š Volkswagen employees want in on UAW
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Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee are petitioning to join UAW. The plant is the German automakerās only U.S. facility.
Fisker has paused production of its EVs. The troubled EV maker is hitting the brakes as it warns investors it could run out of cash and is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy.
Googleās stock got a boost because Appleās interested in using its AI in iPhones. Bloomberg reported that Apple met with both Google and OpenAI to talk shop, but was more interested in incorporating Gemini.
Uber spent $178 million settling a lawsuit with taxi drivers in Australia. It was a win for the 8,000 service owners and drivers who said their livelihoods have been impacted.
A Nasdaq glitch disrupted premarket trading. It took more than two hours to fix, and it was the second such bug in three months.
What to watch for at the Woodstock of AI
Nvidiaās annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) has begun in San Jose, California, where CEO Jensen Huang is joined by fellow AI-interested pals to spread the good word. Hereās what to look out for today. (Check out our full rundown here, the keynote here, and our liveblog here.)
š« Itās personal. Fei Fei Li, co-director of Stanford Universityās Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), will host a fireside chat with Bill Dally, chief scientist and research SVP at Nvidia, about the AI revolutionās impact on humanity.
š Whose responsibility? Joelle Pineau, vice president of AI research at Meta, will host a session on āthe responsible training and deployment of AI research systemsā to mitigate risks in models currently being developed.
š¬ Up in lights. Nikola Todorovic, co-founder and CEO of visual effects company Wonder Dynamics, will discuss AI in the media and entertainment industries.
š¤« Grok gossip. Christian Szegedy, co-founder and research scientist at Elon Muskās OpenAI rival xAI, will have a fireside chat with Nvidia data scientist Bojan Tunguz on how AI-based reasoning can be used in software synthesis and verification, the importance of data for large language model (LLM)-based chatbots, and Grokās āfun mode.ā
Goldman Sachs has some thoughts about AI stocks
Analysts at Goldman Sachs are looking past Nvidiaās domination of the AI investing craze and have put out a note with four phases they see happening in the near- to long-term (phase one being where we are now).
2ļøā£ Infrastructure: Focus on companies building the software and hardware adjacent to AI.
3ļøā£ AI-enabled revenue boost: Companies that make revenue-generating, AI-enabled software and products.
4ļøā£ AI productivity: Companies who have benefited from adopting AI technology.
Bruce Gil goes into more detail about which companies fit into which phases, according to the minds at Goldman Sachs.
Lemon talks to Musk, and we listened
Don Lemon, who was fired by CNN for making controversial comments on air, interviewed Elon Musk in January on his new show, which was to broadcast on X. But the show was abruptly canceled ā Lemon said it was because Musk was āmadā at him about the interview. Yesterday, that interview saw the light of day on YouTube.
If you donāt have an hour to spare, donāt worry. We did.
Contained therein, youāll find:
š£ļøMusk comments on racism allegations against Tesla
š£ļøMusk talks about the forthcoming Roadster
š£ļøMusk vs. advertisers
š£ļøMusk and the presidential candidates he may or may not endorse
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Surprising discoveries
The U.S. Space Force doesnāt want you to see its rejected logos. Released branding mockups had certain drafts redacted, and now we are dying to know.
Apple and Microsoftās industry-defining legal battle began 36 years ago today. It changed how tech companies use one anotherās ideas.
Budget airline Ryanairās CEO says his $109 million salary is perfectly justifiable. Really itās the way he says it.
Berlinās techno scene has finally been added to UNESCOās cultural heritage list. Ravers rejoice! (And also ravers should rejoice in our raves Obsession.)
āIndia Outā is trending in Bangladesh. The social media movement calls for a boycott of Indian made goods to protest the countryās perceived support of Bangladeshās worsening electoral processes.
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