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As fierce storms become more frequent, some mayors say people have heeded their calls to evacuate and prepare for the worst. Even though people are “getting used” to the storms, Anderson said he was concerned about the debris from the tornadoes and damage from winds. Gulfport: Milton has brought the most significant winds Mayor Sam Henderson has seen in Florida. There’s a been a real difference from storm to storm, the mayor said. He said Helene had damaging storm surges while Milton brought in incredible wind and rains.

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☆ It's World Mental Health Day: 10 quotes from James Baldwin, Mariska Hargitay and more to help you find inspiration and joy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

For World Mental Health Day 2024, which is Oct. 10th, we've compiled quotes from advocates, experts and authors who've discussed mental health over the past six decades. Here are 10 quotes that speak to the challenges of mental health and the tools you can use to improve your own. - Rosalynn Carter, said at a mental health symposium (2003)Ask for help when you need it"Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step." - Molly Burrets, a licensed clinical psychologist, told CNBC Make It (2024)Be kind to yourself"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love." - Floyd "Ski" Chilton, author of "There is Another Way to Happiness," told CNBC Make It (2024)Remain hopeful

Persons: we've, who've, James Baldwin, Sam Carr, Rosalynn Carter, Toni Morrison, Angelou, Molly Burrets, Brown Organizations: Life, CNBC, Yorker

☆ NFL Week 6 preview: Five things to watch out for
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Andy Scholes | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Brad Penner/USA Today Sports/Reuters Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills celebrates an interception during the second quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Orchard Park, New York, on Monday, September 23. Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold throws the ball to tight end Johnny Mundt in Minneapolis on Sunday, September 22. Caroline Brehman/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott celebrates after a touchdown during the Cowboys' 33-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland on September 8. Ken Blaze/USA Today Sports/Reuters Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. breaks a tackle from Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker K.J. David Banks/USA Today Sports/Reuters Rhamondre Stevenson of the New England Patriots runs the ball against Cincinnati Bengals defenders in Cincinnati on September 8.

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☆ Walmart's in-house meteorologist has been extremely busy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

With hurricane season in full swing, Walmart's emergency response team is working overtime. The company's response to storms like Hurricane Milton is coordinated by meteorologist Tom Bedard. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Advertisement"Gray-sky days" start around 3:45 a.m. for Walmart's in-house meteorologist, Tom Bedard. Walmart's in-house meteorologist Tom Bedard at work.

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☆ 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

☆ Mortgage rates surged for the second-straight week after hitting two-year lows
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Prospective homebuyers waiting on the sidelines for a further drop in mortgage rates received unwelcome news on Thursday. The average rate on a standard, 30-year fixed mortgage was 6.32% in the week ending October 10, mortgage financing provider Freddie Mac said Thursday. It was the largest one-week increase in mortgage rates since April and the second straight week rates jumped higher after falling to a two-year low last month. Soon after, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to its lowest since September 2022 at 6.08%. The recent bounce in mortgage rates underscores the uneven path toward greater home affordability.

Persons: Freddie Mac, ”, Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Organizations: CNN, Fed

☆ 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

☆ Judge to gag Diddy lawyers and feds after courtroom argument about 'racist prosecution'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A judge said he'd impose a gag order on the lawyers in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking case. AdvertisementThe judge overseeing Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal sex-trafficking case said he plans to impose a gag order on its lawyers after a heated courtroom argument over a defense attorney's remarks that the prosecution is "racist." Advertisement"Our investigation is very much ongoing, and there is a possibility that there could be a superseding indictment that could affect the length of the trial," Johnson said. Ahead of trial, Combs has been incarcerated in the Metropolitan Detention Center, a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn. Advertisement"That material is important for our case," Johnson said.

