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In a bold statement that has sparked discussion, former Pakistani wicketkeeper-batter <keyword id="21527088" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rashid-Latif" source="keywords">Rashid Latif</keyword> has suggested that <keyword id="19899252" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="pakistan" source="keywords">Pakistan</keyword> should stop playing cricket against <keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="india" source="keywords">India</keyword> until the two nations resolve their ongoing issues. Latif, known for his forthright views, even proposed that the <keyword id="19901179" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="International-Cricket-Council" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="International Cricket Council" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="International Cricket Council">International Cricket Council</keyword> (ICC) should withhold the hosting rights of global events from both countries until their political and diplomatic concerns are addressed. "There's a big possibility that Pakistan can stop playing cricket against India. Had I been in power, then, yes, I may have taken this strong step. I would not blame anyone for this. If you don't want to play (in Pakistan), then don't play against us (at all)," Latif told PTI. His comments come as speculation grows around the upcoming Champions Trophy, which was set to be hosted in Pakistan. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (<keyword id="19901245" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bcci" source="keywords">BCCI</keyword>) has made it clear it will not send its team to Pakistan due to security concerns, and there is growing speculation that the tournament could be moved to another country. <h2>A call for the ICC to act</h2>Latif didn't stop there, saying the ICC should take a stronger stance. "In my opinion, ICC should withhold the hosting rights for both countries until these issues between them are resolved; until their problems are settled," he explained. The former cricketer, who played 37 Tests and 166 One-Day Internationals, also raised concerns about the ICC's inconsistency when it comes to political interference in cricket, especially in Asia. Latif pointed out how Sri Lanka Cricket was suspended by the ICC in 2023 and Zimbabwe Cricket in 2019 due to political interference, asking, "Why aren't India and Pakistan getting banned? Because, ICC has a lot of stake on them." Latif also expressed frustration with the BCCI's stance on security. The BCCI has argued that the Indian team cannot travel to Pakistan due to security risks, but Latif believes the reasoning is weak. "This is the first time, I would say, the BCCI is at fault. The reason they are stating is very weak. It has to be in writing that the BCCI and the Indian cricket team is feeling threatened," he said. He continued, "The ICC security team came here and gave the green light for the tournament. If you had issues, you could have reported to them." <h2>What happens if Pakistan doesn’t play India?</h2>Despite the growing tensions, Latif is confident that Pakistan’s cricketing future won’t suffer if the team doesn’t play India. "We didn’t play at home for 12 long years. What could be more painful than that?" he said, referencing the years Pakistan went without international cricket being played on its soil due to security concerns. Latif added that Pakistan could still thrive in international cricket without India, saying, "Pakistan will get the 34 million dollars in every eight-year time from ICC, whether they play India or not. The boards that are rich will suffer losses, not a board like PCB that doesn't have the money." Latif concluded by stressing that Pakistan could continue to progress in world cricket by playing bilateral series with other countries, even without playing India or hosting major ICC tournaments. Latif’s remarks come at a time when tensions between India and Pakistan in cricket continue to rise, with both sides refusing to play each other in recent years. As the situation develops, the ICC faces increasing pressure to address the political and security concerns that continue to shape the future of cricket between the two countries. (With inputs from agencies)

Former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif wants Pakistan to stop playing cricket with India, here's why

<ul class="summary-list"><li>TikTok and its owner sought to hire hundreds of Chinese staff in 2023, Business Insider has learned.</li><li>669 of the 1,089 approved US H-1B hires for TikTok and ByteDance in that fiscal year were from China.</li></ul>TikTok didn't shy away from hiring employees from China last year, even as US officials accused the app of being a national security risk because its owner, ByteDance, is headquartered in Beijing.Of the roughly 1,000 non-US employees that TikTok and ByteDance sought to hire for its US teams via H-1B visa applications between October 2022 and September 2023, most were from China.Companies use the H-1B program to hire foreign workers who have business skills that they say they cannot otherwise obtain from the existing US workforce.Six hundred and sixty-nine of the 1,089 approved H-1B hires for TikTok and ByteDance last fiscal year were from China, a 50% increase from the previous year, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services data obtained by Business Insider via a Freedom of Information Act request. The federal