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The University of Mobile is mourning the sudden death of freshman basketball player Kaiden Francis this week. Francis, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, collapsed on campus Tuesday morning and died, university President Charles Smith said in a letter to students and faculty. "Yesterday morning Kaiden Francis, freshman point guard from Fort Lauderdale unexpectedly passed away after doing what he loved to do, working on his craft in the gym," Archey wrote. Classes at the university of almost 2,000 students were canceled Wednesday, and a vigil was held on campus Wednesday morning. "He was profoundly gifted and clearly loved by his teammates," Smith wrote.

Persons: Kaiden Francis, Francis, Charles Smith, Kaiden, Smith, Darnell Archey, Archey Organizations: University of Mobile, Facebook Locations: Fort Lauderdale , Florida, Fort Lauderdale

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Is Nvidia its own worst enemy?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis 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. Investors are likely zooming in on the rate at which Nvidia is growing its numbers, compared with its past performance, not just whether it's surpassing expectations. The same goes for Nvidia's forward guidance: A growth of around 70% for current-quarter sales, compared with a year earlier. It appears that investors have enjoyed Nvidia's astounding performance for so long they've become desensitized to it.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Akio Kon, LSEG, University's, Leswing, Samantha Subin, Brian Evans Organizations: Nvidia Corp, Nvidia, Summit Japan, Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC, Investors, University's Stern School of Business Locations: Tokyo, Japan, New

☆ Stock futures are little changed, Nvidia shares slip after earnings report: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Stock futures are near flat Wednesday night as investors parsed the all-important earnings release from artificial intelligence darling Nvidia . Investors kept a close eye on after-the-bell earnings from Nvidia, the chipmaker that has dazzled Wall Street for more than a year as a key AI beneficiary. While the company beat expectations for the third quarter and issued strong guidance, shares shed more than 1%. On the other hand, Snowflake jumped more than 19% after the data analytics software company beat expectations for the third quarter. That action follows a mixed day on Wall Street, with the S&P 500 ending near flat.

Persons: University's, Snowflake, Dow, Beth Hammack, Austan Goolsbee, Jeff Schmid Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Stock, Nvidia, Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Investors, Dow, University's Stern School of Business, Traders, Cleveland Federal, Chicago Fed, Kansas City, Intuit Locations: New York City, New

☆ Robotaxis could slowly be coming for Uber and Lyft drivers' earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementCompetition from driverless taxis could reduce Uber and Lyft drivers' earnings in the years to come. Many drivers told BI that the gig has become less profitable recently due to increased competition. As the adoption of driverless taxis spreads across the US, ride-hailing experts told Business Insider that Uber and Lyft drivers could see their earning opportunities slowly deteriorate. Garin said that many ride-hailing drivers work part-time and don't rely on the gig as their primary source of income. A Lyft spokesperson did not respond to BI's question about the impacts driverless taxis could have on ride-hailing drivers.

Persons: Carl Benedikt Frey, Frey, Waymo, Uber, robotaxis, Andrew Garin, Garin, who've, Lyft, Sergio Avedian, Guy, Bernstein, Nicole Moore, Lindsey Cameron, we've, we're Organizations: Oxford Internet Institute, Drivers, Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz, Atlanta, Phoenix, Mobileye, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Locations: San Francisco, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, Aurora, China

Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesPresident-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House is poised to have big impacts on consumer health care. CMS, in turn, administers the Affordable Care Act marketplace and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), among other endeavors. A spokesperson for Trump's transition team did not respond to a request from CNBC for comment about the President-elect's health policy plans. Still, it's a 'big' gamble to forgo health insurance Around 3.8 million people will lose their health insurance if the subsidies expire, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. Short-term health insurance plans offer coverage for limited amounts of time, and typically on fewer medical services than comprehensive coverage.

