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Valued at $4 billion in 2021, Cerebras is reportedly seeking to roughly double that in its IPO. The customer, G42, is backed by Microsoft , and it's entirely responsible for the $1.43 billion purchase commitment. G42 can pick up $500 million more in Cerebras shares if it commits to spend $5 billion on the company's computing clusters. The major Wall Street banks, for their part, are finding other ways to play in the burgeoning AI infrastructure market. Fitch, who said he sold out of his Nvidia stock years ago, told CNBC that the benefits outweigh the risks.

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☆ Salesforce's UK chief urges government not to regulate all AI companies in the same way
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — The UK chief executive of Salesforce wants the Labor government to regulate artificial intelligence — but says it's important that policymakers don't tar all technology companies developing AI systems with the same brush. Bahrololoumi noted that there's a difference between companies developing consumer-facing AI tools — like OpenAI — and firms like Salesforce making enterprise AI systems. She said consumer-facing AI systems, such as ChatGPT , face fewer restrictions than enterprise-grade products, which have to meet higher privacy standards and comply with corporate guidelines. A spokesperson for the UK's Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said that planned AI rules would be "highly targeted to the handful of companies developing the most powerful AI models," rather than applying "blanket rules on the use of AI. " That indicates that the rules might not apply to companies like Salesforce, which don't make their own foundational models like OpenAI.

Persons: Zahra Bahrololoumi, Salesforce, Bahrololoumi Organizations: LONDON, Labor, CNBC, Ireland, UK's Department of Science, Innovation, Technology Locations: Ireland, Salesforce, San Francisco , California, London, American

☆ OpenAI's AI-adjusted earnings numbers have echoes of Groupon and WeWork
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Is it OK for an AI company to exclude the cost of training its AI models when it reports earnings? Related storiesFor an AI company like OpenAI, training models will be an ongoing process. The world is constantly evolving, and new data is being generated, which will have to be incorporated into AI models' understanding. Let's call it "AI adjusted earnings" for an AI company. They are a private company," McKenna said.

Persons: we've, Francine McKenna, McKenna, OpenAI, It's, Groupon, WeWork Organizations: Google, Facebook, MarketWatch, Revenue, Big Tech, KPMG Consulting, SAP, Oracle, Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC Locations: It's

☆ Nvidia-backed CoreWeave gets $650 million credit line from top Wall Street banks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CoreWeave, an Nvidia -backed artificial intelligence startup that rents out chips to other companies, announced Friday that it has a new $650 million credit line to expand its business and data center portfolio. In the past, CoreWeave has supplied Microsoft and French AI startup Mistral with graphics processing units, or GPUs. And in addition to developing the chips, Nvidia has taken stakes in emerging AI companies like CoreWeave, partly as a way to make sure its technology gets widely deployed. Last week, OpenAI received a $4 billion revolving line of credit, bringing its total liquidity to more than $10 billion. Many of the same banks contributed to OpenAI's credit line.

Persons: it's, CoreWeave, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Mike Intrator, CoreWeave's, OpenAI Organizations: Nvidia, London, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, Mizuho Locations: Austin , Texas, Chicago, Las Vegas, French, MUFG, Wells Fargo

☆ Satya Nadella reportedly calls 2 different CEOs every day — and has 2 favorite questions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Jaures Yip | Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Microsoft's CEO likes to schedule daily calls with CEOs to expand his network, The Information reported. Satya Nadella's networking reportedly includes leaders from AI but also non-tech industries. AdvertisementSatya Nadella's daily routine consists of waking up at 7 a.m., practicing mindfulness exercises, and, in a new twist, apparently making multiple phone calls to different CEOs. The Microsoft CEO reportedly asks staff to set up two calls a day with other executives of various companies, according to a new report from The Information detailing Nadella's networking strategies. Nadella, who reportedly remained in close contact with Suleyman for several years, eventually hired him to head up Microsoft AI.

