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☆ Nvidia swipes the crown from Microsoft — plus, the fuel for Best Buy's latest move higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Up next: There's not a whole lot expected to happen on Wall Street over the next 24 hours. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Eaton —, There's, we'll, we're, Jim Cramer's, Jim Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Broadcom, Energy, Boeing, UBS, Accenture, Kroger, Olive Garden, Darden, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: Wells, Dover, U.S

☆ At this comedy show, tech workers are the butt of every joke
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

But comments like these are par for the course at Socially Inept, a comedy show hosted by former tech employees who make the audience — which is largely made up of tech workers themselves — the material. Socially Inept was founded by Jesse Warren and Austin Nasso, two former Big Tech employees. AdvertisementNasso, Oster, and Warren met through Seattle's comedy scene when Nasso and Warren worked Big Tech jobs in the city. It makes it seem like you're in on the joke, even when you're also kind of the butt of the joke. And for the most part, it seemed like tech workers in the audience were very self-aware and took their roasts in stride.

Persons: —, She's, Peter Jay Sharp, Jesse Warren, Austin Nasso, Nikita Oster, Boston —, Nasso, Oster, Warren, Masha Oster, — Warren, Justin Bieber, James Franco, Tom Brady, revel, they're Organizations: Service, Business, Flatiron District, Union Square Ventures, Google, Big Tech, Boston, Microsoft, SpaceX, Valley Bank, Army, eBay, Tech Locations: New York, Hudson, Manhattan, San Francisco , LA, Miami, Seattle, LA, hurtfulness

☆ The AI trade dominated this week — here's how we're responding to the market divergence
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Market check: Stocks are trending lower Friday, a day after the S & P 500 and Nasdaq closed at a new record high. At nearly $800 billion following its earnings-driven surge this week, Broadcom is among the 10-most valuable companies in the S & P, too. Just like the Dow has lagged the S & P and tech-heavy Nasdaq, most of our Club-owned Dow names have been laggards. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER .

Persons: Jim Cramer, Dow, Jim Cramer's, Jim Organizations: CNBC, Nasdaq, Broadcom, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, DuPont, Dow Jones, Dow, Honeywell, Procter & Gamble, Disney, New York Stock Exchange, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: Palo Alto

☆ Elon Musk sure seems to be following Donald Trump's playbook
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Aditi Bharade | Jyoti Mann | ) 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 previewElon Musk seems to be taking a page out of Donald Trump's playbook. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Musk admitted in his March interview with Don Lemon that he takes a "small amount" of ketamine every other week. Representatives for Musk didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: —, Elon, Donald Trump's playbook, Trump, Musk, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, they've, Zuck, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, There's, Don Lemon, Lemon, Musk didn't Organizations: Service, White, Business, Tesla, SpaceX, Wall Street, Trump, Reuters, Republican, OpenAI, Microsoft, Representatives Locations: San Francisco

☆ Cramer sees natural gas producers and data center operators reaching 'monumental' deals to power AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Data center operators may cut supply agreements directly with natural gas companies to meet the growing power demands of the artificial intelligence boom, CNBC's Jim Cramer predicted Wednesday. In fact, the CEO of oil-and-gas producer Coterra Energy told Cramer the company is considering whether to do just that. However, many energy industry experts think natural gas also will play a critical part in meeting AI-related power needs . Those dynamics explain why Cramer asked Jorden whether data-center companies should strike multiyear agreements with natural gas companies that lock in supply of the commodity at consistent prices. You know, there's a lot of natural gas in this country ready to be brought to market," Jorden told Cramer.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Coterra Energy, Cramer, Coterra, Thomas Jorden, EQT, CTRA @NG, —, Jorden Organizations: Coterra, CNBC Investing Club, CNBC, Gas, Microsoft — Locations: Houston, Pittsburgh, U.S

☆ Sam Altman's time as the golden child of tech might be coming to an end
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewAI's golden boy, Sam Altman, may be starting to lose his luster. The company has also been dealing with comments from former executives that its commitment to AI safety leaves much to be desired. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. ScaJo scandalThe criticism around AI safety is the latest blow for Altman, who is fighting battles on multiple fronts.

