Jamie Dimon says he’s done talking about bitcoin: ‘I don’t care’

DAVOS, Switzerland — Bitcoin does nothing, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. “I call it the pet rock,” he added. Dimon is a long-time bitcoin critic. The bank chief said in 2021 at peak crypto valuations that bitcoin was “worthless,” and he doubled down on that sentiment last … Read more

AI models don’t need publishers’ data

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Denis Balibouse | Reuters DAVOS, Switzerland — Sam Altman said he was “surprised” by The New York Times’ lawsuit against his company, OpenAI, saying its artificial intelligence models didn’t need to train on … Read more

India goes big to woo investors at World Economic Forum

India’s position on the global value chain is shifting due to government incentives and a digitally savvy economy Getty Premiums DAVOS, Switzerland — Along the Davos Promenade, attendees of the World Economic Forum stumble across the WeLead Lounge, a repurposed storefront showcasing India’s female leadership and talent. There’s also the India Engagement Center, a space … Read more

AI will be fine regardless of who wins White House

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman said generative artificial intelligence as a sector, and the U.S. as a country are both “going … Read more

Saudi Arabia goes big in Davos as it looks to become a top AI tech hub

A pop-up showcasing Saudi Arabia’s Neom development features among the most prominent on the Davos promenade in 2024. CNBC DAVOS, Switzerland — For years, the United Arab Emirates has been the Middle East’s go-to tech hub, thanks partly to its lack of personal income tax, flexible visa policies, and competitive incentives for international businesses and … Read more

India goes big too woo investors at World Economic Forum

India’s position on the global value chain is shifting due to government incentives and a digitally savvy economy Getty Premiums DAVOS, Switzerland — Along the Davos Promenade, attendees of the World Economic Forum stumble across the WeLead Lounge, a repurposed storefront showcasing India’s female leadership and talent. There’s also the India Engagement Center, a space … Read more

Generative AI dominates Davos discussions as companies focus on accuracy

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — The rise of generative artificial intelligence has dominated private and public discussion at the World Economic Forum as the world’s largest technology … Read more

AI takes over WEF’s main area pushing crypto aside

A pedestrian walks past the TATA pop up store with a poster reading ‘The Future is AI’ ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — For the last few years at the World Economic Forum cryptocurrency firms dominated the … Read more

Mobileye shares plunge after chipmaker warns of order pullback

Mobileye signage is displayed during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Oct. 26, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mobileye, the self-driving technology company majority owned by Intel, warned on Thursday that it expected that customer orders would drop off dramatically for the first quarter of … Read more

Apple executives Johny Srouji and John Ternus on its chip business

In November, CNBC visited Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California, to get a look inside one of the company’s many chip labs. CNBC also got a rare chance to talk with the senior vice president of hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, and Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, about the company’s push into the … Read more