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☆ Elon Musk's 'gamification' of government spending taps into our natural competitive instinct
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementIt was perhaps inevitable that Elon Musk — a tech titan and a prolific gamer — would try to turn government spending into a game. It's a natural move for Musk, who came up in the tech world in the early 2000s, as "gamification" took hold. "That's that kind of logic that you end up having if you're not really cautious about how it's designed." AdvertisementFor the government, that might hinge on what counts as waste and whether Musk's leaderboard can get people to agree. Otherwise, Hon said gamification might have short-term benefits but backfire in the long term as important, less-tangible factors are crowded out by overemphasizing one metric.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Elon, Musk, Jane McGonigal, McGonigal, Adrian Hon, You've, Richard Landers, it's, you've, Landers, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, " Landers, Jill, It's, Petrzela, Musk's, gamification, he's Organizations: Service, Government Efficiency, University of Minnesota, SXSW, Netflix, Nike, New School Locations: gamification

☆ No one wants to play Ole Miss, SEC QB draft stock updates and more: What’s on Bruce Feldman’s radar
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Bruce Feldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Texas is the highest-ranked SEC team in the College Football Playoff at No. But the SEC team that no one wants to play right now is one that isn’t even in the top 10. Advertisement“If you ask me right now which team I’d least want to face, it’s Ole Miss,” said an SEC defensive coordinator of a Top 25 team. Ole Miss has 23 more TFLs than anyone else in the SEC (103) and 18 more than anyone else in the country. A big piece of that impact is due to the commitment Ole Miss made this offseason to upgrading its talent in the trenches through the portal.

Persons: it’s Ole, ”, “ They’re, Trey Amos, “, Suntarine Perkins, Princely, Jared Ivey, Pegues, he’s, Walter Nolen, Tre Harris, Harris ’, Kirby Smart, Ole Miss, Ole, Randall Joyner, Larry Johnson, Broyles, Pete Golding, Ivey, Nolan, Chris Paul Jr, T.J, Dottery, Amos, John Saunders, Khari Coleman, overset, ” Umanmielen, Perkins, Golding, He’s, ” Suntarine Perkins, Petre Thomas, I’m, Curt Cignetti, Cignetti, James Madison, JMU, Lance Leipold Organizations: SEC, College Football, Ole Miss, Georgia, Rebels, Saturday, Clemson, Georgia Tech, TCU, Athletic, LSU, SEC DC, Hoosiers, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, Elon, CAA, Coastal Athletic Association, Division Locations: Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Miami ( Ohio, Auburn, Indiana

☆ One of the big postelection gainers could soon stall out, Fundstrat warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The U.S. dollar could soon see a sharp reversal from its postelection gains, according to Fundstrat. The dollar index, which measures the U.S. currency's performance against six rival currencies, including the euro and the yen, is up more than 3% since President-elect Donald Trump secured a second term. That move comes as investors assess the potential macroeconomic policies likely coming in a second Trump administration, particularly on tariffs and trade. .DXY YTD mountain Dollar index in 2024 But Mark Newton, technical strategist at Fundstrat, thinks the greenback "stalls out and reverses in the weeks ahead." Bearish seasonal trends: the dollar has "historically reversed sharp rallies into November, and December stands out as the most bearish month of the year" for the dollar index, the strategist said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Mark Newton, Newton, Piper Sandler, Campbell Organizations: U.S, Trump Locations: China

Here's a rapid-fire update on all the stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club. This time around, Trump's tariff proposals on Chinese imports could help Amazon in its competition against low-price online sellers Temu and Shein. Salesforce : Not a Trump stock, but it wasn't a Kamala Harris stock either. Constellation Brands : The Mexican beer importer has been punished on fears about what Trump's tariff and immigration proposals could do to its business. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Jim, Donald Trump's, Trump's, Abbott, Trump, Hock Tan, Tan, We'll, it's pricier, Morgan Stanley, Wells, Kamala Harris, Agentforce, That's, Biden, Dover, Eaton's, Elon, Waymo, JD Vance, we've, Linde, that's, Eli Lilly, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Lilly, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Goldman Sachs, shouldn't, Nextracker, Brian Niccol, Niccol, Stanley Black, Decker, TJ Maxx, Wells Fargo, Jim Cramer Organizations: Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, CNBC, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Labs, White, Biden, AMD, Trump, Wednesday, Broadcom, VMWare, BlackRock, Costco, Coterra Energy, Coterra, DuPont, Disney, GE Healthcare, GE Aerospace, Google, Honeywell, Elliott Investment Management, Linde, Microsoft, Big Tech, Apple, Meta, Financial Times, Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, Yum Brands, Taco Bell, Constellation Brands, Management, TJX, Marshalls, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: China, India, Missouri, Wells Fargo, BlackRock, Shanghai, Dover, U.S, Palo, HomeGoods

