OpenAI is disbanding its “AGI Readiness” team, which advised the company on OpenAI’s own capacity to handle increasingly powerful AI and the world’s readiness to manage that technology, according to the head of the team.On Wednesday, Miles Brundage, senior advisor for AGI Readiness, announced his departure from the company via a Substack post. He wrote that his primary reasons were that the opportunity cost had become too high and he thought his research would be more impactful externally, that he wanted to be less biased and that he had accomplished what he set out to at OpenAI.Brundage also wrote that,…
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When Kylian Mbappe made his long-awaited move to Real Madrid this summer, the France superstar could have chosen to live wherever he wanted in the Spanish capital.The Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has a luxury apartment in the vibrant city centre, which Mbappe already knew well from previous visits.His new team-mates Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior have impressive residences in the established and comfortable La Moraleja neighbourhood, close to Madrid’s training ground at Valdebebas in the city’s northern outskirts.Mbappe opted for La Finca, the exclusive private development in the swish Pozuelo de Alarcon suburb to the west of the city, following…
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at the Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2024. Dustin Franz | Afp | Getty ImagesA stark shift toward former President Donald Trump on the political gambling platform Polymarket this month stoked scrutiny about four accounts that have collectively spent over $28 million betting on the Republican nominee to win the 2024 presidential election.Polymarket on Thursday confirmed what a number of experts have suspected: All four accounts are controlled by a single trader.A company spokesperson in a statement to CNBC described the whale as a…
A handful of stocks that are on deck to report earnings have historically surpassed Wall Street estimates and seen shares move the day they report. Investors are closely watching the third-quarter earnings season. The 24% of S & P 500 companies that have reported quarterly results have so far collectively notched roughly 2% earnings growth. Some of the biggest companies set to report next week include Meta Platforms and Mastercard . Despite the sluggish pace of earnings growth so far in the third quarter, some companies have historically outpaced analysts’ estimates and could help pick up the slack for the…
CANNES, FRANCE – JUNE 19: Elon Musk attends ‘Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk’ session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 – Day Three on June 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images)Marc Piasecki | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesTesla shares soared roughly 19% Thursday morning, putting the stock on pace for its best day in more than three years, following the company’s better-than-expected earnings report.The company late Wednesday reported revenue of $25.18 billion, which came in just under analysts’ expectations of $25.37 billion, but was…
Even now, after all these years, Norman Siegel is conflicted. He was born in Brooklyn, raised in Brooklyn, and he firmly believes his childhood passion for the Brooklyn Dodgers set him on a course to becoming a civil rights attorney.Now it’s the Los Angeles Dodgers who’ll be playing the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series Friday night, this after knocking off the Mets in the National League Championship Series. And it so happens that Siegel, who turns 81 in November, transferred his loyalties to the expansion Mets in 1962, five years after the Dodgers moved to the west…
Pairs trading is a market-neutral trading strategy that involves simultaneously buying one asset, such as a stock, and selling another related asset. The idea is to take advantage of the relative price movements between two highly correlated assets, typically within the same sector or industry. These might be stocks, commodities, or even currencies. We will review a pairs trade candidate and how to execute it with options. The two assets are chosen because they usually move in tandem due to their relationship. For example, two companies in the same industry, perhaps competing with one another, like Ford and General Motors,…
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. The S & P 500 moved higher, trying to break a three-session losing streak. Bonds were the difference Thursday as the recent rise in the 10-year Treasury yield took a pause. Mixed economic data didn’t really sway expectations for the Fed to cut interest rates by another half-point before year-end. Central bankers started their easing cycle with a jumbo half-point rate reduction in September. The Nasdaq also perked up Thursday, one day after a 1.6%…
Britain’s Finance Minister Rachel Reeves has pledged to make the “necessary”, “urgent” and “incredibly tough” choices to restore the country’s economic stability.Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesU.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves on Thursday confirmed she intends to change the country’s fiscal rules in the October budget, a move designed to free up billions of pounds for investment.It brings an end to weeks of speculation ahead of the Labour government’s highly anticipated debut budget, which Reeves is scheduled to deliver on Oct. 30.Prime Minister Keir Starmer has previously warned the budget is “going to be painful” and the government will have to…
FOXBORO, Mass. — Before Jerod Mayo was even asked a question at his midweek news conference Wednesday, the one that typically kicks off with questions about the upcoming opponent, the New England Patriots coach addressed, in no uncertain terms, the elephant in the room.He called it “the noise.” After three days of news, stories and talk about the way he blasted his team after a sixth straight loss, Mayo went with mostly conventional coachspeak. Channeling his predecessor, he suggested the Patriots are “on to the Jets” and said the energy has been good entering the first practice of the week.…