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☆ Nvidia's value soars by $400 billion in 5 days. That's more than Costco is worth.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia stock climbed 4% on Tuesday, extending its rally to 14% in five days. The chipmaker's market value soared by $400 billion — more than Costco is worth. Its $400 billion increase in value within a week is worth underscoring. Costco, which generated $254 billion of revenue and $7.4 billion of net income last year, is worth less than that. There's been no greater beneficiary than founder and CEO Jensen Huang, whose net worth has ballooned from about $14 billion to $106 billion in under two years.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Blackwell, —, There's, Amancio Ortega, Michael Dell, Huang, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Oracle's Larry Ellison, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Andy Jassy, Alphabet's Sundar Pichai Organizations: Costco, Nvidia, Service, Microsoft, Apple, Bloomberg, Big Tech

☆ Swedish battery maker Northvolt says head of Europe’s first homegrown gigafactory to step down
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Employees of the State Archaeological Office have hung pictures of finds from a construction trailer during a main archaeological investigation on the Northvolt site. Sweden's Northvolt on Wednesday said the head of its main plant, Europe's first homegrown gigafactory for lithium-ion battery cells, will step down with immediate effect. The position will be held until the end of the year as the company seeks to secure a permanent replacement for CEO of Northvolt Ett, it added. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Northvolt is one of Europe's most valuable privately held tech firms that builds lithium-ion batteries for the electric vehicle industry. The strategic action required the company to cut a total of 1,600 jobs in Sweden, Northvolt said.

Persons: Northvolt, Mark Duchesne, Northvolt Ett, Angéline J, Bilodeau Organizations: Office, Volkswagen, Volvo Locations: Sweden, North America, Stockholm

☆ NFL Week 5 takeaways: Are the Ravens Super Bowl favorites? Time to bench Deshaun Watson? Trouble in New York?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Minnesota Vikings safety Camryn Bynum celebrates after a play during a game against the New York Jets in London on Sunday, October 6. The Broncos beat the Las Vegas Raiders 34-18. Cooper Neill/Getty Images New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers walks off the field after his team's loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London on October 6. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Denver Broncos cornerback Tremon Smith celebrates as a field goal attempt by New York Jets kicker Greg Zuerlein misses in the fourth quarter in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on September 29. Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold throws the ball to tight end Johnny Mundt in Minneapolis on Sunday, September 22. The arrival of Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets in 2023 was meant to be a game-changer for the hapless franchise.

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☆ OpenAI is accusing Elon Musk of harassing the startup. It's the latest escalation in a long-running feud.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

OpenAI has fired back at Elon Musk's latest lawsuit. Musk's lawyers have argued that OpenAI executives "deceived" him into cofounding the company. AdvertisementIn response to Musk's lawsuit, OpenAI called it the latest move in Musk's "increasingly blusterous campaign to harass OpenAI for his own competitive advantage." "OpenAI is dedicated to the safe and beneficial development of artificial general intelligence ("AGI")," OpenAI's lawyers said in a court filing on Tuesday. A long-running feudIn March, Musk first sued OpenAI on similar grounds but later dropped the suit in June.

Persons: OpenAI, —, Musk, Tesla, Sam Altman, He's, xAI, Ilya Sutskever's, Mira Muta, Ilya Sutskever Organizations: Elon, Service, Musk, Business, Microsoft Locations: Musk's

☆ Sweden's Volvo says deputy CEO to step down in management reshuffle as EV demand slows
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars on Wednesday announced deputy CEO Björn Annwall will step down from his current role as part of a management reshuffle designed to increase simplicity and collaboration in the organization. It comes shortly after Volvo Cars abandoned its near-term goal of selling only electric vehicles (EVs), citing a need to be "pragmatic and flexible." "In a rapidly changing world, we need to ensure our organisation is equipped to navigate a more challenging market," Jim Rowan, CEO at Volvo Cars, said in a written statement. "We are now regrouping our commercial leadership team with a focus on making Volvo Cars even stronger with increased speed and efficiency," he added. Volvo Cars said it was taking these steps to navigate challenges facing the automotive industry, such as headwinds driven by geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties, market sentiment, rapid technology shifts and supply chains.

Persons: Björn Annwall, Jim Rowan, Annwall, Arek Nowinski, Gretchen Saegh, Fleming, Oscar Bertilsson Olsborg Organizations: Volvo, Wednesday, Volvo Cars Locations: China

☆ 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.