Persons: Donald Trump, Andrew Harnik, Donald Trump's, Michael Sparer, Sparer, Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, who's, Mario Tama, Cynthia Cox, I'd, Cox, Sabrina Corlette, Georgetown University's, Corlette, Carolyn McClanahan, Larry Levitt, Levitt, enrollee, they're, Yasin Ozturk, Biden, It's, — Organizations: Base Andrews, Getty, Affordable, Trump, Republican, Columbia University, of Health Policy, Management, of Health, Human Services, Medicare, Services, CMS, Children's Health Insurance, Washington Post, The Washington Post, CNBC, Providence St, Mary Medical Center, Finance, American, ACA, Cox, Congressional, Office, Republicans, Center, Health, Georgetown, Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public, Planning Partners, Medicaid, Social Security, Maskot, of Columbia, U.S, Capitol, Washington , D.C, Anadolu Agency, GOP, Corlette, pharma, Centers Locations: Base Andrews , Maryland, U.S, Duluth, Apple Valley , California, Jacksonville , Florida, Washington ,

☆ Why Trump and Elon Musk want key administration officials to be confirmed without a floor vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementDonald Trump wants the next GOP senate leader to give him greater power to staff vacancies. Trump wants to use the president's recess appointment power in a major way. Like Trump, Musk is a big believer in flexing the recess appointment power. Related storiesIn his push for recess appointment power, Trump argued it was about ensuring he could staff up in a timely manner. Officials installed via recess appointment can only serve until Congress' next session.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Elon Musk, Matt Gaetz, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, It's, Casey Burgat, Sen, John Thune of, Mitch McConnell of, Thune, Bret Baier, JD Vance's, Ronald Reagan's, hasn't, Kennedy, Sarah Binder, George W, Bush, John Bolton, Don McGahn, McGahn, Ed Whelan, Whelan, Burgat Organizations: White, Trump, Human Services, GOP, Legislative, George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management, Fox News, Republicans, Center, Biden, Brookings, United Nations, Public Policy Center Locations: Washington, Florida, John Thune of South Dakota, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky

☆ Iran has developed fentanyl-based chemical weapons
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-10 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

These chemical weapons affect a victim's central nervous system. AdvertisementIran has developed chemical weapons based on synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, warns a US expert, powerful agents that could incapacitate soldiers or civilians when added to grenades or artillery. (The US, in contrast, completed the destruction of its chemical weapons in 2023.) Nonetheless, chemical weapons do have a frightening aura, even if fentanyl gas is nowhere near as deadly as nerve gas. "I think that many, many people would see it that way because you're talking about chemical weapons," Levitt said.

Persons: —, Iran's, Matthew Levitt, Levitt, they've, Iran —, Hossein University, Israel, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Pharmaceutical, PBA, Combatting Terrorism, The U.S, Government, Washington Institute, Convention, Iran's Chemistry Department, IHU, Department, State Department, Commandos, CTC, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Iran, West, The, Iraq, Israel, Syrian, —, Iranian, Moscow, Vietnam, Tehran, Galilee, Lebanon, Forbes

☆ Forget swing states. Here's how the generations flipped on Election Day.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Gen X and younger voters shifted right in recent polls, favoring Trump more than they did in 2020. Democrats lost a lot of ground with Gen Z, while Republicans won Gen X by a much wider margin than in 2020. Gen Z favored Vice President Kamala Harris by 11 points, compared to 24 points for President Joe Biden. Gen X already disapproved of Biden the most among generations, per late 2023 polling from NPR, PBS NewsHour, and Marist. Are you a Gen Z who shifted right or a boomer who shifted left?

Persons: X, Gen Xers, Joe Biden, —, Gen Z, Gen, millennials, Zers, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Millennials, Harris, Andrew Heyward, Trump, Joe Rogan, Jason Brennan, Brennan, Z's Gen, Gen X, Biden, Amy Walter Organizations: Trump, Service, Democrats, Republicans, Democratic, Boomers, Gallup, Walton Family Foundation, CBS News, New York Times, GOP, Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, NPR, PBS, Marist, jkaplan

☆ Betting markets nailed Trump's decisive win — and it's a good reminder they can be more accurate than polls
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Prediction markets swung in favor of Trump in the weeks before his victory, as polls showed a virtual tie. Proponents point to a number of factors that make betting markets more accurate. That was still hours before major news outlets called the electionPrediction site founders and researchers have long argued that betting markets are more accurate than traditional polling. I think this is the dawn of a new era for prediction markets, and prediction markets are here to stay," Mansour said. If they don't improve, the betting markets could replace them entirely, he predicted.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Kamala Harris, Trump, They've, Tarek Mansour, Mansour, Harry Crane, Northwestern University's Thomas Miller, Miller, Biden, Harris, Crane, Davide Accomazzo Organizations: Trump, Service, Rutgers University, BI, Northwestern, Pepperdine Graziadio Business

