"This is the first time that OpenAI has released a new model that was not decisively the best."
All-In Podcast· 2025-08-12 18:35
Sammy the Bull Altman dropped GPT5. It was a bit underwhelming. Sam did this tweet.It kind of built a lot of expectation that this would be like otherworldly. It wasn't. Are we hitting like either the trrow of despair or maybe diminishing returns in the LLM space where maybe it's feeling incremental, not groundbreaking when we release these iterations.Maybe for OpenAI, this is the first time that, you know, OpenAI has released a new model that was not decisively the best. In all fairness to OpenAI, the the ...
Apple, Tesla Investor Reacts to Musk’s App Store Claims
Bloomberg Technology· 2025-08-12 18:33
You have exposure to Apple. I think you've added to it recently. You know the Tesla story, but also e-learning story really well when it comes to AI, how concerned are you about this situation with Elon Musk, you know, essentially going after Apple.I listen, I think everybody's acting the script. So, you know, Ellen will describe himself as someone who's who's programmed for war. This is one way for him to gain shelf space is to raise awareness, to claim foul, and then hopefully get some concessions from Ap ...
Market concentration is scary and it's all around AI, says AB's Jim Tierney
CNBC Television· 2025-08-12 18:31
Jim Tierney is CIO of US Concentrated Growth at Alliance Bernsteeen. Jim, good to have you on the set. >> Thanks for having me.>> 15% two stocks. Does that worry you. >> It certainly does.When we think about portfolio construction, we want to make sure that we have a diversified portfolio with the top two or the top 10, which are both at all-time records. Uh the concentration is scary and it's all around AI. That said, those are the companies that have the earnings growth and you came out of second quarter ...
Anthropic matches OpenAI’s $1 offer and opens access to Congress and the courts
CNBC Television· 2025-08-12 18:31
Welcome back. Anthropic announcing today it's offering its clawed AI model to the US government for a buck, a dollar. It's just the latest AI firm inking government deals in a push to win federal contracts.Mackenzie Sagallows has the latest in today's tech check. Hi, Mac. Hey, Morgan.So, you've got the biggest private AI firms slashing prices to virtually zero to get Washington hooked on their technology. So, OpenAI set this trend last week when they announced an offer of ChatgBT Enterprise to federal agenc ...
Texas woman claims Marine spiked drink with abortion pills
NBC News· 2025-08-12 18:31
Well, a woman in Texas is suing a US Marine, claiming that he spiked her drink with abortion pills, killing their unborn child. The lawsuit alleges that 34year-old Christopher Cooprider secretly dissolved at least 10 misoprosttol pills into a cup of hot chocolate that he made for Lyanna Davis. >> Now, this lawsuit alleges it includes these text messages.Look there on your screen. They were sent in the weeks leading up to the incident in which Davis denied Coop Rider's repeated request to get an abortion. So ...
Alexis Ohanian: Women's sports is a 'tremendous business opportunity'
CNBC Television· 2025-08-12 18:31
Women's sports is not a charity. Women's sports, the reason I've been investing in it the last five years is because it is a tremendous business opportunity. So, I'm glad we're talking about the revenue.Yes, traditional big four sports leagues make that eyepopping dollar from media deals, but why. Because they have massive audiences that are tuning in and then they can the the media companies can then expect to sell those rights to advertisers and make their money. When you're an emerging league, it is very ...
Trump to nominate longtime skeptic of Bureau of Labor Statistics as new agency head
MSNBC· 2025-08-12 18:28
is a a mega Republican that President Trump knows and trusts. Are they running the Bureau of Labor Statistics yet, sir. >> No.Unfortunately, Steve, we still haven't gotten there. And I think that's part of the reason why we continue to have all of these different data problems. >> That's EJ Anton, the guy President Trump just picked to head the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, talking to Steve Bannon.Anton Tony is the chief economist at the Conservative Heritage Foundation. He is a longtime critic of the age ...
U.S citizen detained by ICE says she was denied water for 24 hours
NBC News· 2025-08-12 18:27
AndreaZ has yet to physically return to work near 9inth and Main Street in downtown Los Angeles where the 32-year-old works as a production coordinator for a shoe company. >> I take it day by day. >> That day, June 24th, says her mom and sister had just dropped her off at work.>> It was like a scene like they were just ready to like attack and chase. >> Vez described seeing unmarked cars and masked men in civilian clothing going after people. and all I felt was that he grabbed and just slammed me to the flo ...
Musk Says Apple Favoring OpenAI on iPhone
Bloomberg Technology· 2025-08-12 18:26
In aggregate what's at the core of my complaint. Yeah, he is claiming anti-trust behavior by Apple, saying that the company, as you point out, Ed, is favoring open air. It's putting open air and more prominent positions on the App store, you know, artificially in his mind, putting them higher on rankings lists.Now, of course, some of those rankings lists are editorially curated by Apple employees. That's been the case for four years. And it's always been a challenge for developers to try and get onto those ...
'F*** you!": Calif. GOP Rep booed at angry town hall
MSNBC· 2025-08-12 18:22
In California last night, yet another Republican lawmaker was feeling the heat from voters at a town hall back in his district. Congressman Doug Lamalfa was nearly drowned out by booze and jeers at his event in Chico on everything from the big beautiful bill to the Epstein files and his support of Israel. The work done in the big bill was to try and it's interesting the seing situation was not an issue during the Biden administration.Oo, tough crowd. NBC News senior national politics reporter Jonathan Allen ...