Persons: Satya Nadella's, —, Satya, Aravind Srinivas, Pete Carroll, Sam Altman, Rebecca Arnold, Root, Arnold, Nadella, Mustafa Suleyman, Suleyman, There's Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Seattle Seahawks, Consulting, UAE Locations: Nadella

☆ AMD launches AI chip to rival Nvidia's Blackwell
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

AMD launched a new artificial-intelligence chip on Thursday that is taking direct aim at Nvidia’s data center graphics processors, known as GPUs. In the past few years, Nvidia has dominated the majority of the data center GPU market, but AMD is historically in second place. The new AI chip is the successor to the MI300X, which started shipping late last year. Most industry estimates say Nvidia has over 90% of the market for data center AI chips. The new CPUs are particularly good for feeding data into AI workloads, AMD said.

Persons: Lisa Su, Nvidia’s, ”, Su, That’s, ” Su Organizations: AMD, Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, Blackwell, Intel, workloads

☆ Nvidia is nearing a record high. This is what's driving it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Since the start of October, investors and Nvidia watchers have gained a few new numbers to add to their models. AdvertisementThe funding is the clearest sign that investors are still willing to back the biggest bet on generative AI available. OpenAI announced the fresh funding last week, led by Thrive Capital with Microsoft, Nvidia, Softbank, Khosla Ventures, and others participating. Thank you to Nvidia for delivering one of the first engineering builds of the DGX B200 to our office." But, anecdotal evidence of companies finding value in generative AI may be starting to penetrate the investor class as well, according to a new survey from Morgan Stanley.

Persons: —, OpenAI, Billionaire Vinod Khosla, Blackwell, Jensen Huang, Huang, doesn't, David Solomon, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Microsoft, Softbank, Khosla Ventures, Billionaire, CNBC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Locations: OpenAI, Blackwell

☆ OpenAI warns of AI misinformation ahead of election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOpenAI warns of AI misinformation ahead of electionCNBC's Deirdre Bosa joins 'The Exchange' to discuss OpenAI's report on AI misinformation.

Persons: OpenAI, Deirdre Bosa

☆ OpenAI chair Bret Taylor talks AI agents, regulation and the tech's current boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bret Taylor, board chairman of OpenAI, joined CNBC's Squawk on the Street Thursday to discuss his artificial intelligence startup Sierra. Taylor co-founded Sierra in March of 2023, and it aims to help companies build AI agents that can interface directly with their customers. AI agents vary in their complexity, but they can generally help users answer questions, automate processes and perform specific tasks, according to the company's website. Sierra is already valued at around $4 billion, and Taylor said he is excited to build an "enduring company." Taylor joined OpenAI's board after the company's CEO Sam Altman was briefly ousted last fall.

Persons: Bret Taylor, CNBC's Squawk, Taylor, We're, Sam Altman, Mira Murati Organizations: OpenAI, Sierra, Google, Big Tech Locations: Silicon, U.S

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Sierra co-founders Clay Bavor and Bret Taylor
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Sierra co-founders Clay Bavor and Bret TaylorSierra co-founder Clay Bavor and Bret Taylor, Sierra co-founder and CEO and OpenAI board chair, join 'Squawk Box' to discuss the AI startup, building AI agents that directly interact with customers, AI competition, AI startups vs. incumbents, and more.

Persons: Clay Bavor, Bret Taylor Sierra, Bret Taylor Organizations: Sierra Locations: Sierra

☆ CNBC Daily Open: A dovish Fed is driving markets. Keep an eye out for roadblocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Close to record close for NvidiaNvidia shares have rallied 25% in the last month and are currently trading at $132.11. Former Tata Sons chairman passes awayRatan Tata, the former chairman of the Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, passed away on Wednesday, aged 86. As chairman, Tata was instrumental in spearheading over 60 global acquisitions, helping to grow the group's revenue past $100 billion during his tenure.