☆ Iran's big gamble on ballistic missiles is being tested like never before
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

At the same time, it has still prioritized building offensive ballistic missiles to deter and strike its adversaries. Several reports go so far as to report that Iran's entire arsenal of Russian-built S-300 air defense systems was hit. Related storiesThere are reasons to be skeptical about the extent of damage to Iran's air defenses. Israel's attack was retaliation for Iran's enormous October 1 ballistic missile strike. Unlike its foe Israel, which has built one of the world's most advanced air defense systems, Iran has focused on developing strike missiles.

Persons: —, Tehran's, Joe Biden's, Amos Hochstein, hasn't, Arash Azizi, Boston University's Frederick S, James Devine, Israel, Farzin, Nadimi, Azizi, Devine Organizations: Service, Boston University's, Pardee Center, Iran's, Department of Politics, Relations, Mount Allison University, Washington Institute for Near East, AIM, Phoenix, Soviet Union, American Hawk Locations: Iran, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Tehran, Moscow, Iraq, Soviet, American, China, North Korea

☆ Photos from the watch parties at Mar-a-Lago and Howard University give an inside look into Trump's and Harris' worlds on election night
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

And the mood at the Mar-a-Lago and Howard University watch parties could not have been more different. AP Photo/Evan VucciThe mood was more somber at the Howard University watch party. AdvertisementSupporters reacting after it was announced early Wednesday morning that Kamala Harris wouldn't speak at the election-night watch party at Howard University. Supporters of Harris leaving the election-night watch party at Howard University after it was announced that she wouldn't speak there that night. AP Photo/Ben CurtisSelina Wang, an ABC journalist present at the Howard watch party, posted a video of the scene at the university past midnight on X.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Howard University's, —, Elon Musk, Dana White, Trump, Musk, Bea, Curt, elina, lina, orth Organizations: Palm Beach Convention, Service, Howard University, Mar Locations: Palm Beach, Pennsylvania

☆ Hollywood goes conservative as an economic shift fuels a turn toward faith and family-based shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

After playing to the coasts, Hollywood is leaning toward faith and family-based shows and films. The Prime Video series will be the first to come out of Amazon's deal with The Wonder Project, a Christian-focused production company, for faith-based films and TV shows. After playing to the coasts with shows that embraced progressive themes, Hollywood is leaning into broadly appealing fare. That shift has included a combination of undeniably faith-based, conservative-themed, and family-aimed entertainment, agents, producers, and industry experts say. "Conservative, faith-based, family, is not a bad place to look," Thompson said.

Persons: —, David, Vernon Sanders, Jennifer Salke, Nick Barnes, UTA's, Kevin Costner, Bob Iger, Tyler Perry, DeVon Franklin, Ruth, Boaz, Mary, Anthony Hopkins, Tim McGraw, Jim Caviezel, Jesus, Dallas Jenkins, Jon Erwin, UTA's Barnes, Jesus of Nazareth, Angel, Robert Thompson, Thompson, Hilary Swank, Jamie McCarthy, That's, Jason Blum, Taylor Sheridan, Barnes Organizations: Netflix, Service, Amazon MGM Studios, Paramount, Heartland, Disney, Angel, Angel Studios, Wonder, Networks, Cable, Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, Center for Television, Popular, Conservative, York, Kingdom, Co, Lionsgate, UTA, Ampere Locations: Hollywood, UTA's Nashville, Los Angeles, American, California, America, Yellowstone, Georgia , Texas, Tennessee

☆ Why state governments are tightening their budgets
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Carlos Waters | In Carloswaters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Many state governments in the U.S. are working with less room in their budgets. The federal government put over $800 billion to help state governments navigate the pandemic. Virtually every state also increased employee pay for public employees," said Justin Theal, a senior officer at The Pew Charitable Trusts' Fiscal 50 project. Emerging risks, including an aging population, deferred maintenance on infrastructure and more extreme weather threaten state budgets moving forward. Watch the video above to learn more about the fiscal health of state governments.

