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Elon Musk may ‘step back' if shareholders reject $56bn pay package, Tesla chair warns
The Guardian· 2024-06-07 10:14
文章核心观点 - 特斯拉董事长Robyn Denholm表示,如果股东不支持CEO埃隆·马斯克560亿美元的薪酬方案,马斯克可能会退出特斯拉,将更多时间投入到其他业务中 [1][2][3] - Denholm表示,2018年通过的这份薪酬方案旨在让马斯克继续专注于特斯拉,并保持动力去实现公司的宏大抱负 [5][6] - 这份薪酬方案要求马斯克在获得股票期权5年后才能出售,这显然不是为了钱,因为马斯克已经是世界第三大富豪 [7] 公司相关 - 特斯拉正在寻求将公司法律基地从特拉华州迁移到德克萨斯州,Denholm表示这将为特斯拉的增长和创新提供最佳平台 [13][14] - 分析师认为,如果薪酬方案被否决,马斯克可能会放弃CEO头衔,但不会完全退出特斯拉 [15][16] 行业相关 - 主要投资顾问公司ISS和Glass Lewis建议股东投票反对这份薪酬方案,称其过于高昂 [8] - 但特斯拉的前15大股东Baillie Gifford表示支持该方案,而前25大股东CalPERS则计划投票反对 [8]
Google to start permanently deleting users' location history
The Guardian· 2024-06-06 16:06
Google will begin to delete everything it knows about users’ previously visited locations, the company has said, a year after it committed to reducing the amount of personal data it stores about users.The company’s “timeline” feature – previously known as Location History – will still work for those who choose to use it, letting them scroll back through potentially decades of travel history to check where they were at a specific time.But all the data required to make the feature work will be saved locally, ...
Nvidia hits $3tn and surpasses Apple as world's second most valuable company
The Guardian· 2024-06-05 20:46
文章核心观点 - Nvidia的股价创历史新高,市值超过苹果,成为全球第二大市值公司 [1][3] - Nvidia准备进行10:1的股票拆分,以提高个人投资者的参与度 [2] - Nvidia的市值超过苹果反映了硅谷格局的变化,苹果自2007年推出iPhone以来一直占据主导地位 [3] - 微软仍是全球最大市值公司,市值达3.14万亿美元 [4] - Nvidia的高端处理器需求远超供给,微软、Meta和Alphabet等科技巨头正在加速建设AI计算能力 [5] - Nvidia最近股价大涨近30%,AI热潮带动芯片股普涨 [5] - Nvidia CEO在台湾受到热烈欢迎,引发广泛关注 [6] - 相比之下,苹果正面临iPhone需求疲软和中国市场竞争激烈的挑战 [7] - 一些投资者认为苹果在AI领域落后于其他科技巨头 [8]
OpenAI and Google DeepMind workers warn of AI industry risks in open letter
The Guardian· 2024-06-04 17:07
A group of current and former employees at prominent artificial intelligence companies issued an open letter on Tuesday that warned of a lack of safety oversight within the industry and called for increased protections for whistleblowers.The letter, which calls for a “right to warn about artificial intelligence”, is one of the most public statements about the dangers of AI from employees within what is generally a secretive industry. Eleven current and former OpenAI workers signed the letter, along with two ...
Salesforce plummets as weak forecast sparks concerns of AI competition
The Guardian· 2024-05-30 14:55
Salesforce shares slumped about 18% on Thursday, after its lowest-ever quarterly revenue growth forecast raised fears that high interest rates and rival AI offerings were hampering demand at the cloud-based software firm.The company could lose more than $48bn in market value if losses hold, as it also reported quarterly revenue that was below expectations for the first time since 2006.“Weak bookings in Q1 further test investor patience as the GenAI [generative AI] innovation cycle has yet to inflect top-lin ...
Apple store workers vote to authorize first strike over bargaining delays
The Guardian· 2024-05-15 09:00
Workers at the first Apple store in the US to have unionized, in Towson, Maryland, have voted to authorize a strike as progress in bargaining for a first contract has stagnated.They could be the first Apple retail store workers to ever go on strike.International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ (IAM) Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (IAM Core) represents 100 workers at the Apple store who had their union election win certified in May 2022. They are one of two Apple stores in the US to ...
US justice department could sue Boeing after Max 737 crash settlement violation
The Guardian· 2024-05-15 00:33
Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, the US justice department told a federal judge on Tuesday.It is now up to the justice department to decide whether to file charges against the aircraft maker amid increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes. Prosecutors will tell the court no later than 7 July how they plan to proceed, the justice department said.Boeing reached a $2.5bn settlement with the ju ...
Gaza protesters block entrance to Google conference over Israel contracts
The Guardian· 2024-05-14 18:52
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters chained themselves together in front of the entrance to Google’s annual developer conference on Tuesday in protest of the tech company’s ties to Israeli military projects. Thousands of attendees waiting to enter Google I/O were redirected to another entrance, and the event started on time.Groups including the No Tech for Genocide coalition and other groups from across the Bay Area held a sign reading “Google stop fueling genocide”. They chanted “we won’t stop til Nimbu ...
Google rolls out AI-generated, summarized search results in US
The Guardian· 2024-05-14 18:01
Google will use artificial intelligence to return summarized responses to search engine queries from US users as it continues to infuse generative AI into its most widely used products.The company has been testing “AI overviews” that appear at the tops of search results, summaries created by its Gemini AI model that appear alongside the traditional link-based search results.The featured has also been tested in the UK but will be rolled out across the US beginning on Tuesday, Google announced at its annual I ...
Law professor says Tesla threatened to fire law firm over Musk's huge payout
The Guardian· 2024-05-14 15:59
A leading professor of corporate governance has accused Tesla of threatening to fire one of its law firms over his objections to Elon Musk’s claim to a massive $56bn compensation package.Retired professor Charles Elson of the University of Delaware alleged in a legal filing on Monday that Holland & Knight, a law firm that he has worked for over close to three decades, told him that Tesla threatened to end its relationship with the firm unless he dropped plans to submit a legal brief to a shareholder lawsuit ...