government's fiscal year runs from October through September.Fourteen of those 669 approved hires were recruited to work under TikTok's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-us-user-data-storage-project-texas-privacy-security-2023-3">US Data Security Division</a>, or USDS, a section of the company dedicated to keeping US user data out of the hands of the Chinese Communist Party and other actors that the US government has deemed a foreign adversary. Those roles included work in data science, fraud strategy, systems analysis, and software engineering.While TikTok is by far ByteDance's most popular app in the US, the company does operate other platforms such as its Pinterest-like app <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-owner-bytedance-hiring-influencers-boost-lemon8-app-2024-1">Lemon8</a>, which some H-1B hires may have been tasked with working on.TikTok and ByteDance's 50% year-over-year jump in approved H-1B applications for Chinese nationals came despite US Senator Tom Cotton raising concerns about having "foreign individuals work at ByteDance and TikTok's offices in California.""Given the security concerns with TikTok and the company's repeated statements about 'US-based' teams and data centers, having hundreds of foreign nationals working in those offices presents another potential threat," Cotton <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/foia/H-1B_visa_use-Senator_Cotton.pdf">wrote</a> in a November 2022 letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.TikTok and ByteDance did not respond to requests for comment.Using the H-1B program to recruit talent from China isn't unusual on its own. Among applications for H-1B visas across all companies in fiscal year 2023, it was the second most common country of origin, per data published by the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link" href="https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/reports/OLA_Signed_H-1B_Characteristics_Congressional_Report_FY2023.pdf">USCIS</a>. But TikTok and ByteDance's H-1B recruiting efforts dramatically over-indexed toward China. Only 12% of all approved fiscal year 2023 H-1B applications were for Chinese nationals, compared to 61% of TikTok and ByteDance's approved applications.India ranked second among countries where TikTok and ByteDance earned H-1B approvals in fiscal year 2023, followed by Taiwan, Canada, and Vietnam.<h2 id="652509fc-c542-496a-8661-64a16854f5a3">Why TikTok is recruiting talent from China</h2>TikTok has been under heavy scrutiny for years due to its owner's roots in China. US officials have <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fcc-tiktok-letter-experts-say-ban-unlikely-despite-political-pressure-2022-7">raised concerns</a> that ByteDance could be compelled to hand over TikTok's US user data to the Chinese government in order to comply with a National Intelligence Law. Some have worried that TikTok could be used as a propaganda tool to further the CCP's interests.In April, Congress passed a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-passes-tiktok-ban-2024-4">law</a> that gave ByteDance a deadline for divesting TikTok's US assets. If it fails to do so, TikTok could be removed from US app stores in January. TikTok is challenging the law in court, but legal experts previously told BI it's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-justice-department-federal-appeals-court-law-ban-expert-2024-9">not looking promising for the company</a>. President-elect Trump pledged on the campaign trail to "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-block-tiktok-ban-legal-experts-2024-11">never ban TikTok</a>," but his paths to rescuing the app are limited.TikTok has previously said it does not share information with the Chinese government, and that its content moderation efforts are run by a US-based team that "operates independently from China."While it may not be politically advantageous for TikTok to recruit talent from China, it makes sense given the company operates closely with its parent ByteDance.Even as TikTok has taken steps to <a target="_blank" href="https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-master-messaging-pr-playbook-china-music-1849334736">downplay its association with China</a>, its owner, ByteDance, continues to operate in the US. Current and former TikTok employees <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-employees-say-staff-in-china-make-many-product-decisions-2021-12">told BI in 2021</a> that final product decisions for TikTok were often made by ByteDance staffers in Beijing. And TikTok staffers are asked to adhere to core workplace values it calls "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-employees-bytedance-bytestyles-used-to-reward-and-reprimand-2021-9">ByteStyles</a>."The company has also used TikTok's Chinese sister app, Douyin, as a testing ground for features that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/whats-next-for-tiktok-look-at-china-douyin-2022-1">ultimately end up on TikTok</a>. Recently, the company has matched vendors with expertise in <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-shop-us-partner-summit-live-shopping-and-douyin-ruled-2024-10">e-commerce in China</a> to its US partners that work with sellers and influencers on its social-shopping feature, TikTok Shop. Several of its approved 2023 H-1B applications for Chinese nationals were for roles in e-commerce, including a creator manager role focused on live shopping and software engineering roles tied to shopping ads.

