president he would "make sure that your right to hold and use bitcoin is inviolable." Kennedy, 69, is the son of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, both of whom were assassinated in the 1960s. In May, days before he took the stage the Miami bitcoin conference, Kennedy tweeted: "Cryptocurrencies, led by bitcoin, along with other crypto technologies are a major innovation engine.
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Bill Ackman said in 2021 that delaying Covid vaccinations for older Americans "seems like genocide." In fact, he said Kennedy is asking "important questions" about vaccines, raising issues he is interested in learning more about. Several of Ackman's recent tweets about Covid vaccines have stunned and confounded many of his colleagues on Wall Street, according to several people who have known and been allied with him for years. "I listened to RFK on several podcasts and a town hall and thought he raised important issues about vaccines and other issues that were worth learning more about," said Ackman, the CEO of Pershing Square Capital. Ackman has pushed his newfound skepticism to his approximately 740,000 followers while saying he is not opposed to vaccines.
Persons: Bill Ackman, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Ackman, Kennedy, it's, Omeed Malik, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, Ackman's, Tucker Carlson, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: Democratic, CNBC, RFK, Pershing, Capital, CDC, FDA, Wall Street, Hamptons . Venture, Trump White House, Fox News Locations: U.S
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist who's now running for president, has another wealthy backer in his corner: veteran Wall Street executive Omeed Malik. Representatives for Kennedy, Clinton, Pompeo, Summers and Lasry did not return requests for comment about the dinner. Kennedy is the son of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated during his own presidential run in 1968, and the nephew of late President John F. Kennedy, who was shot dead in 1963. Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk hosted Kennedy in a recent Twitter Spaces. He later hosted a glitchy Twitter Spaces for the Florida Republican when he announced his run for president.
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Mr. Kennedy said he now had “about 50 people” working for his campaign. Instead, he has used his campaign platform — and his famous name — to promote misinformation and ideas that have little traction in his party. Asked during the discussion by David Sacks, a top DeSantis donor who is also close to Mr. Musk, “what happened to the Democratic Party,” Mr. Kennedy spent nine uninterrupted minutes attacking Mr. Biden as a warmonger and claimed that their party was under the control of the pharmaceutical industry. “I think the Democratic Party became the party of war,” Mr. Kennedy said. “I attribute that directly to President Biden.” He added, “He has always been in favor of very bellicose, pugnacious and aggressive foreign policy, and he believes that violence is a legitimate political tool for achieving America’s objectives abroad.”
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid for the Democratic nomination for president has gained a boost from several Silicon Valley executives. Block CEO Jack Dorsey endorsed Kennedy on Twitter on Sunday, while Twitter owner Elon Musk invited the contender to a live audio discussion on the platform. ET on Twitter on Monday and will be moderated by venture capitalist David Sacks, another prominent name in Silicon Valley. A recent Fox News survey found 19% of Democratic primary voters surveyed said they would support Kennedy in the primary, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. After he took over Twitter, the platform stopped enforcing its previous policy to remove misleading information regarding Covid.
Persons: Jack Dorsey, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Elon Musk, David Sacks, Musk, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Sacks, Joe Biden, Tesla, Dorsey, Andrew Yang, Tulsi Gabbard Organizations: Twitter Inc, Inc, Democratic, Twitter, Republican Florida Gov, Fox, U.S . Rep, CNBC, YouTube Locations: Miami , Florida, U.S, Silicon Valley, California
Ron DeSantis — including hosting the candidate's kickoff event on Twitter — demonstrate how Sacks is working to become a GOP kingmaker. A DeSantis campaign spokesman did not return a request for comment before publication. Sacks, according to Puck, serves as one of the group's directors. Kevin McGrann, a lobbyist at government relations juggernaut Forbes Tate Partners, is also linked to Bay Strategies, according to Hall. And Sacks said during a recent episode that he plans to ask the DeSantis campaign for the Florida governor to agree to an interview.
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In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRemote work is 'not a great deal' for companies, says Craft Venture's David SacksDavid Sacks, Craft Ventures founder, joins 'Last Call' to discuss why he thinks work from home is bad for companies following Meta's hybrid work announcement.
Persons: Venture's David Sacks David Sacks Organizations: Craft Ventures
Brace for the intense pressure on commercial real estate to spread to house prices, Elon Musk says. "Commercial real estate is melting down fast. Investors are worried about real estate in a period of higher interest rates and tighter lending. "Commercial real estate is melting down fast. JPMorgan estimated that about $450 billion in commercial real-estate debt set to expire this year could default.
Ron DeSantis led all listed Republican candidates in a Monmouth University poll. New polling from Monmouth University shows that Trump now leads the governor by 24 percentage points. Ron DeSantis in polling in recent months, shattering the lead held by the leader of the Sunshine State, according to a recent Monmouth University poll. In December 2022, DeSantis was the leading candidate among Republican and Republican-leaning respondents to Monmouth University's poll, drawing in 39% support to Trump's 26%. While DeSantis took his time to announce his run for president, Trump picked up a bevy of GOP endorsements including more than 50 representatives, 11 senators, and two governors.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Donald Trump's, Trump, , Donald Trump, Elon Musk, David Sacks, FiveThirtyEight, who've, Byron Donalds, Doug Steube Organizations: Florida Gov, Monmouth University, Service, Sunshine State, Elon, GOP, Republican, Trump, DeSantis, Rep, Representatives, Disney Locations: Florida, Monmouth
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