Persons: Justin Theal, Oliver Giesecke Organizations: Charitable, Stanford University's Hoover Institution Locations: U.S, Connecticut , New Jersey , Illinois , Massachusetts, California

They also agreed in principle to bring new electric-vehicle battery plants into the national union contract. After negotiations broke down in early July 2023, Atlanta-based UPS reached a contract agreement with the Teamsters just days before an Aug. 1 deadline. The Culinary Workers Union announced on the social platform X that the deal came together after a year of negotiations. The lead up to the tentative agreement included a three-day strike involving 75,000 workers in multiple states. The tentative agreement also included protective terms around subcontracting and outsourcing, as well as initiatives to invest in the current workforce and address a staffing crisis.

Persons: Martin Luther King Jr, Bethany Khan, AFTRA, Longshoremen Organizations: Boeing, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell, Unions, UAW, Teamsters, Workers, United Auto Workers, Ford, General Motors, UPS, Teamsters UPS, Games, Screen, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Las Vegas Resorts, Culinary Workers Union, Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment, Wynn Resorts, Kaiser Permanente, Health Care Worker Unions Unions, Hollywood Studios, SAG, International Longshoremen’s Association, U.S . Maritime Alliance, Associated Press Locations: Seattle, America, Atlanta, housekeepers, Kaiser, California, U.S, East

☆ Paralyzed by Choice: the Golden Age of Online Shopping Is Over
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Emilie Friedlander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Online shopping, which the US Census Bureau estimates accounts for roughly 16% of all retail sales, theoretically makes it easier to find exactly what we are looking for. AdvertisementThe golden age of comparison shopping isn't so golden after all. Ursu has studied two factors in shopping: search costs and search fatigue. Ursu guessed that the most exhausting stage of shopping is comparison shopping — when people pore over minuscule details between products to find the best one. Related storiesIf people abandon their shopping carts because they get overwhelmed by search fatigue, it can come back to bite retailers.

Persons: We'd, It's, Barry Schwartz, Jason Goldberg, Publicis, they've, Marsh, Samantha Kleinberg, you've, moisturizer, New York University's Leonard N, Ursu, Qianyun Zhang, Elisabeth Honka, lockdowns, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Goldberg, Rufus Organizations: Ikea, Amazon, Accenture, Swarthmore College, Walmart, Shoppers, Lehigh University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Cognitive, New York, Stern School of Business, Google Locations: New, Netherlands, Wayfair

☆ Twitter and TikTok Users' Election Projections Are Completely Warped.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

And earlier this year, the company made further moves to de-emphasize political content on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. Meanwhile, half of the 18- to 29-year-olds surveyed by the Pew Research Center saying they watch political content on TikTok. No one on social media has the answer to what will happen in Tuesday's election. Anxiously reposting or liking election content may feel like the only thing we can do as the clock ticks down. For now, the best way to alleviate that anxiety might be to get off social media until Tuesday passes.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump's, Trump, MAGA, Trump's, Harris, Joe Biden, Trump megadonor Elon Musk, It's, Musk, Ioana Literat, Megan Smith, ProPublica, Tracy Clayton, Sol Messing, Messing, Instagram, Michelle Obama, we've, it's, that's Organizations: Trump, Trump megadonor, Republican, Pew Research Center, Columbia University's Teachers College, Social Media, Facebook, Meta, Pew Research, New York University's Center for Social Media, Politics, Twitter, Musk's America PAC Locations: Florida, Texas, California, Philadelphia, . New Hampshire, Virginia, Pennsylvania, United States, Washington, New, Ohio

☆ Republicans are mobilizing expat votes for Trump in Israel, hoping to tip the scale in battleground states
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

According to the FVAP, only about 5% of American voters in Israel cast their ballot in 2020. AdvertisementHe said American voters in Israel will be asking, '"Which presidency is the one that will save the lives of my children?" He said his in-laws plan to vote for Harris, while his wife may vote for Trump for the first time. In Trump-friendly Israel, American expats are dividedIn general, Israel is Trump-friendly territory. He said that among American voters in Israel, Orthodox Jews are more likely to support Trump, while secular Jews tend to favor Harris.