TikTok and its owner ramped up their hiring of Chinese employees, even as Congress raised national security concerns

For many professionals out there, <keyword id="19902762" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Google" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Google" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Google">Google</keyword> continues being the dream company that they want to land a job at. Even though the company carried multiple rounds of layoffs since 2023, it remains one of the highest paying <keyword id="20000550" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tech-companies" source="keywords">tech companies</keyword> in the world. This is why landing a <keyword id="23527633" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="job-at-Google" source="keywords">job at Google</keyword> at the beginning of their careers is huge for people. Hence, any news related to Google quickly goes viral and people are always curious to know about what's happening at the tech giant. Now, according to a Reuters report, Google has filed a request with a California federal judge to delay a court order that mandates the company to open up its Play Store to increased competition. In a court filing submitted on Friday, the tech giant argued that the injunction, set to take effect on November 1, poses “serious safety, security, and privacy risks” to the Android ecosystem. Google urged U.S. District Judge James Donato to pause the ruling while it appeals the decision. <h2>About the case </h2> The injunction stems from a case filed by Epic Games, the maker of “Fortnite.” In October 2023, a jury ruled that Google had been illegally monopolising the way consumers download apps and make in-app purchases on Android devices. Judge Donato’s ruling, issued on October 7, forces Google to allow third-party app stores and payment methods on its platform. Additionally, the order bars Google from paying device manufacturers to preinstall its Play Store and from sharing revenue generated through it with other app distributors. Google claims the ruling could introduce significant risks to Android users, and is fighting to delay its implementation while pursuing a legal appeal. <h2><keyword id="19954681" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sundar-Pichai" source="keywords">Sundar Pichai</keyword> on what it takes to join Google </h2> On another note, Google boss Sundar Pichai recently shed light on what it takes to join Google’s coveted ranks, especially for those aiming at engineering roles. In an episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations, Pichai opened up about the attributes Google looks for in its employees, giving hopeful candidates a clearer picture of what it takes to be part of the tech behemoth. According to Pichai, <keyword id="22767045" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="technical-excellence" source="keywords">technical excellence</keyword> is just the starting point. It’s the foundation, yes, but not the full package. What truly sets candidates apart is their adaptability and eagerness to learn in an ever-changing, dynamic environment. “We’re looking for superstar <keyword id="19959624" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="software-engineers" source="keywords">software engineers</keyword>,” Pichai noted, saying that in a world of rapidly evolving technology, the ability to remain curious and agile is essential. He also highlighted Google’s tradition of offering free meals to employees—not just as a perk but as a deliberate initiative to foster community and spark spontaneous moments of creativity. He also recalled his early days at Google, where informal chats in the café sometimes led to breakthrough ideas. “It’s about creating the conditions for people to connect and think outside the box,” he shared. (With Reuters inputs)

Google Seeks to delay judge’s ruling on App Store competition over security concerns

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Organizations are shifting to hybrid cloud and on-prem IT infrastructure for more control over data.</li><li>This trend is driven by data privacy, security concerns, and AI's growing influence.</li></ul>There's a change in the winds of IT infrastructure. After a decadeslong rush to the cloud, many organizations are exploring ways to exercise more control over their data and IT infrastructure.Rather than depending solely on third-party cloud services, they're looking to operate their IT data networks on-site. This strategy, often referred to as on-premises or on-prem, is gaining renewed interest thanks to factors such as data privacy and security concerns, regulations designed to hold organizations accountable for the data they collect, and the rise of artificial intelligence.The interest in on-prem doesn't represent a wholesale rejection of the cloud; many organizations are looking for more control from the cloud services they choose and seek to blend them with on-prem hardware."We're seeing more demand for on-prem," Hang Tan, the hybrid cloud chief operating officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, told Business Insider. "I don't think customers are thinking about it like it's a zero-sum game where either something goes to the public cloud or entirely on-prem. There's a recognition that customers need to have a more hybrid environment."<div type="image" title="Hang Tan wearing a suit jacket over a dress shirt in a portrait" height="2674" width="2526" msid="112500772" hostid="261" sizebytes="546952"></div><h2 id="729c5a6d-1380-4364-adfa-d63ff00eb555">A push for on-prem</h2>This trend is a response to concerns about the reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of cloud services. But it's not a binary choice between hosting IT networks on the cloud and hosting them on-prem. Often the most important decision isn't about the physical location of an organization's infrastructure but about the level of security and control the organization is given over it."It's more about the governance of infrastructure, including data, networking, and servers," said Peter Wang, the cofounder and chief innovation officer of the software developer Anaconda. "Who manages it? Who gets to say, 'No, absolutely, you can't do that.'" His company, founded in 2012 to help organizations use <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-announces-partnership-with-anaconda-python-data-science-2021-9">Python for business analytics</a>, found itself at the leading edge of this discussion as Python became a popular <a target="_blank" href="https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/devops/117952/popularity-of-python-continues-to-rise-against-backdrop-of-ai-race/">programming language for AI workloads</a>.