Persons: —, Sam Altman, Gretchen Krueger, Jan Leike, Ilya Sutskever, Altman, Stuart Russell, Russell, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Morigi, OpenAI Organizations: Service, Business, Wednesday, UC Berkeley, Microsoft Locations: OpenAI, Russian

☆ Sorry Microsoft — for now, you'll need a Mac to use the new desktop version of ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Microsoft is a key OpenAI investor but Windows users must wait to get access to ChatGPT on desktop. The app will be available for both free and paid users on Mac first of all. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA ChatGPT app is coming to Apple's Mac laptops before Windows despite Microsoft's hefty investment in the company. In a blog post, OpenAI said a new ChatGPT desktop app for macOS will be available for both free and paid users.

Persons: OpenAI, — Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Business

☆ From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, AI specialists are a hot commodity
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Today's big story examines how recruitment for AI talent is ramping up in the tech industry and on Wall Street . AdvertisementEager to understand how to leverage the tech, companies are racing to scoop up AI specialists. But Big Tech companies aren't just competing with each other. With so many venture capitalists eager to fund AI ideas , some AI talent are starting their own companies. Businesses are already fighting the rule, but if it survives the courts it could mean even more movement of AI talent.

Persons: —, We've, we've, Justin Sullivan, Chelsea Jia Feng, Eager, Kali Hays, Ellen Thomas, Banks, it's, Getty, Sean Gladwell, Olga Pyrkina, Tyler Le, Amy Hood, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Johannes Eisele, Swan, Mark Spitznagel, Spitznagel, David Einhorn, there's, Dimitrios Kambouris, Leon Neal, Abanti Chowdhury, Bill Gates, Gates, BI Gates, Satya Nadella, Zs, Herman Miller Eames, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover, Grace Lett Organizations: Business, Service, Getty Images, Anadolu Agency, Big Tech, Johannes, Getty, Federal Reserve, Reuters, Research, Capital Economics, Greenlight, Staff, Microsoft, BI, Paramount Locations: California, AFP, America, New York, London, Chicago

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Microsoft, Alphabet, Exxon Mobil, Snap and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Earnings of $1.89 per share beat the $1.51 in earnings per share anticipated by analysts polled by LSEG. Exxon Mobil — The energy stock fell more than 2% after Exxon Mobil posted first-quarter adjusted earnings that missed analysts' forecasts. Revenue of $83.08 billion topped estimates of $78.35 billion. ResMed — Shares soared 17% after fiscal third-quarter results topped analysts' estimates. Snap — Shares soared 28% after the social media company posted adjusted earnings and revenue that defied analysts' expectations, per LSEG.

Persons: FactSet, LSEG, Skechers, Roku, Rowe Price, —, Samantha Subin, Alex Harring, Lisa Kailai Han, Sarah Min Organizations: Microsoft —, Google, LSEG, Exxon Mobil, Intel, Revenue, Charter Communications, Technologies, Management Locations: LSEG .

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Alphabet, Microsoft, Intel, Snap and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Earnings of $1.89 per share topped the $1.51 in earnings per share anticipated by analysts polled by LSEG. Revenue of $80.54 billion topped expectations of $78.59 billion. Revenue of $83.08 billion topped estimates of $78.35 billion. Otherwise, Chevron's earnings of $2.93 per share topped the consensus estimate of $2.87 in earnings per share. Charter Communications — The broadband and cable provider dropped 3.4% after first-quarter earnings came in weaker than anticipated.

Persons: Snap's, Chevron's, LSEG, AutoNation, AbbVie, Skechers, FactSet, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Alex Harring, Tanaya Macheel, Jesse Pound Organizations: Microsoft, LSEG, Intel —, Intel, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Colgate, Palmolive, Revenue, Charter Communications, Charter Locations: LSEG .

☆ Hackers from China and Russia are finding cracks in Microsoft's security
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewChina and Russia keep finding ways to get past Microsoft's security systems. Advertisement"Midnight Blizzard's successful compromise of Microsoft corporate email accounts and the exfiltration of correspondence between agencies and Microsoft presents a grave and unacceptable risk to agencies," CISA wrote in its emergency directive. AdvertisementLast week, the US Department of Homeland Security released a report from the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) detailing a "cascade" of "avoidable errors" in the company's security systems. A Microsoft spokesperson told BI of the latest Russian attack: "As we discover secrets in our exfiltrated email, we are working with our customers to help them investigate and mitigate.