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☆ The undeniable crisis that’s not driving American voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Eduardo Munoz/Reuters A relief group climbs up the side of a hill as they help near Bat Cave, North Carolina, on Thursday. Jeffrey Collins/AP Len Frisbee dumps a wheelbarrow of dirt as he helps with cleanup in Hot Springs, North Carolina, on Tuesday. Gerald Herbert/AP Meta Gatschenberger surveys the remains of her collapsed house in Boone, North Carolina, on Saturday, September 28. Jonathan Drake/Reuters Floodwaters are seen in Asheville in this image released by the North Carolina Department of Transportation on Saturday. Marco Bello/Reuters In pictures: Hurricane Helene unleashes its fury Prev NextBut Vance’s remedy to the so-called weird weather is counterintuitive.

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☆ Where are Gen Z's tech founders?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

So where are Gen Z's tech founders? Gen Z founders and would-be founders are stepping into a vastly different tech world from that of their predecessors — a world where launching a unicorn is far more difficult, and publicly scrutinized, than it was for the garage-band generation of Jobs and Gates. Gen Z is coming of age in an era when the same Big Tech companies are diffuse and dominant. In other words, millennial founders ran so that Gen Z founders could walk. Perhaps we won't see Gen Z founders standing before a crowd and unveiling their latest shiny products anytime soon.

Persons: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Gen X, Sergey Brin, Elon Musk, Travis Kalanick, Peter Thiel, Millennials, I'm, Zuckerberg, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Brian Chesky, Elizabeth Holmes, Sam Bankman, Gen, aren't, Zers, Jerry Neumann, millennials, Uber, Z, There's, Neumann, Kimberly Eddleston, they've, Adam Neumann, Holmes, Alexandra Debow, that's, Alexandr Wang, Wang, They've, Ibrahim Rashid, Rashid didn't, COVID, Rashid, Martin Shkreli, Forbes, Alexis Barreyat, Barreyat, Julian Kage, Kage, they'd, Debow, It's, Eddleston, Emma Chamberlain's Organizations: Boomers, Columbia University, Big Tech, Northeastern University, Facebook, New York University, MIT, Wired, Forbes, University of Chicago, Deloitte, Harvard, Harvard Business Locations: swaggering, Silicon Valley

☆ Republicans in Congress call out hurricane misinformation coming from within their own party
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Haley Talbot | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Republicans are fighting a war against misinformation to keep their constituents safe as they brace for Hurricane Milton to make landfall in Florida, including being willing to point the finger at members of their own party — and their presidential nominee. Greene has stood by her comments, posting a meme and link to a Gateway Pundit article she says backs up her claims. “Former President Trump told us that the people in Springfield are eating dogs and cats, alright? He likewise said that FEMA money, our emergency money, instead of helping the people that are being hit by the hurricane is being used to help illegals,” he said at an event in Utah earlier this week. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who challenged Trump in this cycle’s Republican presidential primary, also warned residents in the path of a hurricane to ignore online misinformation.

Persons: Hurricane Milton, Hurricane Helene —, Carlos Gimenez, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, ” Gimenez, Kasie Hunt, Gimenez, Chuck Edwards, ”, “, ” Edwards, Greene’s, Republican Sen, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Trump, he’s, ” Trump, Kamala Harris “, Hurricane Helene, Mario Tama, Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Biden critcized Trump, ” Biden, Thom Tillis, ” Tillis, It’s, Ron DeSantis, Sam Waldenberg, Andy Rose Organizations: Washington CNN, Republicans, Hurricane, Republican, Georgia, Congress, FEMA, ”, Force, Transportation, CNN, Wednesday, Trump, CBS, Florida Gov Locations: Florida, Hurricane, Miami, Dade County, North Carolina, Utah, Springfield, Romney, Michigan, Asheville , North Carolina, ”

☆ The challenges Floridians are facing while trying to evacuate
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Chris O'Meara/AP David Jalving throws outdoor furniture into his father's pool on Tuesday to prepare for Hurricane Milton. Marta Lavandier/AP A man boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton in Progreso, Mexico, on Monday. The state of Florida is trying to keep gas stations supplied as people try to fill up before hitting the road. Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg/Getty Images“Lines at gas stations have been long,” DeSantis acknowledged Tuesday during a news conference. “Gas stations are running out quicker than they otherwise would.”Gas price tracking service GasBuddy reported that as of Tuesday afternoon, 17.4% of gas stations statewide were without fuel, a dramatic spike from just 3% on Monday.