<div type="image" title="Peter Wang wears a button-up dress shirt and smiles in a portrait shot" height="5111" width="5111" msid="112500766" hostid="261" sizebytes="379940"></div>Anaconda works with organizations that pursue a spectrum of solutions. Those seeking the most extreme security may operate "a box in a building somewhere, oftentimes guarded by people with machine guns, where you go in with a flash drive," Wang said. But that's applicable to only the most security-conscious industries and some public-sector customers.Rather than placing infrastructure under lock and key behind a barbed-wire fence, Wang said, many organizations prefer to see cloud services include more detailed data-governance controls and low-level access to system resources. This can give organizations a level of control over cloud infrastructure that's more like what they'd have if the hardware were on-prem.Dennis Duckworth, the head of product and end-user experience at Kindo, an AI-driven workforce-software developer, offered a similar perspective. Kindo provides a secure management platform for AI systems that lets organizations control which users have access to internal AI resources.Duckworth said that some Kindo customers used an air-gapped on-prem strategy but that most were using, or looking to use, a secure and controllable solution that could be deployed within a cloud service such as Amazon Web Services. "They're not hosting it themselves, but we can deploy within that infrastructure," he said.<div type="image" title="Dennis Duckworth smiles while wearing a dress shirt and jeans" height="1000" width="750" msid="112500768" hostid="261" sizebytes="50674"></div>Perspectives on the trend differ depending on an organization's size and industry. Chris Stegh, the chief technology officer at the IT consulting company eGroup Enabling Technologies, said some sectors, like education and healthcare, pursued on-prem solutions for cost reasons."The commonalities of those organizations are they've got brick and mortar," Stegh said. "They've got sunk costs in their data center because they own some real estate."<h2 id="1e22b520-3eb5-417e-9814-5cca0937b265">AI is igniting changes in IT strategy</h2>Tan said AI was "pouring rocket fuel" into the on-prem trend by driving a desire for greater control and better governance of data and IT infrastructure. While many organizations hope AI will improve efficiency, they've discovered it can require a rethink of how their infrastructure operates.The particulars of IT infrastructure are often guided by the relationship between the applications people want to use and the data those applications require to function, Tan told BI. "With AI, because the data is dominating the equation, you have to move the application to the data, not the other way around," he explained.Tan said that an HPE customer that runs a large retail business originally put infrastructure on-prem to allow operations to continue if internet connectivity was interrupted. Over time, the retailer expanded its capabilities with theft detection and inventory control powered by AI video analytics handled on hardware in stores.These edge servers were "becoming AI-enabled cloudlets," or small-scale data centers that use <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/what-is-a-graphics-card">graphics processing units</a> to operate "a whole private cloud stack," Tan added.In other cases, a company may need to take multiple approaches. Tan used self-driving vehicles as an example: Autonomous vehicles make decisions on local hardware, but the data is also sent to a data center, where it may be used to train new AI models. Because of that, many organizations interested in AI need a hybrid cloud infrastructure that includes cloud and on-prem elements — and that can connect them when needed.<h2 id="d0eb7c75-c19f-416a-8f59-5dec5d0980a6">The role of regulation</h2>Regulatory concerns are further strengthening interest in on-prem and hybrid cloud strategies. The landscape of data protection and AI regulation is evolving rapidly as different nations and states or jurisdictions within nations implement varying rules and requirements. Duckworth said this would lead to a complex regulatory future."We're going to see a patchwork of different regulations across the globe," he said. "It might be that in Germany you can't use ChatGPT, but you can use Mistral," he said. He also referenced recent <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/switzerland-mandates-government-agencies-use-open-source-software">legislation in Switzerland</a> mandating that government agencies use open-source software.Even cities may implement specific regulations. In 2021, Portland, Oregon, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.opb.org/article/2020/09/09/portland-passes-nations-toughest-restriction-on-facial-recognition-technology/">passed restrictions on facial recognition</a> that applied to both public and private services. Other cities, such as San Francisco, have experimented with bans that apply to specific public services, such as police departments.Duckworth argued that organizations were struggling to keep up with existing regulations, never mind those that might be implemented in the future. As more regulations arrive and are enforced, organizations could find themselves scrambling to adapt. "It will, in my personal opinion, be a madhouse for three to five years," he added.<h2 id="2775415b-3109-40e7-8e21-e8ce8fef1ab8">Moving ahead with caution</h2>AI might be the catalyst for a broader reexamination of how organizations manage their IT infrastructure. Cloud services aren't going away but may be approached with more skepticism and a greater focus on the long-term implications of adopting a particular service. The winners will be those that can bridge cloud and on-prem to provide the level of control organizations are demanding."My view is that customers that made the cloud journey learned some lessons. They know, 'Oh, if I move my data to the cloud, I'm kind of stuck,'" Tan told BI. He said he expects that organizations burned by that experience will be more skeptical of going all in on the cloud moving forward, adding momentum to interest in on-prem and hybrid cloud alternatives.

