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Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the job application process, simplifying some aspects — and creating new potential frictions in others. As the use of AI in hiring and applying increases, many job seekers are having to go to extra lengths to stand out. Using the tools, job seekers can save hundreds of hours — and apply to up to thousands of jobs a day, according to the services. A premium membership starts at $38 a month, according to the website — a cost AI Apply notes is much lower and more accessible than the cost of a career counselor. But job seekers are not the only party using AI in the application process, according to a recent University of Washington study.

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☆ Those bold AGI predictions are suddenly looking stretched
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The generative AI boom has inspired bold AGI predictions ranging from this happening in 2025, 2026, or maybe 2027. AdvertisementThat's the main reason for huge gains in recent years in the performance of AI models. AdvertisementHorowitz noted several factors that are holding back AI model improvements, including a lack of new high-quality human data and problems sourcing the extra energy needed to power AI data centers. AGI questionsIf the main tried-and-true method for improving AI models is no longer working, we are unlikely to get AGI anytime soon. Altman's bold AGI predictions may also be an effective rallying cry for hard-working OpenAI employees.

Persons: Sam Altman, there's, that's, Oren Etzioni, Etzioni, Ilya Sutskever, Noam Brown, Google hasn't, Marc, Ben, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Andreessen, Horowitz, we're, OpenAI, Altman, we've, AGI, Elon Musk, It's Organizations: YouTube, Allen Institute, Tech, Reuters, Orion, Bloomberg, Google, AGI, Microsoft, Intel, Computer, Artificial Intelligence Locations: Seattle

☆ Weak shipbuilding could be the US Navy's Achilles' heel in a war with China
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

The US Navy faces critical shipbuilding problems that could hobble it in a war with China. China's commercial and military shipbuilding capacity overshadows the rest of the world. China has pursued shipbuilding dominance over the past few years, building a massive naval fleet. Long-term investments and solutions are needed to fix the US Navy's shipbuilding problems. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Erwinjacob Miciano/ReleasedThe US Navy's shipbuilding woes aren't new, and there simply isn't a quick fix.

Persons: Shelby Oakley, Oakley, Paula Zorensky, Gerald R, Petty, Alex Smedegard, Bryan Clark, who's, Mackenzie Eaglen, Seaman Wesley J, Bryan McGrath, Matthew Funaiole, McGrath, Seaman Erwinjacob Miciano, Lisa Franchetti, Franchetti, John Harris, Campbell Organizations: US Navy, US, Getty Images China, Newport News Daily Press, TNS, Navy, Huntington Ingalls Industries, General Dynamics, Marinette Marine Corporation, of, Pentagon, USS Enterprise, Getty Images Navy, Shipbuilders, GAO, Shelby, Norfolk Naval Shipyard Shipbuilders, Shipbuilders Council of America, Ford, Columbia, Hudson Institute, American Enterprise Institute, Communication, Jiangnan Shipyard, Shipyards, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, China Power, Center for Strategic, International Studies, People's Liberation Army, of Naval Intelligence, Technological, Department of Defense, Pacific . US Locations: China, US Navy, Virginia, Columbia, Shelby West, Jiangnan, Dalian, Huangpu Wenchong, Hong Kong, Hudong, Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan, Pacific, Japan, South Korea

☆ China renamed its homegrown regional airliner to better sell it abroad. Here's how it compares to its closest rival.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The C909's closest competitors in size and range are the Brazilian-made Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2. China's state-owned planemaker, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, better known as Comac, has rebranded its regional aircraft to better compete with Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer. AdvertisementEmbraer's larger planes can carry more peopleComac data shows the C909 seats five abreast and can carry 78 passengers in two classes (or up to 97 in a high-density configuration). The Embraer E190-E2 has a shorter range than its sister jet. For example, Virgin Australia agreed to buy eight E190-E2 aircraft in August.

