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As we start off what will certainly be a busy holiday week, we tie up a few loose ends around the UAW strike. We also talk about some EV maker’s attempts to jolt waning consumer demand, as well as a big shakeup in AI leadership.
Some expected, but important news broke late last Friday, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least mention it after extensively covering the UAW strike for the better part of the last three months: the Ford and Stellantis contracts have reached the number of votes needed to pass the contract. It’s over, over.
As EV demand has had a highly publicized demand drop among consumers, we are seeing many, highly invested companies adjust plans and make moves to bring EV demand to life.
Microsoft has recruited ex-OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as well as President Greg Brockman as Altman was abruptly ousted as CEO from OpenAI, the company he co-founded and the creator of ChatGPT. After the announcement, Brockman resigned in protest.
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:01:38) MTC Mashup Event
(00:03:56) UAW Talks Near End
(00:05:40) VinFast will pay direct for defect repairs
(00:09:01) Tesla to lift ban on Cybertruck resale
(00:11:05) Microsoft hires Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI
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