Persons: Hurricane Milton, Helene pummeled Florida’s, Jane Castor, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, it’s, Kevin Guthrie, Ron DeSantis, Rich Lorenzen, Sam Grande, Pete, Octavio Jones, DeSantis, Milton, Mike Carlson, Matthew Dominick, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters John Fedor of, Chris O'Meara, David Jalving, Marta Lavandier, Julio Cortez, Hurricane Helene, Bryan R, Smith, Tristan Wheelock, Gerald, Martin Zetina, Hurricane, Reuters Rich Lorenzen, Pete Beach, Gregg Newton, Brandon Hutchison, ” Hutchison, Irma, Idalia, Milton's, ” DeSantis, Fort Organizations: CNN, Hurricane, ” Tampa, state’s Division, Emergency Management, Florida Gov, National Weather Service, Florida Department of Transportation, Florida DOT, Veterans Expressway, Suncoast Parkway, AP NASA, International, Milton, NASA, Reuters, Tampa International Airport, Getty, Bloomberg, Hurricane Milton, AP Contractors, AP Tropicana, Department of Transportation, Rosen, Resorts, Atlanta Motor, Emergency Management Agency, Gas, “ Gas, Patrol Locations: Hurricane Milton, St, Pete Beach , Florida, Miami, Florida, Tampa, Hurricane, Port Richey , Florida, Orlando , Florida, Jersey, Tampa Bay, Treasure Island , Florida, AFP, Fort Myers Beach , Florida, Progreso , Mexico, New Port Richey , Florida, St . Petersburg, Monnday, Kissimmee , Florida, Georgia, Atlanta, Peach, Dothan , Alabama, RVs, ”, Hampton , Georgia, Henry, Florence, Petersburg , Florida, Fort Myers, Gulf Coast

☆ OpenAI announces content deal with Hearst, including content from Cosmopolitan, Esquire and the San Francisco Chronicle
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI announced a partnership with Hearst, the media conglomerate behind outlets like the Houston Chronicle, the San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Elle and others. "Our partnership with OpenAI will help us evolve the future of magazine content," Hearst Magazines President Debi Chirichella said in a statement. The deal is the latest in a recent trend of media outlets entering into content partnerships with AI startups. OpenAI announced a similar partnership in August with Condé Nast, which owns media brands such as Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Vanity Fair and Wired. Reddit also announced a deal with OpenAI in May to allow the ChatGPT maker to train its AI models on the social media company's content.

Persons: Sam Altman, OpenAI, Elle, Debi Chirichella, Condé Nast, Der Spiegel, WordPress.com, Reddit Organizations: Economic, Hearst, Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Cosmopolitan, OpenAI, Vogue, Yorker, GQ, Wired, Media, The Texas Tribune, Time, News Corp, Wall Street, Barron's, New York Post, Center, Investigative, Microsoft, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, The New York Times, Southern, of, Apple Locations: Davos, Switzerland, U.S, of New York

☆ Why oil and gas markets are dreading the risk of supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In 2022, oil flow in the Strait of Hormuz averaged 21 million barrels per day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Saul Kavonic, senior research analyst at MST Financial, said supply disruptions along the Strait of Hormuz could send oil prices significantly higher. Oil prices traded more than 3% on Monday, extending gains even after notching their sharpest weekly gain since early 2023 last week. "But seeing where the oil price sits right now the market doesn't seem to hold much probability for such a development at all," he added. "A significant disruption to these flows would be enough to push oil prices to new record highs, surpassing the record high of close to $150/bbl in 2008," he added.

Persons: Alan Gelder, Wood Mackenzie, CNBC's, Iraq —, Gelder, Saul Kavonic, Kavonic, Bjarne Schieldrop, SEB, Brent, Schieldrop, Warren Patterson, Patterson Organizations: Nurphoto, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Energy, Brent, U.S, West Texas, ING, bbl, United Arab Emirates, Space Shuttle Columbia Locations: Persian, Bushehr, Iran, Hormuz, Oman, Strait, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, UAE, Gulf, Muscat

☆ I stayed in a glamping tent and a tiny house resort on a small island near Singapore. One was a better escape from city life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

On a recent trip there, I spent one night in a glamping tent and the other in a tiny house. The tiny house was more comfortable, but the glamping tent felt like a proper escape from the city. Big Tiny, a tiny house startup in Singapore, launched Tiny Away on Lazarus in May last year. AdvertisementThe tiny house was more comfortableDespite the tent having a queen-sized bed (left), the author felt more comfortable in the tiny house (right). The glamping tent offered a more novel experienceThe author spent one night journaling in the glamping tent (left) and the other watching Netflix in the tiny house (right).