☆ In Italy, this 12th century castle is transforming into a luxury resort
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —For almost a millennium, the Castle of Antognolla has punctured a skyline of seemingly endless rolling forested hills. Rooms will offer a panoramic view of the site’s jewel in the crown, an 18-hole golf course with ambitions to break the Spanish and Portuguese hegemony over premier golf destinations on the continent. The castle offers a sweeping view of the golf course below and valleys beyond. In 1628, the estate was bought by nobleman Cornelio Oddi, who wished to make it a holiday resort. “They’re coming to Italy and then they see that there are good courses, and they decide to play golf.

Persons: Robert Trent Jones Jr, Saint Herculanus, Ruggero di Antognolla, Pope Boniface IX, bloodily, Cornelio Oddi, Agnelli, Antognolla, Burguière, year’s, Marco Simone Golf, ”, “, oenologist Riccardo Cotarella, ” Burguière Organizations: CNN, Fiat, Juventus –, Ventures Locations: Antognolla, Umbria, Perugia, Rome, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Grechetto, Gubbio, Marmore Falls, Europe

☆ How Trump policies may boost and burden energy stocks and crude oil, all at the same time
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

While oil stocks tend to follow the direction of crude prices, the energy sector has gained 3.6% since election day, slightly outpacing the S & P 500. Conflicting signals The crude futures market and the oil and gas stocks appear to be taking different messages from Trump's victory. Since the election, natural gas stocks have been big winners on the prospect of more pipeline permitting. The oilfield services companies are also major beneficiaries under a Trump administration, West said. Oil surplus headwind More ominously, an oil and gas production boom under Trump would lower crude oil prices and likely act as a headwind for the industry.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Brent, Andrew Dittmar, Trump, Dittmar, Biden, James West, EQT, Kinder Morgan, West, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Lee Zeldin, Zeldin, Russia —, Morgan Stanley, Wells, Roger Read, Darren Woods, I'm, Woods, CNBC's Organizations: West Texas Intermediate, Enverus Energy Intelligence, Republican, White, American Petroleum Institute, Oil, Gas, ETF, Interior Department . Offshore drillers, Noble Corporation, Evercore ISI, Pipeline, Williams Companies, Cheniere Energy, Industries, Trump, SLB, New, New York GOP, Environmental Protection Agency, Fox News, Biden, EPA, " Companies, Investors, Department of Energy, CNBC, Exxon Mobil, Exxon, Chevron, White House, Capitol, ISI Locations: China, Gulf of Mexico, Tidewater, Transocean, Gulf, Trump, New York, U.S, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Wells Fargo

☆ How Elon Musk’s worst business decision led him to Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, will be taking on an official role to try to help President-elect Donald Trump make government more efficient. It will add yet another responsibility to an ever-growing to-do list for the increasingly distracted CEO and business leader. Tesla, Musk’s most valuable company, in recent years has struggled to maintain its dominance of the electric vehicle market. Of course, that’s if Trump and Musk remain on good terms. And no matter how much power and influence Musk could yield, Trump will hold the ultimate trump card: He’ll be president.

Persons: New York CNN — Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Musk, Tesla, Trump, ”, Dan Ives, Ives, “, it’s, ” Ives, He’ll Organizations: New, New York CNN, SpaceX, Boring, EV, Wedbush Securities, Trump White House, Tesla, Trump, Bloomberg, Boeing, Fidelity, Twitter Locations: New York, China

☆ X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In this photo illustration, the Bluesky Social logo is displayed on a cell phone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Micro-blogging startup Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the U.S. presidential election. "We're excited to welcome everyone looking for a better social media experience," Bluesky CEO Jay Graber told CNBC in a statement. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in October said Threads had nearly 275 million monthly users. Musk in May claimed that X had 600 million monthly users, but market intelligence firm Sensor Tower pegged X's monthly base at 318 million users in October.