Persons: Ian Read, Frank D'Amelio, D'Amelio, Ratan Tata, Tata Organizations: CNBC, Dow Jones, Technology, Nasdaq, Nvidia Nvidia, Nvidia, Microsoft, Mizuho, Pfizer, Guggenheim Securities, Former Tata, Tata Sons, IA Locations: Asia, Pacific, Hong Kong, OpenAI

☆ Big backer of Nvidia heaps on praise after the recent stock rally. Where we stand now
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Morgan Stanley has a buy-equivalent rating on the Club stock and a price target of $150 a share, implying 13% upside from Wednesday's close. If artificial intelligence models are tasked with completing more complicated tasks, that could play into Nvidia's hands over time, Morgan Stanley reasoned. Several positive updates on AI adoption last month helped Nvidia's stock mount the comeback, which has completely erased a severe post-earnings slide that began Aug. 28 . More recently, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has touted "insane" demand for Blackwell . Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks onstage with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff during Salesforce's Dreamforce on September 17, 2024 in San Francisco, California.

Persons: Morgan Stanley's, Jensen Huang, Morgan Stanley, Nvidia's, Morgan, Jim Cramer, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Marc Benioff, Salesforce's Dreamforce, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Nvidia, Club, Blackwell, Tech, Microsoft, Nasdaq, Google, Apple, Devices, Broadcom, CNBC, Getty Locations: —, San Francisco , California

☆ Sierra co-founder Bret Taylor on AI agent startup: We want to make our customers successful
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSierra co-founder Bret Taylor on AI agent startup: We want to make our customers successfulSierra co-founder Clay Bavor and Bret Taylor, Sierra co-founder and CEO and OpenAI board chair, join 'Squawk Box' to discuss the AI startup, building AI agents that directly interact with customers, AI competition, AI startups vs. incumbents, and more.

Persons: Bret Taylor, Clay Bavor Organizations: Sierra Locations: Sierra

☆ OpenAI warns on AI misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOpenAI warns on AI misinformationCNBC's Deirdre Bosa reports on misinformation in the AI era.

Persons: Deirdre Bosa

☆ Here are the best and worst-case scenarios for Google in its battle with the DOJ
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementFor years, the US Justice Department's lawsuit against Google's Search business has been largely ignored by Wall Street and even many of Google's employees. They also include sharing some of Google's search data with rivals. The DOJ is also considering cracking open Google's search index and forcing it to share data, including the nitty-gritty of how Google ranks website quality. The DOJ said this could include the models used for Google's AI Search features. AdvertisementThe DOJ has said it's also weighing a proposal that websites can opt out of Google's AI training and from appearing in AI search results altogether.

Persons: —, Department's, Bernstein, Amit Mehta, Dan Morgan, monetization, Max, Morgan, Dan Ives, Liz Reid, Marissa Mayer, it's, It's Organizations: US Justice Department, Google, Analysts, Service, Google's, Wall, DOJ, Apple, European Union, Chrome, Wedbush, Tech, Media, Finance, Sunshine Locations: European, Europe

☆ Suki just raised $70 million for its healthcare AI assistant to beat out rival Abridge. See the 17-slide pitch deck it used.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Suki just raised $70 million in Series D funding led by Hedosophia for its medical AI assistant. It's competing with hot startups like Abridge as VCs scramble to place their bets in healthcare AI. The startup just landed a $70 million Series D round led by Hedosophia, a secretive UK-based VC firm led by Ian Osborne. Suki's biggest competitor is healthcare AI startup Abridge, which raised a $150 million Series C at a $850 million valuation in February and is backed by big names like Lightspeed Venture Partners and CVS Health Ventures. Here's the pitch deck Suki used to raise $70 million from Hedosophia.