AI and security concerns fuel a shift to on-premises IT infrastructure as companies seek more control of data

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An Intel employee raised concerns about the upcoming US election's impact on CHIPS Act funding.</li><li>Intel invested billions in US factories but hasn't received CHIPS Act grants yet.</li></ul>Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger addressed an employee-submitted question about whether the upcoming US election would affect Intel's CHIPS and Science Act funding at an all-hands meeting on Friday.The US Commerce Department has awarded Intel, the largest recipient of the Act, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/us-chips-act-intel-direct-funding.html">$8.5 billion in grants</a> and $11 billion in loans. The government said it will pay out grants based on how companies meet benchmarks.During the all-hands, Gelsinger responded that the bill was "bipartisan," and the executive team reassured employees that Intel was a key part of the CHIPS Act as the only large-scale chip manufacturer in the US, according to an employee who listened to the meeting. The employee, whose identity Business Insider confirmed, asked to remain anonymous to discuss internal matters.Intel has privately <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/updates-intel-10-largest-construction-projects.html">invested billions </a>in factory expansions in New Mexico, Arizona, Ohio, and Oregon. It has not yet received the CHIPS grants.Gelsinger publicly addressed this topic in a Thursday <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-10-31/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-on-q4-forecast">interview with Bloomberg</a> after the third quarter earnings call."The CHIPS Act was a bipartisan act, and with that strong support from both sides of the aisle, we believe the importance of that in terms of industrial policy. The semiconductor is well-supported by Congress and both parties," Gelsinger said.He also addressed the delay of CHIPS Act funding distribution."We are disappointed by how long and how slow the dispensing of funds has been and it's well over two years at this point. I've invested 30 billion in capital and we've seen $0 of the grants at this point. So we do believe that that has been too slow, and we're somewhat frustrated by that," Gelsinger said in the Bloomberg interview.Policymakers recently in Washington, DC, have discussed whether Intel needs additional help beyond the CHIPS Act funding as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.semafor.com/article/11/01/2024/concerns-grow-in-washington-over-intel">a precautionary measure</a>, as Intel's success is key to evolving American manufacturing policies, Semafor reported.Government leaders are also monitoring the CHIPS Act funding delays. Ohio governor Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he <a target="_blank" href="https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/intel-hasnt-any-chips-act-money-why-not/530-021a26ac-81cd-4146-852e-2b2172f2c5f7">contacted the White House</a> to ask it to speed up the distribution of funding from the CHIPS Act for its New Albany factory.The CHIPS Act was passed largely in a bipartisan fashion in 2022. Stephen Ezell, the vice president for global innovation policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and the director of its Center for Life Sciences Innovation, previously told BI he <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-semiconductor-chip-production-continue-harris-trump-presidency-arizona-jobs-2024-10">expects no "considerable change"</a> in approach whether presidential candidates Kamala Harris or Donald Trump are elected.Besides the delay in receiving CHIPS Act funds, Intel has faced a series of setbacks to its business. The S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices said Friday that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-replace-intel-dow-jones-industrial-average-2024-11">Nvidia would replace Intel </a>in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This change indicates that Intel is no longer seen as a stable economic indicator.Intel's recent profitability was "negatively impacted" by cost reduction changes as the company is "maniacally focused on improving fab productivity," Gelsinger said during its third-quarter earnings call.Amid a challenging financial adjustment, Intel is relying upon the success of its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/opinion/continued-momentum-intel-18a.html">18A chip</a>. In the past, the company has faced customer losses and delays in its 14-nanometer and 10-nanometer chips due to yield issues.Intel plans to reduce spending with a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-turnaround-plan-aws-2024-9">cost</a>-<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-turnaround-plan-aws-2024-9">savings plan</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intel-layoffs-cost-cutting-measures-pay-cuts-reduced-perks-2024-10">has cut staff by 15%</a>.Got a tip about Intel? Contact this reporter at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:hli@insider.com">hli@insider.com</a> or use the secure messaging app Signal with the username hliwrites.99.