Persons: Comac, Yin Liqin, it's, Chen Duo, Syme, Pratt, Whitney's, Grinsven, Canada's, Cirium Organizations: Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Jets, China News Service, Getty, TransNusa, Getty Images China Southern Airlines, Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Canada's Porter Airlines, Comac, Reuters, Hainan Airlines, Porter Airlines, Colorful Guizhou Airlines, Virgin Australia Locations: Brazilian, China's, China, Europe, Guangzhou, Indonesian, Manado, Amman, Western Europe, Toronto, Los Angeles, Hainan, Zhuhai

☆ 'My life is a million times better': A man who quit his desk job to be an electrician shares his takeaways from the switch
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Snyder shares his top 4 takeaways after making the switch from a white to blue collar job. If your Sunday evenings are tainted by the thought of clocking into work the next morning, you're not alone. Snyder, now 43 years old, has been an electrician for the last six years, and he's never looked back. Advertisement"As a union electrician, my life is a million times better," he said. If he's on the hunt for a new job, Snyder doesn't have to apply individually and interview — the union helps facilitate matching available jobs to union members looking for work.

Persons: Dustin Snyder, Snyder, he's, it's, who's, Snyder doesn't, I'm, Christine, cji Organizations: Bureau of Labor Statistics, AFL, Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Locations: Seattle

☆ Lost and found: Life after Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs was just the start for these four people
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Carma Hassan | Zoe Todd | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

The 22-year-old content creator approached her doctor about weight loss medication in March, before she had breast reduction surgery. Method: Zepbound, diet changes, exerciseZepbound, diet changes, exercise Duration: Took Zepbound from May to October. “The breast reduction was a big step, but the weight loss put a little cherry on top,” she said. Method: Compounded semaglutide, diet changes, exerciseCompounded semaglutide, diet changes, exercise Duration: Took compounded semaglutide from February to May. Method: Ozempic, diet changes, exerciseOzempic, diet changes, exercise Duration: Took Ozempic from May 2020 to October 2023“I was very close to being 300 pounds.

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☆ Defense tech companies like Anduril hope Trump can streamline military contracts
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Others in the defense industry are less optimistic. Tech billionaire Palmer Luckey's bet on the defense industry is paying off at Anduril, the drone-making company he founded. AdvertisementSacknoff said that procurement reform in the defense industry is not a new concept and that the Defense Department is always restructuring its contracting process. Richard Aboulafia, managing director at AeroDynamic Advisory, a consulting firm, said that reforming the defense industry will take time. AdvertisementSacknoff said the military defense business is always looking for a "counter" to the newest technology and that the growth of autonomous drones would likely bring more innovations to stop them.

Persons: Palmer Luckey, Anduril, Palmer Luckey's, Donald Trump's, Brian Schrimf, Schrimpf, Scott Sacknoff, Sacknoff, Richard Aboulafia, Abaulafia, DefenseScoop, Tesla, Eric Schmidt, Schmidt Organizations: Tech, Yahoo, Spade, Defense Department, Teledyne, Defense, Google Locations: Anduril, United States, Saudi Arabia

☆ Elon Musk is looking for trillions in government waste, and defense is a massive potential target
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk to help spearhead cuts to government spending, and the defense sector could be a prime target. But Musk's past comments hint at one area he could target: defense contracts. Musk built SpaceX's business model around fixed-price contracts. Musk's new initiative could recommend exactly this: a move away from cost-plus contracts toward fixed-price contracts. An aerial view of the Pentagon AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, FileMusk's new initiative may target other areas of Pentagon spending, as well.

Persons: Donald Trump, Elon, Elon Musk, It's, Trump, Musk, Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Clayton Swope, Walter Isaacson's, Swope, John Raoux Overspending, Gerald R, Mike Gallagher, Gallagher, Ford, Steve Helber, Bryan McGrath, Todd Harrison, —, Harrison, Michael Bohnert, they've, Archer Macy, Patrick Semansky, John Harvey Jr, Mississippi Sen, Roger Wicker Organizations: Defense, Pentagon, Department of Government, SpaceX, NASA, AP, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Services, International Space, Kennedy Space Center, Littoral, Ford, DoD, Republican, Palantir Technologies, Newport News Shipbuilding, American Enterprise Institute, Shipbuilding, BAE Systems, RAND Corporation, CSIS, US Air Force, Navy, Senate Armed Services Committee Locations: Pennsylvania, Columbia, China, Wisconsin, Virginia, Mississippi

