Good morning. I had the pleasure of hosting more than a dozen executives yesterday in a Fortune CEO roundtable discussion about how their strategies are shifting amid economic uncertainty and global complexity. We kicked things off with former Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart, who outlined the state of the economy and memorably said that it…
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show started with a baby bump. Model Jasmine Tookes, nine months pregnant, walked onto the stage in full VS angel wings. She looked undeniably glamorous, radiant in gold. It seemed to be a statement from Victoria’s Secret under its new CEO Hillary Super: sexy is back—but sexy is different this time….
Good morning. Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit kicks off today in Washington, D.C. and there are quite a few notable tech folk on the agenda. Among them: Best Buy’s Corie Barry, Palantir’s Shannon Clark, Microsoft’s Amy Coleman, Logitech’s Hanneke Faber, IBM’s Radha Iyengar Plumb, Workday’s Emma Chalwin, ServiceNow’s Gina Mastantuono, Airbnb’s Ellie Mertz, DoorDash’s Tia…
Good morning. OK, give your ChatGPT prompt window a rest for two seconds, because it’s pop quiz time. The question: What share of U.S. executives and managers—that is, not rank-and-file employees—use unapproved AI tools at work? Make your best guess, then find the answer below in “Endstop triggered.” Today’s tech news follows. Have a wonderful…
Good morning. And strap in if you own major tech stocks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed yesterday down 1.4% in the biggest one-day drop in three weeks. Nvidia dropped 3.5%. Palantir sunk 9.4%. Arm was down 5%. AMD was down 5.4%. The pain wasn’t limited to one exchange or market, either. NYSE-listed Oracle was down 5.9%….
Good morning. In honor of Perplexity’s unsolicited $34.5 billion bid to acquire Google’s Chrome web browser amid U.S. antitrust scrutiny—a figure well beyond the San Francisco AI startup’s $18 billion valuation!—five things I’d like to place an unsolicited bid on with someone else’s money: But please, Marc—keep the disco ball. Today’s tech news below. —Andrew…
Good morning. Did you know that ChatGPT will now remind you to take a break if you’re in a particularly long conversation with the chatbot? OpenAI says its goal “isn’t to hold your attention, but to help you use it well.” That makes all the sense in the world for a business model that involves…
Good morning. Well, we’ve got a trade deal with Japan and a blueprint for a national AI policy (more on that below). In this topsy-turvy business environment, that’s something you can hang your hat on. But don’t keep your hat off too long. There’s plenty of potential surprises still working their way through the various…