In an all-hands, Intel CEO addresses employee concerns about the US election and CHIPS Act funding

<ul class="summary-list"><li><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-rational-optimist-microsoft-success-life-skills-careers-2023-11">Bill Gates is decidedly optimistic</a> about AI.</li><li>But he still has some big concerns about the cutting-edge technology.</li></ul>Bill Gates is a self-described optimist about <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-ai-letter-chatbots-future-predictions-2023-3">the future of AI</a>, but the tech still raises a few key concerns for him.Microsoft's cofounder laid out his three biggest worries about the tech while speaking on the latest <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bill-gates-on-how-to-tax-the-rich-ai-misinformation/id1643307527?i=1000671268413">episode</a> of the podcast "On with Kara Swisher," released Monday.Gates said his first concern is "that bad people with bad intent will use AIs for cybercrime, bioterrorism, nation-state wars.""In that case you think, okay, let's make sure the good guys have an AI that can play defense against those things, and that makes you want to move ahead and not fall behind," he said.President Joe Biden's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/11/fact-sheet-the-presidents-budget-advances-president-bidens-unity-agenda/">budget</a> for fiscal year 2025 includes billions earmarked for AI, including efforts to advance "the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of AI" and to invest in a "new AI safety institute to protect the American public's safety, security, and rights."Gates' second concern is about the fast "rate of change" that could lead to job losses."In the same way that that medical diagnosis will be superior with the right training set and a few more turns of the crank on how we drive reliability, that there's great progress on that, it will be superior at a telesales or telesupport type job, which are big parts of the economy," Gates said.A 2023 <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/generative-ai-chatpgt-300-million-full-time-jobs-goldman-sachs-2023-3">Goldman Sachs report said that AI could result in "significant disruption"</a> of the labor market and impact an estimated 300 million full-time jobs. A survey conducted by HubSpot last year found sales workers saved two hours and 15 minutes a day when they <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-saving-sales-teams-hours-work-daily-survey-says-2024-1">used AI to automate manual tasks</a> including meeting scheduling, note-taking, and data entry."<a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-jobs-at-risk-replacement-artificial-intelligence-ai-labor-trends-2023-02">AI isn't replacing</a> salespeople — it's just taking care of the most repetitive aspects of their work," the study said.Gates said that even though you can say that AI frees up teachers and other professionals to be less spread thin, "we have unmet needs for labor.""If we free up all this labor, we can shorten the workweek, but the rate of change is scary," he added.Gates said his third concern, which "comes up a lot," is "the loss of control" scenario. Many AI researchers and experts have warned for years of the potential consequences if AGI, or artificial general intelligence that surpasses human intelligence, is reached — including possible <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-ai-doomsday-scenarios-worth-thoughtful-consideration-2016-6">doomsday scenarios</a>."My view is if you've managed to get through the first two, that actually that's not the hardest of the three," Gates said.Experts have warned AI models can be abused for purposes like <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hacker-online-scams-getting-worse-ai-cybersecurity-expert-2024-9">carrying out scams or cyberattacks</a> or <a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-disinformation-misinformation-technology-regulation-artifical-intelligence-civil-liability-2024-7">spreading misinformation</a>, among other things.Besides Gates, other business leaders have also expressed concerns about AI and an interest in more regulation and guardrails on the technology. Many share some of Gates' concerns.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-economist-michael-schwarz-ai-bad-actors-2023-5">Microsoft's chief economist, Michael Schwarz,</a> said at the World Economic Forum last year that he was "confident AI will be used by bad actors, and yes it will cause real damage."OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has even said while he thinks "the best case is so unbelievably good that it's hard for me to even imagine," on the flip side, he imagines a worst-case scenario for AI could be <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-openai-ceo-worst-case-ai-lights-out-for-all-2023-1">"lights out for all of us."</a>Looking more at the present, Gates has said <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-uses-ai-meeting-summaries-notes-copilot-teams-2024-9">he uses AI in his own life to summarize meetings he attends</a>."The ability to interact and not just get the summary, but ask questions about the meeting, is pretty fantastic," he recently <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.theverge.com/24235730/bill-gates-ai-climate-change-energy-tech-microsoft-netflix">said</a> in a separate interview, referring to Microsoft's Copilot, which is powered by the company's OpenAI partnership and available as an add-on for Microsoft 365 office apps.