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☆ Sam Altman may be in his villain era, but no one seems to care
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As one VC partner told Business Insider at the time: "Sam is bigger than Taylor Swift." But the bigger you are, the faster the fall, and a few months later, things began to unravel. Others simply said Altman was overhyped, that he didn't have all the answers that the public and investors seemed to expect of him. Thanks to good old-fashioned capitalism, Altman and OpenAI have enjoyed business win after win and held their positions as the leaders in the aggressive AI race. "I thought Sam Altman did a really good job in the special," she told The Washington Post in a discussion about her TV program on artificial intelligence.

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☆ Why Nvidia and Its Stock Have Developed a Cult-Like Following
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

I probably do not have to tell you that Nvidia has really blown up over the past few years. "If people were going to be going crazy about a stock, wouldn't it be this one?" Jack, a moderator of a subreddit dedicated to Nvidia's stock, finds some of the memes around Nvidia irksome. He said ChatGPT's capabilities reinforced his belief in his thesis around Nvidia and AI. I'm not a Nvidia true believer, but I'm apparently Nvidia curious.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Thursday that his company's Optimus humanoid robots could eventually make the automaker worth more than half of that. As for shareholder value, Musk said Optimus could be the catalyst for lifting Tesla's market cap to $25 trillion someday. The company, he predicted, will have "over 1,000, or a few thousand, Optimus robots working at Tesla" in 2025. Getting to a $25 trillion market cap would mean that Tesla would be worth about eight times Apple's value today. He did say that autonomous vehicles could get the company to a market cap of $5 trillion to $7 trillion.

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☆ Apple needs to show iOS can rival Google's Android in the AI era
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Since the start of the generative AI boom, sparked by the release of ChatGPT, the Apple CEO has remained largely silent on AI. Critically, Google's efforts to weave AI into its mobile operating system have threatened to make Apple look out-of-sync. Android users have been introduced to much-hyped generative AI features, while iOS users have been left to make do with an outdated Siri. During IO, Sameer Samat, Google's Android chief, told my colleague Alistair Barr that AI presented a "once-in-a-generation moment to reinvent what phones can do." Cook will be ready to show everyone that iOS can compete with Android in the AI era.

Persons: —, Tim Cook, Siri, Sameer Samat, Alistair Barr, it's, Cook, Mark Gurman Organizations: Service, Google, Apple, Business, Android, Worldwide Developers, OpenAI, Bloomberg, Apple Intelligence Locations: China

☆ US Air Force's F-22 Raptors lost to German Eurofighters in mock dogfights, but the verdict on the superior jet isn't as simple
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets fly during a media day. Piroschka van de Wouw/ReutersDespite their generational differences, the F-22 Raptor and Eurofighter Typhoon actually have a number of things in common. A German air force Eurofighter Typhoon taxis toward the runway at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska before departing for a combat-training mission, June 11, 2012. So what's the verdict between the F-22 Raptor and Eurofighter Typhoon? A composite image showing a German air force Eurofighter Typhoon jet and a US Air Force F-22 Raptor.

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☆ Apple remains Buffett's biggest public stock holding, but his thesis about its moat faces questions
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

That's about four times bigger than Berkshire's second-biggest public stock holding, Bank of America , and makes the company the No. The bet on Apple and CEO Tim Cook has paid off handsomely for Buffett, who said in 2022 that the cost of Berkshire's Apple stake was only $31 billion. "So I called up Warren Buffett. "It's kind of more like an annuity and I think that's what Warren Buffett really sees as well." "When I buy Apple, I know that Apple is going to repurchase a lot of shares," he said in 2018.