☆ The world’s longest-range, single-aisle plane is poised to shake up transatlantic travel
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Launch of the Airbus A321XLRIt’s slim, it’s sleek, it has a third fuel tank, and it’s ready to open up unexplored long-haul routes. Iberia’s 182-seat plane is the world’s longest-range single-aisle commercial aircraft, with a range of up to 4,700 nautical miles (a little over 5,400 miles). In Italy, the historic city of Florence is banning key boxes used by short-term rental landlords and loudspeakers used by tour guides. The planes used for the world’s longest nonstop commercial flights – between Singapore and New York – are getting a makeover.

Persons: Miquel Ros, Joanna McIsaac, Ed Kierklo, ”, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, Airbus, Spain’s, Irish, Aer Lingus, Aviation, Singapore Airlines, Trump Locations: overtourism, Florence, California, France, Spain’s Iberia, Madrid, Boston, New York, Istanbul, Dublin, Ireland, Nashville, Indianapolis, Iberia, Italy, Venice, Lisbon, Indonesian, Bali, Europe, Singapore, CNN California, Afghanistan, Paris, Japan

☆ CDC confirms Oregon’s first human case of bird flu
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed highly pathogenic form of bird flu in a person in Oregon. All the cases were farm workers who had known contact with infected animals, except for one person in Missouri. Last month, the H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country. The CDC has instructed that farm workers who have been exposed to animals with bird flu should be tested even if they do not have symptoms. Since 2022, the virus has wiped out more than 100 million poultry birds in the nation’s worst-ever bird flu outbreak.

Organizations: Disease Control, CDC, Health Locations: Oregon, U.S, Missouri

☆ Pentagon received hundreds of new UAP reports, but says no evidence of extraterrestrial activity
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Of those, 485 UAP reports occurred within that reporting period, and another 272 occurred between 2021 and 2022 but hadn't been included in previous annual UAP reports. Overall, the AARO has received 1,652 UAP reports total as of Oct. 24, 2024. “It is important to underscore that, to date, AARO has discovered no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology,” the report said. Of the UAP reports, 81 originated from U.S. military operating areas. Of the new reports, 392 were from the Federal Aviation Administration and make up all of the FAA’s UAP reports since 2021.

Persons: UAPs, hadn't, ”, AARO, Jon Kosloski, ” Kosloski, ” Luis Elizondo, ” Elizondo, Robert Garcia, Garcia, Tim Gallaudet, “, Jon T, Kosloski, it’ll, “ AARO Organizations: Pentagon, Defense, Defense Department, National Intelligence, UAP, U.S . Navy, Ocean, Consulting, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: Congress, U.S, Cape Canaveral , Florida

☆ She fell in ‘love at first sight’ with an Italian stranger. Within days they were talking about marriage
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

“Italian Guy No. 2, so that I could have a friend to hang out with in Italy…”Ambika didn’t really expect Italian Guy No. Italian Guy No. And that’s how, a couple of weeks later, Ambika found herself cooking pasta at the Neapolitan home of Italian Guy No. And as Ambika fell slightly in love with Naples, she also fell all the more in love with Marco.

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☆ Severe turbulence forces Scandinavian Airlines flight to return to Europe, airline says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Paradise Afshar | Caroll Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Miami-bound Scandinavian Airlines flight was forced to return to Europe on Thursday after encountering severe turbulence over Greenland, according to the airline. No severe injuries were reported among passengers or crew on flight SK957, the airline said in a statement to CNN Friday. The plane was rerouted to Copenhagen Airport in Denmark where it will undergo an inspection, according to the airline. A woman who was seated near him did not have her seatbelt on when the turbulence started, according to Solstad. Turbulence is the leading cause of injuries to flight attendants and passengers in nonfatal accidents on commercial airlines, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, but incidents are still rare.

