Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMeta AI will soon become one of the social media company’s standalone apps, joining Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, CNBC has learned.The company intends to debut a Meta AI standalone app during the second quarter, according to people familiar with the matter. It marks a major step in Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to make his company the leader in artificial intelligence by the end of the year, ahead of competitors like OpenAI and…
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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Every once in a while, Derek Bender will send a text to one of his former teammates. Or he’ll call, and leave a voicemail.But, after what happened on Sept. 6, he has not received one text back. Not one call. He’s been left on read, a ghosted pariah to a team that has nothing left to do with him.More than five months have passed since the day the former Minnesota Twins minor league catcher was accused of giving away pitches to opposing batters on the Lakeland Flying Tigers, trying to ensure his team would miss the playoffs…
Fearful that their son was becoming entangled in a gang and having failed to change his behavior, two London parents tricked him into traveling to Ghana, where they enrolled him in a strict boarding school and left him.A judge ruled on Thursday that they were acting in his best interest.The boy, now 14, took his case to a London High Court after his parents duped him into traveling in March of last year to the West African nation, their home country. The boy, however, was born in Britain, and argued to the court that he was worse off, educationally and…
Investors should be skeptical of any signs that the U.S. economy is about to enter a strong cyclical period, according to Stifel Financial Corp. Some investors seem to be expecting a manufacturing rebound in the United States, but next week’s release of the February U.S. PMI Manufacturing index should be taken taken with a grain of salt, cautioned Thomas Carroll, an analyst in institutional equity strategy at Stifel, in a note to clients. “We believe there are significant obstacles to more than a temporary ‘pop’ higher for the U.S. PMI Manufacturing index, and we see abundant economic headwinds for the…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during an interview at Bloomberg House on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Thursday announced the research preview of GPT-4.5, a general-purpose large language model. It will initially be open to software developers and people with ChatGPT Pro subscriptions.The model presents inaccurate information less frequently than predecessors, OpenAI said in a blog post.”Early testing shows that interacting with GPT‑4.5 feels more natural. Its broader knowledge base, improved ability to follow user intent, and greater ‘EQ’ make…
[The stream is slated to start at 2 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are holding a joint press conference at the White House on Thursday.Starmer and Trump were set to discuss the war in Ukraine, and the American president’s proposed tariffs at a meeting earlier.Trump told reporters that “we will” obtain a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.Starmer gave Trump an invitation from Britain’s King Charles II for a state visit. It would be Trump’s second state visit to the…
With March Madness quickly approaching, it’s worth updating The Athletic’s 2025 NBA Draft Big Board. And there is still a lot on the line as the season progresses toward its conclusion.Outside of Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper, there are precious few prospects in this class without significant questions right now. NBA evaluators are not particularly enthused about what the back half of the lottery could bring, with that No. 6 to No. 20 range considered a massive jumble of players all in similar tiers. There are even questions about the value of Nos. 3, 4 and 5.All of this makes the…
Three years ago, support for members of a Ukrainian political party that advocated closer ties with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia plunged to near zero after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, flattening whole cities and killing tens of thousands of Ukrainians.The party, called the Opposition Platform for Life, was banned, some members went to jail on charges of treason, and others fled Ukraine. A few former members banded together in a new faction and still sit in Parliament, but have generally kept quiet since the Russian invasion.Now some of those pro-Russian politicians are attempting an unlikely comeback, inspired by President…
Nvidia is walking a tightrope in China with export controls — balancing compliance, profits and staying competitive. During the chipmaker’s earnings call Wednesday evening, CEO Jensen Huang noted that revenue from China has dropped to half of pre-export control levels. To put that in perspective: We’re still talking about $17 billion, according to Nvidia’s annual report . That’s 13% of total revenue, which is significant if more U.S. export restrictions come into play soon. The export-compliant H20 chips have been Nvidia’s lifeline in China, generating an estimated $12 billion to $15 billion in 2024 and keeping the company relevant in…
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. Markets: Stocks are mixed Thursday , following a similar trend that has played out most of this week . Initially, it looked like a solid session was in store with the futures nicely higher in premarket trading. However, like Wednesday, which saw the S & P 500 erase all its early gains, the market tumbled after President Donald Trump clarified his tariff policy. The President said tariffs on Mexico and Canada…