Persons: Elon Musk, Jay Graber, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Bluesky, Dorsey, Donald Trump Organizations: U.S, Elon, CNBC, Journalists, Trump, Brazilian Supreme Court Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, U.S, Canada, United Kingdom, Seattle

☆ APEC/G20: World leaders heading to major summits are wary of Trump. China’s Xi sees an opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

China, perhaps more than most countries, will be bracing for fractious relations ahead with the United States. “It makes sense for Chinese officials to use these big events to try and shape some of the international narratives right now,” said Li Mingjiang, an associate professor of international relations at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. “Since there’s not much time before January 2025.”Cargo containers and cranes at Yantian port in southern China's Shenzhen earlier this year. The Chinese leader warned that the two countries “will both benefit from cooperation and lose from confrontation,” according to China’s Foreign Ministry. “Beijing does worry about Trump’s wrath and what he could do to damage China’s interest on a bilateral level,” she said.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Xi Jinping, Trump, Joe Biden, Xi, Biden, Shigeru Ishiba, Anthony Albanese, Narendra Modi, ”, Li Mingjiang, there’s, Jade Gao, Mike Waltz, Marco Rubio, He’s, –, Liu Dongshu, Modi, Li Qiang, Leon Neal, ’ ”, Yun Sun, Vladimir Putin, Liu Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, APEC, Japanese, Australian, Indian, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, “, ”, Getty, Trump, CNN, Foreign Ministry, NATO, US, City University of Hong, Stimson, World Health Organization, Initiative Locations: China, Hong Kong, South America, Europe, East, United States, Beijing, Asia, Pacific, Peru, Brazil, American, China's Shenzhen, AFP, Lima . Beijing, Russia, City University of Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, South, Taiwan, Ukraine, Paris, America, –, Sun, “ Beijing

☆ Startup CEO says humans won't be needed for translation in 3 years as it launches AI app
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Vasco Pedro, co-founder and CEO of Unbabel, on the first day of the 2023 Web Summit at the Altice Arena in Lisbon. Unbabel's LLM allows AI translation in 32 languages, Vasco Pedro, the company's CEO, told CNBC in an interview at the Web Summit in Lisbon. Widn.AI is Unbabel's new product and is based on the company's proprietary large language model (LLM) called Tower. LISBON — Unbabel on Wednesday announced a translation service powered by artificial intelligence, adding another rival to a highly competitive space — with its CEO warning that humans may not be needed for translation at all in three years. But he said there will be an increase in the amount of content translated which will sustain the company's growth.

Persons: Vasco Pedro, Pedro, Widn.AI, There's Organizations: CNBC, Unbabel, Wednesday, Google Locations: Lisbon, Widn.AI, LISBON, Unbabel

Mike Huckabee as the U.S. ambassador to Israel, a high-profile diplomatic posting in a tumultuous region. On the campaign trail, Trump, a close ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to put an end to the conflict. “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, has been nominated to be The United States Ambassador to Israel,” Trump said in a statement. He loves Israel, and the people of Israel, and likewise, the people of Israel love him. Huckabee's daughter, the current Arkansas governor and a former Trump administration official, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was also a top surrogate for Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, Benjamin Netanyahu, Huckabee, Trump, “, ” Trump, “ Mike, Israel, Mike, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Organizations: Arkansas Gov, Huckabee, Hamas, Qatar, Republican, Trump, United, Republican Jewish Coalition Locations: U.S, Israel, Jerusalem, Gaza, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, United States, Faith

☆ Kum & Go is going away. Its new owner is rebranding all of its locations
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Kum & Go, the Midwestern gas station chain that gained national fame for the immature snickers its name often receives, is making a change. Kum & Go was founded in Iowa in 1959 by Bill Krause and his father-in-law T.S. Gentle as Hampton Oil Co. and eventually expanded across the Midwest, changing its name to Kum & Go in 1975. Kum & Go has 400 locations spread throughout 13 states in the US Midwest and South. Maverik’s acquisition brings the combined number of locations to about 800 and makes it the 12th largest convenience and gas station chain in the United States.

Persons: we’re, wasn’t, Bill Krause, T.S, Krause, Gentle, ” Krause, Johnny Knoxville Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, Hampton Oil Co, Des Moines Register, US Midwest Locations: New York, Iowa, United States

☆ SoftBank is betting on AI and an IPO revival after swinging to a $7.7 billion profit
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

SoftBank reported a $7.7 billion quarterly profit on Tuesday after a loss last year. SoftBank Vision Fund's CFO told BI that "macro tailwinds" helped its public portfolio. AdvertisementGains for its Vision Fund 1, a $98.6 billion investment vehicle launched in 2016 with backing from Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth funds, totaled $3 billion in the second quarter. Despite the investment gain, Vision Fund 2 has lost an overall total of $21 billion since its inception. The results come as SoftBank gears up for a huge investment spree in AI to realize Son's ambitious vision.

