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CNBC's Deirdre Bosa previews earnings next week from Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta. Bosa also spoke exclusively with Lyft's new CEO, David Risher, as he gets set to wrap up his first 100 days in office.

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Carvana is surging more than 30% after striking a new debt restructuring deal despite remaining deeply unprofitable. It's part of a host of pandemic high-flyers that investors left for dead but are now rebounding including Robinhood, Coinbase, Peloton, Affirm, and OpenDoor – all with different business models but characterized by weak financials and high valuations. Plus, Apple is reportedly developing its own AI tools, including a large language model and an internal chatbot that engineers have dubbed “Apple GPT.” 

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The AI gold rush that has seen billions of dollars poured into startups might already be slowing down. Two AI chatbots are laying off workers, as the field for startups grows crowded, businesses begin to demonstrate they don’t all survive as standalone products, and investors grow impatient for impact on revenue. Plus, shares of AT&T are near their lowest in 30 years as analysts try to gauge potential financial liability following a report on toxic lead cables. It comes on top of repeated downward revisions for its wireless and fiber growth, and a slowdown in subscriber growth.

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Cathie Wood's flagship ARKK Innovation ETF has seen net outflows of $234 million this year and $740 million in the past 12 months, plus Assets Under Management crater from $30 billion during pandemic highs to less than $9 billion today. But maybe the biggest knock against Wood? ARKK has underperformed the Nasdaq and $QQQ since its 2014 inception. We raised the question with her on Friday during our Tech Check special.

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CNBC's Deirdre Bosa previews earnings next week from Netflix and Tesla. Cathie Wood, Ark Invest CEO, to discusses the A.I. space, ARK’s ETF hitting an 11-month high and what stocks she is watching in the tech space. Emil Michael, former Uber chief business officer, discusses the recent stock pop, competition in the space and more. Plus, Hollywood on strike and venture capital loans disappear.

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FTC Chair Lina Khan was grilled today by the House Judiciary Committee over the agency’s increasing court losses. The agency today also filed its appeal to pause the Microsoft Activision merger. Microsoft has until July 18 to close the deal, when it'll have to either renegotiate terms or abandon the deal and pay a $3 billion break fee.

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Early Prime Day data looks positive for Amazon, with shoppers spending $6.4 billion on the first day, up almost 6% from last year and making for the single biggest e-commerce day in 2023 according to Adobe. Former Target Vice Chair Jerry Storch joins us for a read on the consumer. Plus, less than two years ago Nvidia tried to buy Arm for some $40 billion, but failed because of anti-trust issues. Flash forward to today, and Nvidia could reportedly anchor the chip designer’s IPO – set to be the biggest this year.

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Amazon Prime Day Kicks Off 

Description: Amazon Prime Day begins today -- Adobe forecasts the 2-day sales event will drive $13.1 billion in U.S. online spend, 9.5% more than last year. As for Prime signups though? Consumer Intelligence thinks memberships are at saturation, estimating 167 million Americans are members, down from 170 million last year. 

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Sarah Silverman and other authors are suing Meta and OpenAI over claims of using their content without permission to train chatbots. It raises the question of whether copyright is an existential threat to AI, and the limits of how much AI can actually leverage content on the internet. Plus, Amazon Prime Day kicks off tomorrow – but how much do we care? Many investors aren’t buying the stock for e-commerce anymore, instead shifting focus to the faster-growing and more lucrative AWS and even advertising businesses instead. 

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CNBC's Jon Fortt discusses all things tech including Amazon's advantage in A.I and Meta's "Threads" app.

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