Persons: —, CISA, Jen Organizations: Service, Infrastructure Security Agency, Microsoft, Business, Blizzard, Midnight Blizzard, US Department of Homeland Security Locations: China, Russia, Russian, U.S

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Micron Technology, Cameco, MicroStrategy, Universal Health Services and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Cameco — Shares rose more than 5% after Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the uranium producer with a buy rating, saying there is more than 25% upside. Microsoft — Microsoft shares rose 0.7% following a report from The Information, citing unnamed sources, saying Microsoft and OpenAI are planning a $100 billion data center project. Super Micro Computer shares rose 2.5%. Universal Health Services — Shares fell after Universal Health Services said in a regulatory filing its subsidiary Pavilion Behavioral Health was ordered to pay $60 million in compensatory damages and $475 million in punitive damages. MicroStrategy — Shares slipped more than 3% after Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy, sold nearly 4,000 shares of MicroStrategy stock last week, according to a regulatory filing .

Persons: Cameco, Goldman Sachs, Semtech, Robinson, Brandon Oglenski, Bill Holdings, Wells, Bill, Tesla, Tommy Bahama, Michael Saylor, InterDigital's, — CNBC's Brian Evans, Lisa Kailai Han, Alex Harring, Tanaya Macheel, Jesse Pound Organizations: Micron Technology —, Bank of America, Microsoft, Western Digital, Micro Computer, Hunt Transport, C.H, Barclays, . Oxford Industries, Citi, Universal Health Services, Behavioral Health Locations: North America

☆ Apple is now worth $540 billion less than Microsoft — a Tesla-sized gap
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple is worth a whopping $540 billion less than Microsoft, a gap the size of Tesla's market value. AdvertisementApple was the world's most valuable public company at the end of 2023 but is now worth an astounding $540 billion less than Microsoft — a gap equivalent to Tesla's entire market value. Apple was worth $3 trillion, or about $200 billion more than Microsoft, at the end of December. Apple shares have slumped 11%, while Microsoft's shares have jumped 14%. Apple might close the value gap and even overtake Microsoft again in the future.

Persons: —, Tim Cook, Satya Organizations: Apple, Microsoft, Service, EU, Spotify, Justice Locations: China

☆ Who will buy TikTok from ByteDance?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

At $100 billion, there are few companies that could afford to buy TikTok outright. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal wrote that Kotick “floated the idea of partnering to buy TikTok to a table of people that included OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.”CNN couldn’t independently confirm the report. Its one go at the social media scene, the buggy and short-lived Ping, was one of Apple’s biggest flops. And any tech executive or private equity investor thinking of buying TikTok would need to be prepared to enter the social media quagmire. A key question in assessing the value of a TikTok deal is whether China would allow ByteDance to export its algorithm — the secret sauce that keeps TikTok users glued to their phones.

Persons: CNN Business ’, There’s, Joe Biden’s, who’d, Dan Ives, ” Ives, Who’s, ”, Gene Kimmelman, OpenAi, Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard, “, Sam Altman, ” CNN couldn’t, Altman didn’t, doesn’t, quagmire, They’d, Mark Zuckerberg, Shou Chew, It’s, Trump, —, Brian Fung Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Senate, Microsoft, Department, Google, ” Meta, Facebook, Street Journal, Activision, ” CNN, Kotick, Apple, Oracle, Walmart, Communist Party, ByteDance Locations: New York, United States, Beijing, Europe, China

☆ Satya Nadella says Google should've been the 'default winner' of the AI race
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Satya Nadella said Google should've been the "default winner" of the Big Tech AI race. He said Google can "bring some competition" to Microsoft in the AI race. Microsoft — not Google — is the AI frontrunner, tech analyst Dan Ives said last year. AdvertisementSatya Nadella said Google "should have been the default winner" of Big Tech's AI race. The Microsoft CEO said the resources available to Google should've made it a frontrunner.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Google should've, Dan Ives, —, Nadella Organizations: Google, Big Tech, Microsoft, Service, Norges Bank Investment, Business

☆ Jim Cramer urges 'patience, patience, patience' on Apple stock, and two analysts also make the case
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

AAPL YTD mountain Apple (AAPL) year-to-date performance Jim Cramer on Tuesday acknowledged Apple's recent woes but encouraged investors to have "patience, patience, patience," with the stock. Apple's China sales — amounting to nearly 20% of overall revenue — continues to weigh on the company due to the country's tepid consumer spending, along with stiffening local smartphone competition . Investors are hoping to hear more about Apple's AI ambitions at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Apple, It's, —, Jim Cramer, Apple's, iPhones, Jim, Tim Cook, we're, Jim Cramer's, Wang Gang Organizations: Big Tech, Bank of America, Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, ISI, Service, Developers Conference, CNBC, Getty Locations: China, Shanghai

