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Microsoft AI CEO on AI safety: "We should not create something that we can't control"
8 principles: Why he says an AI that believes it has rights is harder to turn off, what he objects to in Anthropic's constitution, and the OpenAI…
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Ariel Investments co-CEO: "That Buffett premium over time could probably dissipate"
5 takeaways: Why he thinks some of the premium survives anyway, what he wants Berkshire to do with its cash, and who he says still has to source the big…
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CNBC anchor: the AI safety debate is turning into gun control, not nuclear
5 arguments: Why the nuclear comparison does not hold, what OpenAI found its own agents writing to each other, and the transparency rule borrowed from…
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A Strait of Hormuz fix could end the hiking cycle early, says Morgan Stanley EVP
5 calls: Why she says technology is overvalued and still worth owning, the move from AI enablers to AI implementers, and the short-dated paper she is…
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Robinhood CEO: sports will be a minority of prediction markets in a few years
12 moments: Why the foldable phone launch matters more than the new iPhone, the chart case that copper is about to roll over, and what Siemens says it…
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Kpler's research director on oil: "we've probably lost about 8.5 million barrels a day"
7 numbers: Why the shortage shows up in diesel rather than crude, what a month-long outage on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline costs, and why China's…
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Netflix content chief on sports: "I wouldn't even have to take it out of the $20 billion"
12 moments: Why carrying a rival streamer comes down to deal terms, what Netflix means by an event, and her answer on a share price down more than 15…
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Chips are about to become a financeable asset class, says Brookfield's CEO
6 insights: Why a 25bps hike changes nothing in his business, what is actually holding back AI factories, and how Nvidia plans to turn a consumable into…
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Venezuela's new Hydrocarbon Law is what attracted Continental, says its CEO
3 takeaways: What the Venezuela memorandum actually commits Continental to, which law change opened the heavy oil belt, and why the diesel shortage will…
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Genpact CEO: aspirations are high across the Global 2000, but AI readiness is low
3 insights: Why he wants a pause rather than a brake, where governance fell behind capability, and what agentic operations changes about who validates…
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The AI labs are manufacturing a crisis to win moats, says ex-Neuberger PM
5 arguments: Why he reads the AI safety warnings as a bid for regulatory capture, which of the two model companies is the weak link, and the deal he…
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