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US Supreme Court heard Nvidia's arguments against a class action securities fraud lawsuit.</li><li>Nvidia is accused of misleading shareholders about cryptocurrency mining-related sales.</li></ul>The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case in which <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-ai-employees-workers-2024-11">Nvidia</a> is trying to dodge a securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders. But some of the justices expressed concern over the chip giant's assertions.Nvidia petitioned the nation's highest court after a lower court permitted a 2018 class action lawsuit alleging that the company and its CEO <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-huang-softbank-masayoshi-son-tech-stock-buyout-ai-microchips-2024-11">Jensen Huang</a> misled investors about its cryptocurrency mining-related sales to move ahead.Attorneys for Nvidia argue that the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, led by a Swedish investment management firm, have not met the stricter pleading standards laid out by the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.The decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to allow the lawsuit to proceed "creates an easy road map for plaintiffs to evade the Reform Act," Nvidia attorney Neal Katyal argued before the justices.The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act or PSLRA was designed, in part, to curtail frivolous securities lawsuits."When a stock drops, all they have to do is find an expert with numbers that contradict the company's public statements, then allege the company keeps records that executives look at, and then argue those records would have matched the hired expert's numbers," said Katyal, who argued that the plaintiff's complaint relies on expert opinion and lacks company documents.When asked by Justice Clarence Thomas what the plaintiff's complaint would look like in order to comply with the PSLRA, Katyal said it would have to answer "what did the CEO know" and "when did he know it.""I guess my concern is that you appear to be requiring for plaintiffs to actually have the evidence in order to plead their case," said Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, adding, "part of my concern is that you seem to be wanting a bright line that says the contents of the documents are necessary."Justice Sonia Sotomayer said that she was "concerned" by Nvidia's petition to the court and told Katyal, "We often don't grant cert to error correct.""I'm not actually sure what rule we could articulate that would be clearer than our cases already say," Sotomayer said.Chief Justice John Roberts said the aspect that concerned him about both sides' arguments was that it was "a little black and white.""If I think that the positions on both sides are a little too absolute, how do you find sort of the sweet spot in terms of when the PSLRA is satisfied?" Roberts asked."It can't be just a little bit of direct evidence because that statute was intended to do something," Roberts said. "On the other hand, it seems to me, you can't insist on only the direct evidence before a complaint goes forward. So if I don't think it's black and white, how do I decide where the balance is?"A Nvidia spokesperson told BI the company "appreciated the opportunity to answer the Court's detailed questions this morning. We brought this case to the Supreme Court to protect shareholders and the economy from groundless lawsuits, and look forward to the Court's resolution of this matter."In his arguments, Deepak Gupta, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, said the PSLRA "demands particularity.""Everyone agrees you can't circumvent the statute with conclusory allegations or unsubstantiated expert opinions," Gupta said."But that's not what happened here," said Gupta. "On falsity, the Court of Appeals holding expressly rested on a combination of facts showing that a substantial part of gaming revenues came from crypto."This included accounts from former employees, detailed accounts of internal data and meetings, expert analysis, and "Huang's eventual acknowledgment of the crypto hangover, which sent the stock tumbling 28%," said Gupta.A district court previously dismissed the plaintiffs' class action lawsuit and the Ninth Circuit reversed that decision.The plaintiffs allege in their brief to the Supreme Court that in 2017 when Nvidia's sales of graphic processing units (GPUs) were surging, the company and Huang "knew those record sales were due in substantial part to demand from cryptocurrency miners.""But for more than a year, Huang denied that mining-related sales were driving NVIDIA's revenue growth because he knew that the securities market looked askew at GPU sales to miners, which are notoriously cyclical," the brief says."Huang's strategy fell apart in late 2018, when cryptocurrency prices collapsed, GPU purchases by miners withered, and demand for GeForce GPUs shrank dramatically," the brief says. "NVIDIA then finally admitted that — contrary to Huang's previous denials—its record revenue growth had been largely due to mining-related demand for GeForce GPUs."Nvidia's attorneys argued in its petition to the Supreme Court that on public calls with investors, company executives "made clear that they believed crypto miners were buying both GeForce GPUs and Crypto SKUs.""This case aptly demonstrates the danger of allowing plaintiffs to guess at the pleading stage what internal company reports could have said," the petition says. "Plaintiffs speculate that internal NVIDIA sales reports would have reflected the amount of gaming segment revenue driven by sales to miners rather than to gamers."It adds, "But there is no basis in Plaintiffs' allegations to assume that this information was available to NVIDIA."In 2022, Nvidia agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $5.5 million to settle charges for "inadequate disclosures" regarding the impact of crypto mining on the company's gaming business. Nvidia agreed to pay the penalty without admitting or denying the SEC's findings.A decision from the Supreme Court is expected by June.