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☆ The International Space Station is leaking. NASA and Russia’s space agency disagree on the risks
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —A Russian-controlled segment of the International Space Station is leaking, allowing pressure and air to bleed out. The situation has reached a fever pitch as cosmonauts scramble to patch problem areas and officials from Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, and NASA disagree about the severity of the problem. Looming space station issuesNASA has contingencies in place for crew safety, but the space agency is also grappling with the fact that the leaking Russian module may pose a threat to the safety and longevity of the space station. In addition to Roscosmos, they include the Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Still, it’s not clear whether the commercial destinations will be ready before the space station is forced to retire.

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☆ Inside the Quest to Make Fusion Energy a Reality
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Raymond Zhong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

The Quest to Build a Star on Earth Start-ups say we’re closer than ever to near-limitless, zero-carbon energy from fusion. Today’s fusion start-ups aren’t just preparing for this moment in the lab. Such advances helped the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory produce more fusion energy than the energy in the incoming laser beams, for the briefest of moments, in 2022. They also helped European researchers generate record amounts of fusion energy at a facility in Britain last year. What worries researchers is how much some fusion start-ups are promising, and how soon.

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☆ Piper Sandler sees 50% upside for this renewable energy play cashing in on the AI data center power trend
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bloom Energy may be due for massive gains on the heels of its recent supply agreement with American Electric Power , according to Piper Sandler. Analyst Kashy Harrison upgraded the stock to overweight from neutral and raised his price target by $10 to $20. BE YTD mountain BE, year-to-date On Thursday, Bloom Energy announced that it reached an agreement with AEP to power artificial intelligence data centers and supply up to 1 gigawatt of its products. The company also said that AEP has ordered 100 megawatts of fuel cells, with more orders expected next year. "Given the endorsement of BE's technology from a large utility, agreements with other large players could materialize."

Persons: Piper Sandler, Kashy Harrison, it's, Harrison, Aman Joshi Organizations: Bloom Energy, American Electric Power, BE, AEP

☆ Tesla's Chinese EV competitors are racing to build their own Optimus rivals
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla's Chinese rivals are building their own humanoid robots to rival Tesla. EV startup Xpeng unveiled its Iron humanoid robot at its AI day event this month. The company said Iron was already deployed in its factories, joining BYD and Nio in using humanoid robots to build cars. AdvertisementTesla is facing fierce competition in China from local EV makers — and now they're building their own versions of Elon Musk's Optimus robot. AdvertisementThe scramble to incorporate humanoid robots comes as Elon Musk touts Tesla's Optimus robot.

Persons: Iron, —, Tesla, Elon, Xpeng, Ubtech, Walker, BYD, Elon Musk, Tesla's Organizations: Service, —, Aircraft, Dongfeng Motors, EV, Elon Locations: BYD, China, Tesla

☆ SpaceX president says 'there is plenty of room for competition,' as Starlink nears 5 million customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

SpaceX President and Chief Operation Officer Gwynne Shotwell speaks during the NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) astronaut visit at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. … It keeps us tight; it keeps us very focused," SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said, speaking at the 2024 Baron Investment Conference in New York. The next closest U.S. rocket company, Rocket Lab , has launched to orbit 12 times this year, with others in the single digits. And SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet network is now serving almost 5 million customers, Shotwell said. With nearly 7,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, SpaceX has expanded Starlink's product offerings from consumers into enterprise markets such as aviation and maritime.

Persons: Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's, Shotwell, Starlink Organizations: SpaceX, NASA, Program, CCP, Elon, Baron Investment Conference, Rocket, Department of Defense, U.S, International Locations: Hawthorne , California, U.S, New York

☆ Why the C-suite is getting so big
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Beyond the usual top jobs, some organizations now have chief experience officers, chief AI-ethics officers, and chief transformation officers. LinkedIn said in September that those were the fastest-growing C-suite roles on its platform from 2022 to 2023. Janet SherlockBut she said a lineup that includes a chief marketing officer, a chief information officer, and a chief customer-experience officer might indicate insufficient internal coordination. "Do I need a customer-experience officer whenever I have a chief commercial officer, a chief information officer, and a chief marketing officer?" Wiggins said that's why there's more pressure on C-suite leaders to act as a well-informed unit of experts rather than technical specialists.