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☆ Tesla Needs to Fire Elon Musk As CEO If It Wants to Save Itself
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

There's only one person to blame for the company's shambolic state and only one person whose exit could save Tesla: Elon Musk. Investors want to see a concrete plan for a whole new fleet of Teslas made for a leaner, meaner EV market. The company needs a serious leader with practical ideas — no self-driving gimmicks, no blowtorches, no broken Cybertrucks, no shitposting, no video-game marathons, and no casual ketamine use. AdvertisementA true visionary CEO — which Musk has long claimed to be — would have pressed the advantage that Tesla developed in the EV market. He asserted that Tesla was not a car company but rather an AI robotics company.

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☆ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's Taylor Swift joke shows he's aware of his reputation among AI fanboys
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Clementine Fletcher | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave a much-awaited two-hour-long keynote speech in California. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Good, good boy. And while we did spot one of Huang's signature leather jackets, we weren't eagle-eyed enough to see if he was sporting a Taylor Swift friendship bracelet — or Nvidia tattoo.

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☆ Jensen Huang is about to give AI believers a glimpse of the future
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThere's a running gag that Jensen Huang is to AI fanboys what Taylor Swift is to Swifties. Nvidia's GTC event, starting on Monday, should answer that. AdvertisementMatt Bryson, an analyst at Wedbush, expects Nvidia to lift the lid on the B100, the next-generation version of its H100 GPU. Can AI models eventually reason? Of course, industry watchers will look for any sign that the Nvidia and AI mania might be about to slow down.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg responds to 'Apple fanboys,' says his criticism of the Vision Pro isn't the same as Steve Ballmer laughing off the iPhone
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewMark Zuckerberg drew the ire of some Apple fans after he ripped into the tech giant's $3,500 Apple Vision Pro in a video posted on Instagram earlier this week. "I don't think so," Zuckerberg told the Morning Brew Daily podcast. "I think we have a really good chance at winning, and I'm really committed to doing that," Zuckerberg said. Zuckerberg's thoughts on his video come after he said in it that the Quest 3 headset is superior to the Vision Pro.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg is risking a Steve Ballmer moment with his Apple Vision Pro takedown
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mark Zuckerberg trashed Apple's Vision Pro this week and called out Apple's "fanboys." NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementMark Zuckerberg posted a takedown of Apple’s just-launched Vision Pro this week, criticizing its cost, specs, and called out Apple's "fanboys." Now, Mark Zuckerberg has taken aim at Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro, deriding Apple “fanboys” for hyping a product with inferior specs to Meta’s $500 competitor, the Quest headset.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Steve Ballmer, —, Apple’s, ” Ballmer, “, it's Organizations: Apple, Service, VR

☆ The gloves are off among Silicon Valley CEOs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Silicon Valley CEOs are doing battle in public. AdvertisementThe Silicon Valley elite have been at each other's throats a little more than usual lately. AdvertisementThe latest example of this came this week when Mark Zuckerberg derided Apple's Vision Pro headset in an Instagram video. The Vision Pro is a direct competitor to Meta's Quest Pro but Zuckerberg does not appear concerned for now. “If you go back to the PC era, Microsoft’s open model was the winner, and in this next generation Meta is going to be the open model, and I really want to make sure that the open model wins out again.”Zuckerberg has good reason to be on the offense.

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☆ Nerd goggle wars intensify as Mark Zuckerberg rips Apple's Vision Pro
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The nerd goggle review everyone has been waiting for is finally in: Mark Zuckerberg tried out Apple's Vision Pro and he has thoughts. The usability and comfort of Apple's Vision Pro has been criticized since its release, with some people beginning to return the devices. Zuckerberg made sure to point out in his review that the Quest "is a lot more comfortable" than the Vision Pro. Compliments, with some needleZuckerberg did allow himself two compliments on the Vision Pro. He also said the Vision Pro has "higher resolution" than Meta's Quest, which is also "really nice."