Persons: Suki, Hedosophia, —, Punit Singh Soni, It's, Ian Osborne, transcribes, Kleiner Perkins, Abridge, Soni, EHR, he's Organizations: Service, Flare, Breyer Capital, InHealth Ventures, Fund, Suki's, Lightspeed Venture Partners, CVS Health Ventures, Veterans Health Administration Locations: Abridge, Hedosophia

The financial firm upgraded the athletic apparel stock to a buy rating from hold and raised its price target to $97 from $83. — Lisa Kailai Han 6:48 a.m.: Goldman Sachs trims Microsoft price target Goldman Sachs is still bullish shares of Microsoft , despite a minor price target adjustment. However, she accompanied the move by lifting her price target to $80 from $75. Analyst Andrew Mok accompanied the rating change by lifting his price target to $82 from $63. To be sure, he did raise his price target by $10 to $235, implying upside of nearly 10%.

Persons: Joseph Civello, Civello, Caitlin Clark, Lisa Kailai Han, Goldman Sachs, Kash Rangan, Rangan, Bernstein, Harshita Rawat, Venmo, Cash, Rawat, — Lisa Kailai Han, Shagun Singh, Singh, Medtronic, Andrew Mok, Mok, Stephen Tusa, Tusa, divestitures, YTD, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Barclays, JPMorgan, Honeywell International, Nike, Microsoft, PayPal, RBC, RBC Capital Markets, CVS, Aetna, Honeywell, Dow Jones Industrial Locations: buybacks, Wednesday's

☆ Why The New York Times' lawyers are inspecting OpenAI's code in a secretive room
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Lawyers for The New York Times are poring through ChatGPT's source code and training material. It is there to be inspected by lawyers for The New York Times. The Times' lawyers can share their notes with up to five outside consultants to help them understand what the code does. That text includes stories from The New York Times, articles from other publications, and an untold number of copyrighted books. OpenAI similarly used high-quality, well-researched, well-written, and fact-based New York Times articles to make ChatGPT so impressive, the Times argues.

Persons: morass, —, Sam Altman, Susman Godfrey, Mother Jones, George RR Martin, Jodi Picoult, Nehisi Coates, Kristelia García, Axel Springer, García, OpenAI, Justin Nelson, Godfrey, Nelson, Daniel Ek, Sean Parker, Matthew Sag, poring, Christa Laser Organizations: The New York Times, Service, Times, Publishers, Fox News, The New York Daily News, Georgetown University Law, Business, New York Times, Microsoft, Napster, Anthropic, OpenAI, Spotify, Emory University, America, Cleveland State University Locations: United States, Manhattan

☆ AI largely beat human CEOs in an experiment — but it also got fired more quickly
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AI mostly outperformed human executives in an experiment by University of Cambridge researchers. But AI wasn't as good at making decisions in unexpected "black swan" events. That led to AI getting fired by a virtual board of directors more quickly than humans. Because of that, AI got fired more quickly by a virtual board of directors than its human counterparts, which navigated unexpected situations better. When a "black swan" event occurred, the bot couldn't address it as quickly — or as well — as the human executives and students.

Persons: —, Hamza Mudassir, Mudassir, LLMs Organizations: University of Cambridge, Service, Cambridge, Harvard Business Locations: Cambridge, OpenAI

☆ Microsoft faces disruption from AI, says outperforming fund manager dumping the stock
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In 2023, the fund returned 30.7%, significantly outperforming its benchmark and the S & P 500, which was up 26%. Yiu's decision stems from his belief that Microsoft's business model is about to change significantly in light of the rise of generative AI. Microsoft has been leading the charge in generative AI adoption. The crux of the issue lies in the increased costs associated with providing AI services, according to the outperforming fund manager. Nvidia's chips, while readily available, allows the Silicon Valley company to capture much of the profit from generative AI services instead.

Persons: Stephen Yiu, Yiu, OpenAI Organizations: Microsoft, Growth, Growth Fund, CNBC Pro, Conference, Nvidia Locations: London

☆ It will be a while before OpenAI turns a profit. In the meantime, Microsoft gets a cut of revenue.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

OpenAI is projected to turn a profit in 2029, a new report from The Information says. Microsoft also appears to be on track to get a 20% cut of OpenAI's revenue, per the report. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The report said the company doesn't expect to become profitable until 2029 when revenue is projected to hit $100 billion. According to The Information, OpenAI is currently projecting that its compute costs for model training could hit as high as $9.5 billion a year in 2026.