Persons: —, Judith Segaloff, Segaloff, Expats, Donald Trump, AHMAD GHARABLI, iVote, Heather Stone, they've, Kamala Harris, Stone, Sen, JD Vance, Trump's, Harris, Trump, Raphael Gantshar, Gantshar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Abraham, SAUL LOEB, Tzvi Silver, I'm, Silver, Langer, Uriel Abulof, Abulof, Bibi, Here's Organizations: Service, West Bank, International Court of Justice, Republican Overseas, Getty, Voting, Israel, CBS News, Democratic National Committee, Republican, New Yorker, Abraham Accords, Trump, Accords, Langer Research, Jewish, Tel Aviv University's School of Political Science, Israeli, Republicans Overseas Locations: Israel, AFP, iVote Israel, New York , New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Gaza, Lebanon, New, New Jersey, PORI

Brown University suspended its chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine after the group led a rally protesting the university's decision not to divest its endowment from certain companies that support Israel. Chapter members were told of the suspension on Oct. 24, the group said, nearly a week after their Oct. 18 protest. Brown Divest Coalition first led a series of protests in April calling for the university’s governing board to divest. While university officials did review a student proposal outlining why the board should divest from 10 companies, it ultimately decided not to do so. The university’s governing body voted against the proposal on Oct. 8, with students organizing a protest in response on Oct. 18.

Persons: Lane Turner, Gazans, ”, Brown, “, ” Brown Organizations: Brown University, Justice, Israel, Haffenreffer Museum, Anthropology, Boston Globe, Getty, Brown, Zionist, Coalition, Temple University, Tufts University, Rutgers University, American University, University of Vermont . Harvard University Locations: Palestine, Providence, R.I, ”

☆ These are the key agriculture stocks to watch heading into the election — and how to play them
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

And for the first time since 2020, more farmers expect farmland values to go down rather than up. James Mintert, director of Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture, expects land values to likely flatten in the short term. Higher estate tax exemptions approved under the Trump administration's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire next year. She added: "Let's be clear that the Trump administration resulted in a trade deficit, one of the highest we've ever seen in the history of America." "It also benefits from some of the tax policies that have been supported by the Trump administration [in] the past, including things like accelerated depreciation [and] lower corporate tax rates."

Persons: Farmer, —, James Mintert, Mintert, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Michael Langemeier, They're, Langemeier, that's, Kristen Owen, Oppenheimer, That's, Owen, Harris, Trump, Stocks, Owen doesn't, reshoring, Cerity, Jim Lebenthal Organizations: Purdue University, CME, Purdue University's Center, Commercial Agriculture, CNBC, NBC, Purdue, Trump, Biden, Republican, Deere, Caterpillar, Farmers, Management, Democratic, Republicans Locations: U.S, Mexico, China, Green

☆ Election Day stress is affecting some companies' sales
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Companies from United to Nestlé have talked about a sales slowdown due to the presidential election. AdvertisementOther companies have invoked the election but not provided details about the dynamics leading consumers to pull back. AdvertisementPeople under 34 were also more likely than older consumers to put off a major financial commitment until after the election, 84.51 found. AdvertisementMany companies are also forecasting that demand will return after either Trump or Harris wins the election. Polls show that the race between Trump and Harris is close to a toss-up just over a week ahead of Election Day.

Persons: Nestlé, —, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Trump, Brian Olsavsky, Olsavsky, Anna Manz, Alex Trott, Trott, Gen, Ron Hill, Harris, George W, Bush, Hill Organizations: United, Service, Constellation Brands, Delta, Nestlé, Business, Research, Boomers, BI, Deutsche Bank, Harris, Modelo, Constellation, Kogod School of Business, Trump, White Locations: Modelo, Butler , Pennsylvania

☆ College in the US was too expensive, so these students opted for Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

As college tuition fees soar, more American students are going abroad. Beyond cheaper tuition, college abroad can offer multiple benefits, including exposure to new cultures. It sounded like a dream to her: a chance to live abroad and earn an affordable college degree. Now, out of the 350 high school students his company works with yearly, 10 to 20% apply to college abroad, he said. Related storiesThe benefits of college abroad go beyond costIn many US colleges, students declare a major after their freshman year.