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☆ Here's what Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has to say about the Apple Vision Pro
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers during the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his opinion of Apple 's new mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, in a video posted to Instagram where he called Meta's Quest 3 headset "the better value" and "the better product, period." While it's obvious Zuckerberg would promote his company's product, his decision to post a video about the differences between the Quest 3 and Vision Pro shows the increasing competition between Apple and Meta. Meta has taken a lower-cost approach while Apple has focused on sharper screens, more powerful processors and higher-end materials. Apple officially launched its Vision Pro in the U.S. on Feb 2.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Meta, Tim Cook, CNBC's Jim Cramer Organizations: Apple, Vision, Pro, Meta, Apple Watch, Quest, CNBC PRO Locations: San Jose , California, U.S, New York

☆ Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s Quest 3 is the clear winner compared to Apple’s Vision Pro
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The Meta CEO on Monday posted a video review of Apple’s Vision Pro, the new rival mixed reality headset to Meta’s Quest 3. “Alright, guys, so, I finally tried Apple’s Vision Pro,” Zuckerberg begins in the video, which was posted to his Instagram. Zuckerberg also throws several other jabs at the Vision Pro in an effort to talk up his own product. Meta also has a more advanced, and more expensive, headset option called Meta Quest Pro. At least for now, most consumers probably aren’t going to buy either the Quest 3 or the Vision Pro.

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☆ 'True Detective: Night Country' writer shrugs off criticism from the show's creator Nic Pizzolatto
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of the hit show "True Detective," hit out at the crime drama's fourth season, the first he did not write. "True Detective: Night Country," which stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, was written by Mexican filmmaker Issa López. He also called links in the show to earlier "True Detective" seasons "so stupid." Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in "True Detective: Night Country." "So, if you liked last night's [episode] and have a Rotten Tomatoes account, maybe head over there and leave an audience review?"

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“The Bear” had a bearish night indeed, fully dominating the comedy category in its first season, winning the top prize and three acting awards. And the chaotic, darkly humorous “Beef” was the other big victor, winning best limited series, with leads Steven Yeun and Ali Wong becoming the first Asian Americans to win in their categories. Oliver tried to test the new system after winning best scripted variety show: “I’m not leaving without being played off by Anthony Anderson’s mom. You said maybe, if I win!”A BIG BEAR HUG, ER, KISSCould “The Bear” replicate its success from the Golden Globes? Yes, chef, with Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri winning for best actor and best supporting actress in a comedy, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach winning a supporting actor award.

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☆ As Tesla price cuts concede billions in sales, investors push Elon Musk to finally spend on ads
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Tim Mullaney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTA Tesla Model 3 with opened doors stands in the showroom. But there's one thing Black has had on his mind lately: That Tesla is wasting money on price cuts to keep growth rates high. At the same time, the major price cuts continue as Musk's primary strategy to drum up more interest in Teslas. Overall, the price cuts over the past year have shaved revenue by much more, Ives estimated. In effect, Black argues that Tesla price cuts are a de facto marketing expense, saying Tesla's share losses among EVs by Tesla this year suggest price cuts alone aren't working.

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☆ How Elon Musk transformed Twitter’s blue check from status symbol into a badge of shame
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Over the weekend, numerous high-profile people announced — with apparent despair — that they too had been “punished” with verification badges. Twitter Verified account seen in an iPhone screen in Vancouver, Canada, on Dec. 9 2022. Instead of conveying authenticity, Twitter verification is now fraught with multiple conflicting messages. For weeks, many legacy verified users had signaled they would not be paying for Twitter Blue. It doesn’t benefit Twitter for celebrity accounts to be buried along with the other non-paying accounts Musk has said the platform will demote.

☆ How Elon Musk Ruined Tesla, Let Other Car Companies Catch up on EVs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"I feel stupid driving around with my brand-new Tesla Model Y," Mark told me. Tesla spent the past two decades defying expectations and disrupting the automotive industry, but in 2023 the once revolutionary car company did the seemingly unthinkable: It turned fanboys against it. But after years of rocketing ahead of legacy car companies' tech, the futuristic guts of Tesla's vehicles have started to go stale. Companies like Ford and Audi are changing their sales strategies to model Tesla's innovative direct-sales style. These companies have something Musk doesn't: nationwide networks of brick-and-mortar locations where customers can have their vehicles serviced and repaired.