Persons: SoftBank, —, Masayoshi, Didi Chuxing, Navneet Govil, Ola, Govil, PayPay Organizations: Service, Funds, Vision, IPOs, Nvidia Locations: Abu Dhabi, Saudi, China, OpenAI, Mexico, India, ByteDance

☆ Boeing got the easy part done. Now comes the tougher, existential problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But its more serious problems – ongoing massive losses, quality and safety problems – are as bad as ever, and could even get worse. Renewed problems in ChinaAmong the most serious problems Boeing faces is President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to impose large tariffs on imports from China. “There needs to be a full accounting for everything they do.”Need for new planesAnd there’s yet more mess Boeing needs to sort out. Ortberg told investors last month that Boeing needs to reduce its portfolio and repair its balance sheet so that Boeing has “a path to the next commercial aircraft.”The good news for Boeing is it is in little danger of going out of business, despite its many problems. And Airbus has a backlog of orders stretching back years, as does Boeing, so airline customers can not easily switch orders from one to the other.

Persons: New York CNN —, It’ll, Kelly Ortberg, “ We’re, Donald Trump’s, Trump’s, ”, Richard Aboulafia, Max, “, Ortberg Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, Trump, Airbus, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Airlines, FAA, Alaska Locations: New York, China

☆ China's big air show opened with a glitzy aerial display of its fighters, but crowds couldn't see much in the smog
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

China's hyped air show kicked off with performances from its aerobatics team on Tuesday. But the grand display was dampened by smog filling the skies over Zhuhai, Guangdong. AdvertisementChina's biggest air exhibition opened on Tuesday to smoggy skies obscuring an intricate aerobatics performance meant to display the country's aircraft to the world. In its first official public appearance, the J-35A flew briefly at the opening in Zhuhai, climbing into the hazy sky. The smoggy opening also comes as China has sought to shed the reputation of its cities as being wracked by air pollution.

Persons: —, Sp0wzC4wWm —, Lockheed Martin's, COMAC Organizations: Service, Liberation Army Air Force, Sp0wzC4wWm — Reuters, Red Falcon, Lockheed, Boeing, University of Chicago, WHO Locations: Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

☆ At least 15 dead as inmates clash at notorious Ecuadorian prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Ivonne Valdés | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —At least 15 people have been killed and 14 injured in clashes between inmates at one of Ecuador’s largest and most notorious prisons, local authorities say. The violence broke out early Tuesday in one of the pavilions at Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, according to national prison agency SNAI. Both Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, and the prison itself are notorious for violent confrontations between rival gangs. Inmates' relatives embrace outside the Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Nov. 12, 2024, after a fight among inmates left more than a dozen dead. Litoral Penitentiary is among five facilities that make up a major prison complex in Guayaquil.

Persons: General’s, Cesar Munoz, María Daniela Icaza, José Adolfo “ Fito ” Macías, Daniel Noboa, CNN’s Abel Alvarado, Michael Rios Organizations: CNN, AP, Security Locations: Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador’s, Ecuador

☆ Boeing secured its first order after a 7-week strike — 80 737 Max jets
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Avia Solutions Group, which leases planes to airlines, ordered 80 Boeing 737 Max jets. Avia Solutions Group announced Tuesday that it ordered 80 Boeing 737 Max jets, evenly split between firm orders and purchase rights. AdvertisementThe incident saw a 737 Max lose a door plug mid-flight after the plane left Boeing's factory missing key bolts. The Federal Aviation Administration consequently limited Boeing's output of 737 Max aircraft to 38 a month until it implements a safety-and-quality plan. AdvertisementDelivery of ASG's Boeing jets is expected to start in 2030.

Persons: —, ASG, Brad McMullen, Max Organizations: Boeing, Avia Solutions, Max, Service, Avia, Airbus, Saudi Arabia's, Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Air, Bloomberg, Alaska Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: Saudi, Saudi Arabia's Riyadh

☆ Trump’s emerging team of loyalists is primed for a fast start in his second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Miller was a powerful White House aide in Trump’s first term, authoring much of his most fiery scripted rhetoric as a speechwriter. Yet despite these draconian visions, there’s uncertainty about how far Trump will go in his deportation program and whether it matches his dystopian speeches. Many Democrats and Republicans could agree on Trump’s vow to start by deporting criminal undocumented migrants — the easiest part of his plan. Trump’s critics and vulnerable undocumented migrants, however, will find little in the president-elect’s new staff picks to offer them comfort. In every incoming presidential administration, staffing is important and provides ideological clues to how a White House will act.