Persons: —, Liza Jean Miezejeski, James Edge, he's, Greg Kaplan, Robert Harry, it's, Edge, Jacob Zeidberg, Lou Zeidberg, Harry, It's, Zeidberg, Jennifer Zeidberg, Scarlett Kiaras, Attari, Kaplan, There's, Mrozek, Amanda Mrozek Amanda Mrozek, Miezejeski, hasn't, I've Organizations: Institute of International Education, Service, Colleges, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S . News, Pepperdine University, Kent School, Europe College, Ireland, Toulouse Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, Central Michigan University, Miezejeski, University of Connecticut Locations: Europe, Germany, Connecticut, Prague, Brussels, New York, America, Malibu, Netherlands, Japan, France, Kentucky, Scotland, undergrad, Edinburgh, Portugal, American, Canada, Italy, Boston

☆ Elon Musk's XAI Member Jimmy Ba Redefines AI With Deep Neural Networks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Monica Melton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Within Elon Musk's xAI, Ba chips away at the big, nebulous goal to "understand the true nature of the universe." Ba, part of Business Insider's 2024 AI Power List, has a background in deep neural networks, a type of artificial-intelligence model consisting of a layered network of artificial neurons that mimic pathways in the human brain. He was also a research fellow at Meta, where he focused on understanding how "attention-based" neural networks behaved. "One day there will be humanlike learning machines capable of understanding our cultural norms and the nuances in our human values. See Business Insider's full AI Power List

Persons: Elon Musk's, He's, Geoffrey Hinton, Ba Organizations: Elon, University of Toronto, Meta

☆ How Benjamin Huynh Is Using AI to Advance Justice
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Monica Melton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Huynh is using AI to try to advance justice. A recent study he led, for instance, found several biases within the California environmental-protection agency's tools for allocating billions in funds to communities experiencing the most adverse health effects related to climate change. "I'm just one person, but the vision there was to democratize the ability to not just conduct audits of algorithms and AI to be something that anyone can do and not just a professor like me," Huynh told Business Insider. Huynh's work as an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's department of environmental health touches on several disciplines including, healthcare, environmental justice, and social justice. See Business Insider's full AI Power List

Persons: Huynh Organizations: Johns Hopkins Locations: California

☆ Mark Cuban: People with these 3 skills will be most successful in the future job market
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

To navigate this change — and maybe even new job requirements — Mark Cuban says you'll need to be curious, agile and adaptable. And yet, "it's a skill that can be rare to find," Joseph Fuller, a professor at Harvard Business School, recently told CNBC Make it. Honing these three soft skills — curiosity, agility and adaptability — will never stop paying dividends for your career, Cuban adds. "The skills you need for a job today, 10 years, 100 years from now, are always the same," he says. Sharpening your curiosity skills will help you come up with stronger solutions to work problems faster, she added.

Persons: — Mark Cuban, Aneesh Raman, Joseph Fuller, —, Barbara Pécherot Organizations: Economic, CNBC, LinkedIn, Employers, Harvard Business School, Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management

☆ CNBC Pro Talks: China portfolio manager reveals what he's buying right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As investors ponder how — and where — to invest in China, CNBC's Tanvir Gill will quiz China portfolio manager Jason Hsu on where he sees opportunities in the current market. Hsu previously told CNBC Pro that he was betting on tech — and artificial intelligence in particular — for the long term. Hsu set up Ranmore Fund Management in 2016, prior to which he was co-founder and vice chairman of quantitative asset manager Research Affiliates. Join CNBC Pro Talks on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 a.m. BST / 1:30 p.m. SGT / 1:30 a.m. Learn more from our previous Pro Talks: How to play AI in a cheaper way without owning stocks like Nvidia, according to fund manager Fund manager reveals his worst trade of the year — and the lessons he learned Beyond Novo: Fund manager likes this under-the-radar pharma stock Related coverage from Pro: Is it time to invest in China?

Persons: Finance Lan Fo'an, CNBC's Tanvir Gill, Jason Hsu, Hsu, Goldman, Tanvir Gill Organizations: Finance, China's CSI, Rayliant Global Advisors, China Equity, CNBC Pro, China Equity ETF, Ping An Insurance, Midea, Ranmore Fund Management, Research, Anderson School of Management, UCLA, Nvidia, pharma, Wall, Citi Locations: China

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