Persons: Ram Charan, who's, Jason Saltzman, Charan, —, they're, Jensen Huang, Janet Sherlock, Ralph Lauren, Sherlock, Christine Porath, Porath, Dorie Clark, Clark, Ty Wiggins, Russell Reynolds, Wiggins, remits Organizations: Bank of America, Verizon, Technologies, Nvidia, Elon, Tesla, University of North, Chapel, Columbia Business School, Workers, Russell Reynolds Associates Locations: Huang's, University of North Carolina

☆ Bank of America says Trump's win will unlock small-cap M&A and these stocks may be takeover candidates
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

President-elect Donald Trump's White House victory could boost merger and acquisition activity, and Bank of America thinks a group of small-cap stocks may benefit as target candidates. Financial services company Bread Financial Holdings turned up, having a float of 98% of shares outstanding and three-year sales growth of 28%. The biopharmaceutical company has a float of 99% and three-year sales growth of 105%. Commercial Metals Company also showd up on BofA's screen as a potential target. Commercial Metal's three-year sales growth was 18%.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Russell, that's, Lina Khan, Jill Carey, Irving, steelmaker Organizations: Bank of America, Dow Jones Industrial, Republican, House, Senate, Trump, FTC, GOP, Financial, Bread Financial Holdings, Halozyme Therapeutics, Commercial Metals Company Locations: Columbus , Ohio, Diego, Texas

☆ Inside Microsoft's struggles with Copilot
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

In September 2023, Microsoft's famously soft-spoken CEO, Satya Nadella, unveiled the company's flagship AI product, Copilot, with sweeping fanfare. Some of Microsoft's own employees and executives are privately concerned that Copilot won't be able to deliver on its ambitions. Copilot's struggles have created an opening for Microsoft's rivals, some of whom have seized on the opportunity to promote their own agendas. "Now, when Joe Blow logs into an account and kicks off Copilot, they can see everything," said one Microsoft employee familiar with customer complaints. As complaints and questions over Copilot mount, so does the pressure to justify Microsoft's unprecedented level of spending on AI.

Persons: Microsoft's, Satya Nadella, Gartner, Copilot, it'll, Copilot's, Marc Benioff, Benioff, Goldman Sachs, Marc Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz, Ethan Miller, Jared Spataro, Spataro, —, Joe Blow, Joe, Nadella, Gary Marcus, Marcus, Wile, Coyote, Brontë, Judson Althoff, Jason Zander, Zander, We've, OpenAI, Tasos Katopodis, Steve Jobs Organizations: Microsoft, Venture, Getty, Goldman, BI, Fortune, Excel, Lumen Technologies, Honeywell, Gartner, Wall Street, Initiative, Department of Homeland Security, Employees, San Francisco, Software, Apple, Jobs Locations: Microsoft's, Copilot, New York City

☆ Iranian anti-regime activist who died by suicide buried in Tehran
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Warning: This story contains descriptions of self-harm that some readers might find distressingCNN —Iranian activist Kianoosh Sanjari, who died by suicide this week in protest at political imprisonments by the regime, was buried Friday in the capital Tehran. “It is time to act… as Iranians, we should attend his burial with enthusiasm and respect, to honor this noble and tortured individual,” Ronaghi wrote on X. Abdollah Momeni, another Iranian activist, said that when he saw Sanjar’s post, he rushed to meet him, only to find “a white sheet thrown” over his body by Hafez Bridge. On Thursday, the state news agency ISNA reported that a judicial case had been opened by the prosecutor’s office in Tehran regarding Sanjari’s suicide. He was accused of “acting against state security” and “propaganda against the system,” according to the human rights organization.