☆ Tesla investor and former 'fanboy' questions whether Elon Musk is purposely tanking the carmaker's stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tesla investor Leo KoGuan questioned whether Elon Musk is intentionally crushing Tesla stock. KoGuan, who is "one of Tesla's largest individual shareholders," per Bloomberg, had amassed about 22.6 million Tesla shares as of August 27, 2022. Musk, KoGuan, and Lagetko did not respond to a request for comment from Insider ahead of publication. On Friday morning, Tesla stock was trading around $105 per share, its lowest since August 12, 2020, amid slowing demand from China. The Tesla CEO's fortune, largely tied to his shares in Tesla, declined as the company's stock price tumbled.

☆ Happy New Year! In 2023 kick out Trump, Elon Musk, Kanye and Depp
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Lynn Stuart Parramore | Lynn Stuart Parramore Is A Cultural Historian Who Studies The Intersection Of Culture | Psychology | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Though in far different fields, men like Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Johnny Depp and Sam Bankman-Fried will forever be linked by this ignominious characteristic. Over the past 12 interminable months, America has witnessed the rantings of Hitler-loving Ye; Musk’s edgelord trolling on his new plaything, Twitter; Depp and his toxic TikTok fanboys; and Trump being Trump on any given day. While seemingly not vain like Ye or Depp or openly thuggish like Trump and Musk, he nonetheless exhibits traits that point to something sinister behind the “just-a-regular-dude” persona. Trump seems to be losing ground, and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee finally took down their “Kanye. Musk asked Twitter users whether he should step down as CEO, and they voted “yes.”Unfortunately, until we address roots causes, there will always be another blustering bully, another Trump, another Ye.

☆ How a former Goldman Sachs whiz kid living in Puerto Rico exploited a generational shift in investing to become one of Millennium's most profitable traders
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-24 | by ( Alex Morrell | Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Millennium has dominated the index-rebalance trade thanks to Glen Scheinberg, 35, and his SRBL team. One of the hottest trading strategies in recent years has required an intense fixation on some of Wall Street's supposedly dullest financial products: index funds and exchange-traded funds. The SRBL team was born from a Goldman Sachs trading deskIn 2014, Millennium poached 27-year-old Scheinberg from Goldman Sachs' program-trading desk — the team at Wall Street banks that trades baskets of stocks using algorithms. For Scheinberg's team, 2020 wasn't a one-off. Millennium's prodigy decamps to paradise for tax savings and bird-watchingDespite its success, much about the SRBL team remains shrouded in mystery.

☆ Tom Carper's love of Amtrak doesn't take a back seat to Joe Biden's
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-06 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

His committee oversees surface transportation, and he loves trains, just like "Amtrak Joe." "Then they named it after Joe Biden, and my staff was so ticked off. Sen. Thomas Carper and then-Vice President Joe Biden speak at the former GM Boxwood Plant in October 2009 in Wilmington, Delaware. Tom Carper and Chris Coons speak to reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in February, 2021. As he left, "Tell Joe Biden we love him," the ticket counter attendant said.

☆ Meta execs have blasted Apple's Vision Pro. It's the latest skirmish in an ongoing rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook.
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Apple Vision Pro Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesApple released its Vision Pro headset in February, and Zuckerberg was quick to offer his critique of the competitor to Meta's Quest headsets. "They have different strengths, but overall Quest is better for the vast majority of things that people use mixed reality for." Zuckerberg says many people "assumed that Vision Pro would be higher quality because it's Apple and it costs $3,000 more." Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth has also taken shots at Apple over its Vision Pro. Bosworth called the Vision Pro's motion blur "really distracting" and said the headset was "very uncomfortable to use."

Persons: Justin Sullivan, Zuckerberg, it's, Andrew Bosworth, Bosworth Organizations: Apple Vision, Apple, Vision

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