Persons: —, Lazarus, May, Ray Lee, Sam Wong, Prudence Lai, Erin Liam, cofounders, there's, unplug Organizations: Service, Sentosa Development Corporation, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore Zoo, Business, Netflix Locations: Lazarus, Singapore, Southern

☆ Russia is on a 'sustained mission' to create mayhem on Europe's streets, UK spy chief says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The head of Britain's domestic spy agency on Tuesday accused Russian military intelligence of being on a "sustained mission" to cause mayhem in Britain and Europe. The spy chief said the agency was having to deal with a "dizzying range" of beliefs and ideologies, citing risks posed by Russia, Iran, China and others. McCallum said the number of state threat investigations MI5 is running had jumped 48% in the last year. He said the GRU — Russian military intelligence — in particular was on "a sustained mission to generate mayhem on British and European streets: we've seen arson, sabotage and more." "This goes well beyond all historical precedent – and has put a big dent in the Russian intelligence services' ability to cause damage in the West," he added.

Persons: Ken McCallum, McCallum, Vladimir, " McCallum Organizations: MI5, CNBC Locations: Britain, Europe, London, Russia, Iran, China, Ukraine, Moscow

☆ Foxconn chairman says AI investment boom 'still has some time to go' as language models evolve
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The boom in corporate investment into artificial intelligence infrastructure still has some way to go as large language models are continuing to evolve, according to the CEO of Foxconn , a key supplier to Apple . This type of AI is referred to in the industry as "AGI," or Artificial General Intelligence. Liu said that progress toward increasingly intelligent AI can only be a good thing for the AI server industry, which has been a key boon to Foxconn's growth this year. "I think for the AI server industry, I think we still have some time to grow," Liu added. "With the AGI capability growing, the age [of] AI devices will be another industry we should watch carefully."

Persons: Emily Tan, Foxconn Young Liu, Liu, OpenAI, Sam Altman, he's Organizations: Apple, Intelligence, CNBC, Microsoft

☆ Tampa Bay Buccaneers heading to New Orleans early to avoid Hurricane Milton
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are departing for their Week 6 matchup early in order to avoid the expected landfall of Hurricane Milton in Tampa, Florida. Milton has reached speeds of 175 mph and was classed as a Category 5 hurricane on Monday, but has dipped back into Category 4 status. It is the strongest hurricane to occur anywhere on the planet this year and one of the 10 strongest (tied for ninth) hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic. The hurricane is expected to fluctuate in intensity before ultimately making landfall on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm. “Milton is still a relatively compact hurricane, but the wind field is expected to continue to grow in size as it approaches Florida.

Persons: Milton, Hurricane Helene, “ Milton, ” Organizations: CNN, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, NFC, Bucs, NFC South, Atlanta Falcons, Super Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs, National Hurricane Center, “ Locations: Hurricane Milton, Tampa , Florida, Tampa, New Orleans, Florida, Milton

☆ Former Humane execs secure $25 million valuation after departing AI hardware startup
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Two former executives of Humane, the embattled AI hardware startup, are reemerging with a new artificial intelligence software venture that has raised $4 million at a $25 million valuation. He and Hartley Moy are marketing the startup toward enterprise customers in industries like finance, insurance, SaaS, healthcare services and media. "It really came down to the opportunity that we saw in the enterprise side of the house," Hartley Moy, Infactory's CEO, told CNBC. But the two's departure had to do with the business opportunities they saw when working at Humane, Hartley Moy said. WATCH: Former Apple designers launch $700 Humane AI Pin as smartphone replacement

Persons: Brooke Hartley Moy, Ken Kocienda, Kocienda, Hartley Moy, Sam Altman, Marc Benioff, Slack, Andreessen Horowitz, Infactory, Ohtani Organizations: Humane, CNBC, HP, Microsoft, Tiger Global, Google, Apple, Bee Partners, SPV Locations: Salesforce

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