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Kamala Harris has stepped up her attacks on Donald Trump, echoing John Kelly's view that he's "a fascist."</li><li>Her focus on Trump carries some risk as polls show voters are still more concerned about the economy.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/harris-trump-presidential-election-swing-state-polls-sun-belt-2024-10">Kamala Harris</a> is trying to escape Joe Biden's unpopular shadow, but she's closing the presidential campaign with what was once his central message.Harris and her allies have seized on former White House chief of staff <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/john-kelly-says-trump-told-him-hitler-did-good-things-2024-10">John Kelly</a> calling Donald Trump a "fascist." Her campaign already has a TV ad with Kelly's words on the airwaves. Harris is planning a major speech on Tuesday that she will deliver in the same location where Trump pushed debunked claims about the 2020 election on the morning of January 6, 2021, hours before rioters stopped the certification of Trump's defeat. In a scene few could have once predicted, Harris is also relying on Republicans such as former Congresswoman Liz Cheney and conservatives like the noted commentator Charlie Sykes to drive home her pitch to more centrist voters.Her strategy is not without risk."It's a weak message that is not going to work for her, because it has already been tried out by President Biden over the past couple of years," Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist, told Business Insider. "What she should be doing is continuing to sell herself to the American people who don't know her quite yet, and she's only had 100 days to define herself."For months, polls have shown that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-us-economy-would-look-like-with-trump-biden-presidency-2024-5">the economy</a> remains voters' top concern, though democracy is still important. A New York Times-Siena College poll released on Friday found that the economy was the most important issue to 27% of the likely electorate. The state of democracy/corruption was further down the priority list behind abortion and immigration.Harris held a 6 percentage point lead regarding who voters trusted to do a better job handling democracy. But Trump is still more trusted when it comes to handling the economy.Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who ran twice for the Democratic presidential nomination, told the Associated Press that Harris "has to start talking more to the needs of working-class people." Addressing concerns that she's making the wrong closing argument, Harris told reporters on Friday that voters can process multiple things simultaneously."One of the things that I love about the American people is we can hold many thoughts at once," Harris said.Ryan Williams, who worked on Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign, said Harris' decision to lean further into attacking Trump risks striking the wrong chord with voters."It's a pretty dour and kind of dark closing message, which is pretty different than when she got into the race — this idea that she was running on vibes and joy," Williams told Business Insider. "This is not a joyful ending to the campaign to basically go out and accuse your opponent of being Hitler."In an interview with The New York Times, Kelly, who also once led the Homeland Security Department, said that Trump fell under the definition of being a "fascist" and would essentially govern like a dictator if voters return him to power. In response, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Kelly is "a LOWLIFE, and a bad General."Trump is one of the most well-known presidential hopefuls in history, making it difficult for new attacks to resonate. Polling shows Trump is also more popular now than when he left office in January 2021."Look, we've heard a lot of extreme things about Donald Trump, from Donald Trump, it's kind of par for the course, it's really, unfortunately, with a guy like that kind of baked into the vote at this point," Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, a Republican, recently told CNN when asked about Kelly's statements.Those outside the Harris campaign say her approach is well-taken. Evan Roth Smith, the lead pollster at BluePrint, pointed to the results of his group's testing of various potential closing arguments. A message pointing out that the vast majority of Trump's Cabinet has not endorsed his 2024 run and how his actions on January 6 endangered then-Vice President Mike Pence scored the highest. Roth Smith said the current messaging is different because some of the harshest criticisms come from those once inside Trump's White House."It's much convincing when Republicans say nasty things about Republicans and not just any Republican, someone, and more than one someone, who were faces of the Trump administration itself," he told Business Insider.

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