Persons: —, OpenAI, it's, Kate Leaman, Leaman Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Business Locations: Silicon Valley

Propagandists seeking to influence elections around the globe have tried to use ChatGPT in their operations, according to a report released Wednesday by the technology’s creator, OpenAI. OpenAI said in its report that this year it has stopped people who tried to use ChatGPT to generate content about elections in the U.S., Rwanda, India, and the European Union. They also used ChatGPT to create social media posts in support of those sites, according to the report. They were part of a larger campaign that repeatedly spammed pro-party posts on X, a documented propaganda campaign that posted messages — often the same few messages — more than 650,000 times. According to OpenAI’s report, they also tried to get ChatGPT to tell them the default login credentials for other companies that provide industrial control systems software.

Persons: OpenAI, It’s, it’s, Donald Trump’s, ChatGPT, —, Washington didn’t, Ben Nimmo, ” Nimmo Organizations: European Union, U.S, Patriotic, United Nations, Treasury Department, Embassy Locations: U.S, Rwanda, India, Iran, Russia, China, Israel, Israeli, Jordan, cybersecurity, Washington

☆ AI startup Writer, currently fundraising at a $1.9 billion valuation, launches new model to compete with OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

San Francisco-based AI startup Writer debuted a large artificial intelligence model Wednesday to compete with enterprise offerings from OpenAI, Anthropic and others. The company cuts costs using synthetic data, or data created by AI. Waseem Alshikh, Writer's co-founder and CTO, told CNBC that Writer has been working on its synthetic data pipeline for years. The generative AI market is poised to top $1 trillion in revenue within a decade. To date in 2024, investors have pumped $26.8 billion into 498 generative AI deals, according to PitchBook, and companies in the sector raised $25.9 billion in 2023, up more than 200% from 2022.

Persons: May Habib, That's, It's, Waseem, Writer's, Alshikh Organizations: Work Summit, Porsche, Raffles London, CNBC, Meta, Microsoft, Accenture, Uber, L'Oreal, Vanguard Locations: London, England, San Francisco, OpenAI, Anthropic

☆ Anthropic's power players: Here are the 11 leaders helping shape the future of the Amazon-backed AI company
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

It's sought to position itself as the safer, more responsible AI company. She, along with her brother Dario, was part of the team that left OpenAI with the goal of creating a more responsible AI company. Krishna Rao, Chief Financial OfficerAs any emerging AI company can attest, conducting groundbreaking research isn't enough. In this role, he's building deep relationships with users and helping to turn Anthropic's research into a mass-market product. These capabilities are essential to Anthropic's positioning of itself as the safer AI company.

Persons: Anthropic, It's, —, OpenAI's, Dario Amodei, Amodei, Dario, Daniela Amodei, She's, Jack Clark ,, Clark, Jared Kaplan, Kaplan, Chris Olah, Sam McCandlish, McCandlish, Tom Brown, Brown, Krishna Rao, Rao, Mike Krieger, São Paulo, Krieger, Claude, Brian Israel, it's, Brian, Sam Bowman, Bowman, Jan Leike Organizations: Service, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google, Princeton University, Hertz, Stanford University School of Medicine, sager, Bloomberg, Harvard, Johns Hopkins University, Research, Organization, Core Resources, Stanford University, Brandeis University, Core, Blackstone, Bain & Company, Anthropic, State Department, NASA Locations: OpenAI, Anthropic, Airbnb, São, Menlo Park, San Francisco, New York, Israel

☆ OpenAI has first mover advantage but Google remains a 'formidable' competitor: NYU's Sundararajan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOpenAI has first mover advantage but Google remains a 'formidable' competitor: NYU's SundararajanArun Sundararajan of NYU Stern School of Business compares Google & OpenAI's places in AI development, and talks more broadly about the competitive landscape for large language models.

Persons: OpenAI, Arun Sundararajan Organizations: NYU Stern School of Business, Google

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