OpenAI is reinstating CEO Sam Altman to its board of directors and said it has “full confidence” in his leadership after the conclusion of an outside investigation into the company's turmoil. After months of investigation, it found that Altman's ouster was a “consequence of a breakdown in the relationship and loss of trust” between him and the prior board, OpenAI said in a summary of the findings Friday. The investigation found the prior board acted within its discretion. “The review concluded there was a significant breakdown in trust between the prior board, and Sam and Greg,” Bret Taylor, the board’s chair, told reporters Friday. After it retained the law firm in December, OpenAI said WilmerHale conducted dozens of interviews with the company’s prior board, current executives, advisers and other witnesses.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, OpenAI, Sue Desmond, Hellman, Melinda Gates, Nicole Seligman, Fidji Simo, “ I’m, ” Altman, he’s, ”, Helen Toner, Tasha McCauley, “, Greg Brockman, ” OpenAI, Brockman, Greg, ” Bret Taylor, Taylor, Microsoft —, Toner, McCauley, Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, Ilya, Elon Musk, Larry Summers, Adam D’Angelo, WilmerHale, WilmerHale didn't, Musk, ” Taylor Organizations: Sony, San, OpenAI, Microsoft, Georgetown University, RAND Corporation, Facebook, Elon, U.S ., Associated Press Locations: San Francisco, U.S

☆ Google's mission is organizing the world's information. Its 'woke' AI debacle prompted critics to say it's failing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewSince its inception, Google has had a mission statement that is now practically enshrined as lore: "To organize the world's information and make it accessible and useful." Its AI, critics say, risks suppressing information instead by being too "woke." AdvertisementGoogle's AI troublesGoogle has more than 90% of the search market, giving it dominant control over the world's information flow online. Advertisement"The original mission was to index all the world's information. In a blog published Friday, Google vice-president Prabhakar Raghavan acknowledged some of the images Gemini generated turned out to be "inaccurate or even offensive."

Persons: —, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Gemini, Peter Kafka, Adolf Hitler, Elon, David Sacks, Critics, Sam Altman, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Bilal Zuberi, Brad Gerstner, Microsoft —, Elon Musk, OB1CCZHan3, Prabhakar Raghavan, overcorrected, Raghavan Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Craft Ventures, Lux Capital, Microsoft, Elon Locations: Menlo Park, AFP

☆ The era of the Magnificent 7 is over, says the analyst who invented the term
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Aruni Soni | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It was a good run, but the era of the Magnificent Seven is over for the stock market. "I don't see these seven names rising together," said the analyst who coined the nickname for the group. AdvertisementThe Magnificent Seven are looking a little less magnificent, and aren't really even a band of seven anymore. In a note titled "R.I.P the Magnificent Seven Era," Mike O'Rourke, chief market strategist from Jones Trading, said the group's dominance over the stock market is coming to a close. Back in April 2023, when O'Rourke invented the moniker (although some say it was BofA's Michael Hartnett who coined the term), the Magnificent Seven contributed to a stunning 88% of year-to-date gains.

Persons: —, aren't, Mike O'Rourke, O'Rourke, BofA's Michael Hartnett, Michael Hartnett, That's, it's, " O'Rourke, Tesla, Dan Niles, Satori, Niles Organizations: Service, Jones, Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Microsoft, Meta, Companies, Satori Fund, Google, CNBC Locations: China

☆ Nvidia’s wild ride and induction into the $2 trillion market cap club in two charts
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Both companies later breached $3 trillion in market valuation, but, as of Friday, only Microsoft remains above it, at roughly $3.07 trillion. Apple's market cap stands at around $2.8 trillion. After more than tripling in 2023, Nvidia's stock has soared more than 60% already in 2024. In February alone, Nvidia's market cap has swelled by nearly $500 billion. At that time, Nvidia's market cap stood at $583.5 billion.