Persons: Donald Trump, he’s, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, he’d, Tom Homan, Trump, Marco Rubio, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Rubio, Donald J, ” Rubio’s, Elise Stefanik, Mike Waltz, ” Rubio, Lee Zeldin, Zeldin, ’, don’t, James Comey, Susie Wiles, Homan, Miller, George W, Waltz, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates . Homan, Alyssa Farah Griffin, ” Griffin, CNN’s Erin Burnett, Trump’s, there’s, —, ”, ” Miller, Trump . Chad Wolf, ” Wolf, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Biden, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky’s Organizations: CNN, it’s, White, Fox News, Democratic, Republican, Republican National Convention, The New York Times, GOP, United Nations, New York, Florida, New York Rep, Environmental Protection Agency, FBI, Senate Foreign Relations, Intelligence, Harvard, Bush, Wing, Customs, Army, Trump White House, CBS, Trump, Conservative Political, Conference, Trump ., Hamas, Democratic Party, Biden Locations: Washington, Lago, Trump’s, Madison, Florida, America, China, Zeldin, Afghanistan, East, Africa, Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Europe

☆ Netanyahu’s aggressive strategy brings political success and raft of scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Jerusalem CNN —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a winning streak. He fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who long threatened his coalition and whose attempted dismissal last year led to massive protests. Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on July 26, in Palm Beach, Florida. The slate of accusations against the prime minister, he said, are “an opportunity” to brand himself as the victim of a witch hunt. Reports in Israeli media this week suggest that his office may be floating a trial balloon for dismissing Baharav Miara.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Israel, Donald Trump, Netanyahu, “, ”, –, Alex Brandon, ” Netanyahu, Yedioth Ahronoth, Gallant, Yair Lapid, ” Yoav Gallant, Andrew Harnik, Trump, Nadav Shtrauchler, Minister’s, it’s Netanyahu, Hassan, Nasrallah, Israel –, Shin, Oded, Baharav Miara, Netanyahu’s, CNN’s Dana Karni, Jeremy Diamond Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Israeli, Mar, –, Israel Security Agency, Ronen Locations: Jerusalem, Gaza, Israel, Lebanese, Qatar, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, Arlington , Virginia, United States, Lebanon, Gali Baharav Miara, Tel Aviv

Now, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are fast becoming household names and the next generation-defining rivalry. However, Sinner and Alcaraz – ranked No. Due to their rapid success, it is easy to forget that Sinner is only 23 and Alcaraz just 21. Sinner hits a shot in the semifinals of the US Open, a tournament he went on to win. Time will tell if Sinner can put that ice-cold instinct to good use at the ATP Finals and win the tournament for the first time.

Persons: Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras dueled, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Federer, Alcaraz –, Roland Garros, Alcaraz, Italy –, Nadal, ” Alcaraz, ”, Andy, Murray, Sinner, Frey, JC Ferrero, Juan Carlos Ferrero, “, ‘ Oh, he’s, Sean M, it’s, Angela Weiss, Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, Kylian, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev Organizations: CNN, tennis, Australian, Wimbledon, ATP, CNN Sport, ATP Tour, JC, JC Ferrero Challenger, Getty, AC Milan, Manchester Locations: Turin, Italy, Flushing Meadows, China, Beijing, Shanghai, Real Madrid

☆ OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman returns after three months of leave
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Greg Brockman speaks onstage at "OpenAI Co-founder on ChatGPT, DALL·E, and the Impact of Generative AI" during 2023 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 10, 2023 in Austin, Texas. OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman has returned to the company as president, three months after announcing he would take a sabbatical "through end of year." In late September, OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati announced she would depart the company after six and a half years. The same day, research chief Bob McGrew and Barret Zoph, a research vice president, said they were leaving. OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever and former safety leader Jan Leike announced their departures in May, with Leike joining rival Anthropic.

