Hello how are you today. Im doing great, thank you for having me, im really excited for this. Im excited, we have our members from across the world joining us for this conversation, i been talking about it nonstop over the last few days to the point of annoying a few friends, were all very excited. To remind everybody, the context of our conversation today, together with alex we will be learning how to compete in a world with the space. The concept of always being one is something we can always benefit from and alex, im sure you were expecting it to be released in the midst of a pandemic, however, in my view, this could not be more relevant especially these days when so many of us are forced to have the d1 mentality. Help us kick off, id love to ask you, what you found to be so important about this topic that you want to focus your sites on going deep in the leading ceos and the workers at all levels and Tech Companies, what got you to write this book and how does this the into your ov
Post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange Carl Quintanilla is on assignment and were going to begin this morning with facebook. It is down about 2 . Several state attorneys general noungs announcing an antitrust probe into the social network and alphabet, as well. Julia boorstin has more on facebook from l. A. Hey, julia jon, new York Attorney general Latisha James is leading a Bipartisan Coalition to investigate facebook for antitrust violations shes joined by seven other state ags plus the ag of the district of columbia, so far the attorneys general saying, quote, we will use every investigative tool at our disposal to determine whether facebooks actions may have endangered consumer data, reduced the quality of consumers choices, or increased the price of advertising facebook shares moving lower on the threat of potentially large fines from these attorneys general. Now, a separate google antitrust probe is expected to be announced at a News Conference outside the Supreme Court on monday.
The prize and it isnt nowjust a multitrillion Dollar Company its also a verb. So now, enter the latest fight over who will lead on generative ai. Enter the latest fight over who will lead on generative al. The start up openai took The Tech Sector by storm with its chatgpt chat bought in late 2022 that chatgpt chat bought in late 2022 that could answer user queries and carry out like human conversation. As of monday, we are seeing that conversation happened out loud. The company demoed a chat bought they could questions and give out answers via voice. In the demonstration, the chat bought was asked to help someone prepare for a presentation by taking calming breaths and a bedtime story, even changing its tone from singsong to robotic. It also help the user solve a maths equation not solve it exactly, but teach them how to solve it. Openai got out i had of a few unexpected announcements, including one from google this week, microsoft next, an apple in june. Staying with Artificial Intell
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Thank you, charlie. And have a good holiday season. And while youre in executive session, i hope somebody brings in a box of cookies or something. You were going to bring pizza, remember . Yes, we discussed pizza. And im sure the chair will deep that germane to item 10 on the calendar. Yes. Christmas cookies back in open session for the Ethics Commission, decemb december session. Is there a motion pursuing to what we did in our closed session . I would move that we keep the closed session in confidence. Second . Second. All those in favor of the motion . Aye. Motion passes unanimously. So we then go to item 11. Discussion of possible action of items for future meetings. I think some of the things that have come up tonight indicate things that well be doing at future meetings in record to putting matters on the ballot and just listening to what has been said. I would anticipate that in february we would have agendaized putting on the ballot the whistleblower item and also our ordinance