Persons: ChatGPT, —, Microsoft —, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Jensen Huang, Tom Williams Organizations: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, Google, CNBC, CQ, Inc, Getty Locations: U.S

☆ VCs are clamoring to back 'screaming hot' startups using AI for medical records
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Another AI medical records startup, DeepScribe, raised a $30 million Series A round in January 2022. AbridgeThe investor descent on medical-scribe startups reflects a blatant potential of automation tech to alleviate healthcare’s most critical issues. “This market is screaming hot,” said Bryan Roberts, a partner at Venrock and an investor in medical-scribe startup Suki. AdvertisementStill, as health systems increasingly adopt AI solutions to manage labor costs, these startups have room to grow into their valuations. Medical-scribe startups vying for the remaining slice of the pie are “in a pitch to the death,” Roberts said.

Persons: —, ’, Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Suki, Punit Soni, Shiv Rao, ”, Bryan Roberts, ” Roberts, Annie Case, Case, Hermann, Keith Srakocic, Roberts, there’s, “ Organizations: Service, Business, Healthcare, Fund, Optum Ventures, Medical, Cathay Innovation, Microsoft, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Kansas Health, AP

The NumbersThe S&P 500 climbed 0.6 percent on Friday to close at 5,026.61. Tech giants, including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Alphabet, have enormous sway over the index because of their size, and after they reported earnings last week, several of these stocks have soared. The rally hasn’t been limited to tech stocks: Disney, Ford and Chipotle, for instance, also reported earnings in the past week that beat analyst estimates and pushed their shares higher. Nearly 70 percent of the companies in the S&P 500 had reported earnings as of Friday, with three-quarters of those reports better than expected, according to FactSet. The gains in the S&P 500 have continued even after the Fed signaled that it wouldn’t move as quickly as investors had initially hoped.

Persons: Russell, —, underscoring, Jerome H, Powell Organizations: Nasdaq, Technology, Tech, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Disney, Ford, Federal Reserve, Investors

☆ What's Google's most 'advanced' ChatGPT challenger like? It'll cost you $19.99 a month to find out.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Gemini Advanced is the newest generative AI system to hit the market as part of Google's new AI Premium package, which is available for $19.99 a month. Gemini Advanced is built off the back of Google's Bard chatbot, which was launched last year and is free to use. Gemini Advanced is available in 40 languages online, and will also have mobile functionality via the Google app on iOS. Google's efforts come in the wake of the generative AI craze pioneered by ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI. And Grok, developed by Elon Musk's xAI, is available to premium subscribers on X, formerly Twitter, for $16 per month.

Persons: —, Google's Bard chatbot, Bard, Sissie Hsiao, BI's Hugh Langley, OpenAI, Rufus, Elon Musk's, Google's Bard Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Gmail, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Microsoft, Wall Street Locations: Google's

☆ Big Tech's AI spending plans mean big business for 3 portfolio stocks, including Nvidia
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Some of Amazon's spending is likely to go toward its custom AI chips, known as Trainium and Inferentia. But the Seattle-based tech giant also buys Nvidia chips. On Thursday's post-earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy said AWS offers the "most expansive collection of compute instances with Nvidia chips." Alphabet's spending on AI chips has typically been split between its custom chips designed in partnership with Broadcom, known as Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), and Nvidia's offerings. Including networking products that stitch together parts of the data center, about 15% of Broadcom's semiconductor revenue was tied to generative AI spending in fiscal 2023.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Alphabet, Boeing, AMD, Microsoft, Paramount and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Alphabet — Shares fell 6.3% after the company posted disappointing fourth-quarter advertising revenue. Late Tuesday, Alphabet posted beats on both top and bottom lines, but its advertising revenue of $65.52 billion fell below analysts' forecast of $65.94 billion, per StreetAccount. Starbucks — Shares fell 0.5% after the coffee giant issued disappointing forward guidance due to a boycott in the U.S. and a weaker Chinese consumer. Adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter came in at $3.46 versus the $3.27 expected, per FactSet. Manhattan Associates — The supply chain software provider surged 8% after fourth-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue topped analysts' estimates, per FactSet.

Persons: Byron Allen, NYCB, Tesla, Elon Musk, Roth, Morgan Stanley, SoFi, Stryker, Genuity, —, Alex Harring, Samantha Subin, Sarah Min, Jesse Pound, Lisa Kailai Han, Michelle Fox, Pia Singh Organizations: Boeing, Paramount, AMD, Microsoft, Starbucks, New York Community Bancorp, Bank, Technologies, Rockwell, —, Wall Street, Revenue, Manhattan Associates Locations: U.S, Delaware, Georgia

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