Persons: Greg Brockman, OpenAI, Mira Murati, Bob McGrew, Barret Zoph, Ilya Sutskever, Jan Leike, Anthropic ., John Schulman, Lilian Weng, Brockman, Sam Altman, Altman, Altman's Organizations: Austin Convention Center, OpenAI, Leike, Anthropic, Google Locations: Austin , Texas

SEOUL, South Korea — As foreign governments prepare to deal with a second Trump administration, at least one key U.S. ally is hoping to make headway on the fairway. Last month, the U.S. and South Korea agreed on a new five-year cost-sharing plan for the U.S. troops. Maintaining a strong security alliance with the U.S. is especially important for South Korea given the growing hostility from nuclear-armed North Korea. That in turn could lead South Korea and even Japan to consider whether they need nuclear weapons of their own. Stella Kim reported from Seoul, South Korea, and Jennifer Jett reported from Hong Kong.

Persons: Trump, Yoon Suk, “, Donald Trump, Yoon, ”, Shinzo Abe, David Boling, Chung Sung, Abe, Abe “, Boling, ” Yoon —, ” Jeremy Chan, “ I’ve, Yoon doesn’t, he’s, ” Chan, Lydia Ko, Ko, Shigeru Ishiba, ” Boling, Chan, Choi Sang, mok, Joe Biden, Brendan Smialowski, Kim Jong, Stella Kim, Jennifer Jett Organizations: NBC, South, Eurasia Group, Trump, House, Paris Olympics, Japanese, U.S, South Korean Finance, Seoul, Getty Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, U.S, Florida , New Jersey, Virginia, North Korea, Japan, New York, Seoul, United States, East Asia, China, Northeast Asia, New Zealand, Scotland, Korea, Chiba, AFP, Hong Kong

TOKYO — Lawmakers in Japan voted Monday to retain the embattled Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister despite his long-governing party’s dismal showing in parliamentary elections last month. Ishiba, a straight-talking former defense minister, received 221 votes compared with 160 for Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party. Many Japanese officials assume Trump is going to be “more straightforwardly anti-China,” and that Japan will be “somehow miraculously left off the hook,” he said. Though Japan has already pledged to double defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product by 2027, “that’s probably not going to be enough to satisfy Trump,” Boling said. While Abe was “extraordinarily skillful” in dealing with Trump, Ishiba has a different personality, Boling said.

Persons: Shigeru Ishiba, Ishiba, Donald Trump, Yoshihiko Noda, ” Ishiba, Yuichi Yamazaki, Trump, Koichi Nakano, Shinzo Abe, ” Nakano, David Boling, “ that’s, ” Boling, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Takahiro Mori, Abe, Boling, “, I’m, Jeff Kingston, ” Kingston, Arata Yamamoto, Jennifer Jett, Peter Guo Organizations: Lawmakers, Liberal Democratic Party, Constitutional Democratic Party, Getty, Trump, Japan Relations, NBC News, U.S, Eurasia Group, Nippon, Pittsburgh, . Steel, Democratic, Nippon Steel, United Steelworkers, ”, Japan Locations: TOKYO, Japan, Washington, Tokyo, China, Russia, North Korea, U.S, York, Japanese, Pittsburgh, ” Japan, United States, Temple, Hong Kong

☆ OpenAI is reportedly struggling to improve its next big AI model. It's a warning for the entire AI industry.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It reignites a debate about the feasibility of developing increasingly advanced models and AI scaling laws — the theoretical rules about how the models improve. It remains to be seen how smart an AI model can get when it has that much capital thrown at it. There could also be strategies to make AI models smarter by enhancing the inference portion of development. The model OpenAI released in September — called OpenAI o1 — focused more on inference improvements. Still, it's clear that, like Altman, much of the industry remains firm in its conviction that scaling laws are the driver of AI performance.

Persons: OpenAI's, It's, —, Sam Altman, Fabrice Beaulieu, Altman, OpenAI, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Ion Stoica, Gary Marcus, Anthropic, Marcus, Claude, Ilya Sutskever, Dario Amodei, Kevin Scott, we're, Scott, they've Organizations: Service, OpenAI's, Orion, Business, Getty, Companies, New York University, Reuters, Sequoia, o1 Locations: GPT, Silicon Valley, AFP

☆ NFL Week 10 review: QB plays like ‘best player on planet’ in win
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Week 10 of the NFL season was one full of drama, talking points and some big solo performances. QB plays like ‘best player on planet’ in historic gameThe Arizona Cardinals had a successful afternoon and that largely came thanks to the historic performance of their quarterback, Kyler Murray. He completed 22 out of 24 of his passing attempts, throwing for one touchdown and running for two more scores. Chris Coduto/Getty ImagesMurray also became the first player in NFL history to complete 85% of his passes with 250 passing yards and two rushing touchdowns. “I think the quarterback was the best player on the planet today,” Gannon said.

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