Persons: Kianoosh Sanjari, Sanjari, “, Ayatollah, Khamenei, ” Sanjari, Fatemeh, Nasreen, Toomaj, ”, Hafez, Kianoosh, ’ Hossein Ronaghi, …, ” Ronaghi, Abdollah Momeni, ” Momeni, ISNA, IranWire Organizations: CNN, Islamic, Amnesty, Persian Service, of America, Service Locations: Tehran, Islamic Republic, Charsou, “, Iranian, Tehran’s, Iran, Washington ,

☆ Musk Adds Microsoft to OpenAI Lawsuit, Accusing Them of an AI Monopoly
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk has added Microsoft as a defendant to an amended lawsuit against OpenAI. The suit, which also adds Reid Hoffman as defendant, accuses Microsoft and OpenAI of forming a monopoly. AdvertisementThe suit describes Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI as a "de facto merger" and said, "Microsoft is now OpenAI, and OpenAI, Microsoft." The amended lawsuit is the latest escalation between longtime rivals Musk and Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI. Microsoft, OpenAI, and Hoffman didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, OpenAI, —, Shivon Zilis, Zilis, Musk, Mustafa Suleyman, Sam Altman, cofounders Altman, Greg Brockman, SoftBank, Navneet Govil, Govil, BI's Hasan Chowdhury, Hoffman didn't, Hoffman Organizations: Microsoft, OpenAI, Service, Bloomberg, New York Times, OpenAI's San, Financial Times, Business Locations: Neuralink, Northern California, OpenAI's, OpenAI's San Francisco

☆ Mike Tyson’s many eras: From ‘Iron Mike’ to prison to Holyfield to a Jake Paul bout
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Mark Puleo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

At 58 years old, Tyson will fight Jake Paul, the 27-year-old YouTube-star-turned-boxer who wasn’t even born when Tyson’s career was in its prime. It’s Tyson’s first sanctioned professional match since 2005. Lewis largely controlled the fight, as the champion survived Tyson’s round one onslaught and controlled the pace with strong jabs. The loss accelerated the end of Tyson’s professional career. His final professional bout — until Friday’s against Paul — came against McBride in 2005.

Persons: Mike Tyson, Tyson, Jake Paul, wasn’t, It’s Tyson’s, Kevin McBride, He’s, Evander, Mike ”, “, ”, MIKE TYSON, JAKE PAUL, beckons, Mike ’, Hector Mercedes, Trevor Berbick —, Muhammad Ali —, Mike, ” Tyson’s, Jim Jacobs, Trevor Berbick, Tony Tucker, Michael Spinks, Buster Douglas, Douglas, Tucker, Spinks, Robin Givens, Evander Holyfield, Holyfield Tyson, Holyfield, Jeff Haynes, Francois Botha, Orlin Norris, Lou Savarese, Lennox Lewis, Lewis, Clifford Etienne, Paul —, McBride, ” Tyson, Paul J, Richards, Phil Collins ’ “, Zach Galifianakis, Alan, Roy Jones Jr, outlanding Jones, Paul, Nate Robinson, Friday’s Tyson, ‘, Timothy A, Clary Organizations: T, NETFLIX, Netflix, netflix, WBA, WBC, IBF, MGM, Getty, XIV, ”, Texas Department Locations: Arlington , Texas, Albany, N.Y, Tokyo, Nevada, California, Miami, Los Angeles

☆ Palantir jumps 11% to a record after announcing move to Nasdaq
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Ari Levy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies speaks during the Digital X event on September 07, 2021 in Cologne, Germany. Palantir shares continued their torrid run on Friday, soaring 11% to a record, after the developer of software for the military announced plans to transfer its listing to the Nasdaq from the New York Stock Exchange. The shares are now up more than 45% since Palantir's better-than-expected earnings report last week and have almost quadrupled in value this year. Palantir said late Thursday that it expects to begin trading on the Nasdaq on Nov. 26, under its existing ticker symbol "PLTR." Thiel's Palantir holdings have increased in value by about $3 billion since the earnings report and $2 billion since the election.

Persons: Alex Karp, Palantir, Alexander Moore, 8VC, " Moore, Moore, didn't, Maven, Trump, Peter Thiel, Donald Trump's, Thiel Organizations: Palantir Technologies, Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange, Maven, ., Department of Defense, Trump, P Global, Argus Research Locations: Cologne, Germany

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