altman released a statement on behalf of jimenez. family denied the allegations and adding that any is facing mental health challenges. the lawsuit asks for more than $75,000 in damages. president elect trump will not face any time in prison. a judge sentenced him today in that new york hush money case. kron four's washington correspondent vinay simlot reports. >> president elect donald trump won't face prison time probation or a fine, but he will take office as the first u.s. president with a felony conviction after his unconditional discharge sentence. in layman's terms, no strings attached a jury found trump guilty of illegally covering up $130,000 payment to. actress stormy daniels. trump appeared at the hearing virtually it was 10 to damage my reputation so that i'd lose the election. republican speaker of the house mike johnson called the case politically motivated. oklahoma republican senator markwayne mullin tweeted it's a baseless nyc. liberal activists sharad. if this was your ordinary citizen. >> i find it very, very hard

altman denies the accusation. in fact, the entire altman family sam, his mother, his other siblings all say it's not true. and altman had made those accusations previously on social media. but this is the first time she's brought a court action. a statement from the altman family says the younger sister faces mental health challenges and refuses conventional treatment, and lashes out at family members who are trying to help. donald trump asked about mark zuckerberg's sudden change of mind about fact checking at his press conference yesterday. zuckerberg says facebook will no longer actively work to correct falsehoods online, depending on users. instead, trump, who's constantly berated zuckerberg and facebook, says those threats probably helped spark change in facebook. actually, i watched it on fox. i'm not allowed to say that. say it. do you think he's directly responding to the threats that you have made to him in the past with these actions? yeah, probably. the last time. and the former head of moviepass has pl

the abuse allegations made by his sister, and altman filed a lawsuit in federal court in missouri on claiming that he sexually assaulted her from 1997 to 2006 at their home near saint louis. according to the suit, the abuse began when she was three years old and her brother was 12. she claims that she's experienced ptsd, extreme emotional distress and mental anguish as a result, and altman is seeking at least $75,000 in damages. in a joint statement with his mother and brothers. sam altman says the claims were false and that his sister struggles with mental health issues, but refuses treatment. >> amanda, this is our moment. >> this is our movement. >> this is our oakland. >> so let's do this. >> former east bay congresswoman barbara lee is making it official. yesterday, lee formally announced her candidacy for oakland mayor. in a campaign video, she says she wants to prioritize public safety, mental health services, homelessness and fiscal responsibility. oakland's special election for new mayor is in april. voters recalled sheng tao in last november's election. people in san franci

any altman filed a lawsuit this week saying her brother sexually assaulted or between 1997 2006 sam altman released a statement on behalf his family denying the allegations and adding that and he is facing mental health challenges. the lawsuit asks for more than $75,000 in damages. graduate. >> the francisco fire department will soon have a new chief. barry is mayor daniel lurie has kept a battalion chief dean. chris penn to take over the role. he's a san francisco native with 34 years of service chief chris penn spoke earlier today sharing his goals for the department. >> my goal for this department is to ensure it remains in touch with the community. it serves. department members must concern themselves, not just with the beauty of the fire engine or ambulance, but the beauty and health of the neighborhood. i will ask our members to engage with the public to form bonds that will move our city forward. >> crispin replaces sandy tong who has been filling in as interim chief since september crispin will spend the next couple of weeks transitioning into his new role before officially taking

luxury realtor josh altman with us now.at lot of homes in l.a., obviously, when we see a fire like this, what happens to the real estate market after the fires. >>? >> stuart, i wish i was here celebrating a big sale or something like that, but unfortunately we're here talking about a thousand new renters and buyers that have now, unfortunately, entered into the l.a. real estate market. my phone over the past 48 hours has been ringing nonstop with different types of calls. first, you have the call for immediate occupancy in a turnkey property where somebody can put their family and then figure out where they're going to go, and then you have the next call for the long-term leases, for the two years, maybe even three years because that's how long it's going to take to build these houses. and then you have the other call which is the people who are not going to go with back to to places like the palisades. it's going the take too long. you have neighborhoods that are going to be build. are they going to want to the finish the

sam altman, diving into his four-day firing, chatgpt.vestigation done by bloomberg businessweek. this is "bloomberg technology." ♪ caroline: today, we bring you the latest from exclusive bloomberg businessweek interview with sam altman. he discusses his infamous firing, how he runs openai now, his plans for the trump presidency, and relentless pursuit of agi. mark milian is part of a deeply reported out q&a. it starts with the key moments. sam altman discussing when he started thinking developing agi. what was the jaw-dropping moment for you? >> i think the thing that surprised me the most is when he is given the opportunity to talk about your big ambitions, what you want to solve. he talks about fusion energy, that is the one thing. obviously, he is focused on creating super intelligent supercomputers and artificial general intelligence and all of these wacky ideas. he has this big investment in fusion energy which is kind of a scary concept to a lot of people and also, is it even going to work? has science proven fusion energy is going

in a lawsuit filed in federal court, and altman alleges her brother abused and manipulated her whilewere growing up in missouri in the late 1990's and early 2000's. in this statement on behalf of himself, his mother, and brothers, sam altman called the claims utterly untrue. a british politician has criticized a shein representative about the firm's practices. the business committee chair william burns said he has almost zero confidence in the fast fashion company supply chain after the representative declined to comment on whether it's products contain for the region. shein is targeting a potential ipo in london later this year. openai arrival is set to be in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in a funding round that is $60 billion valuation. lightspeed venture partners is leading the round. it's one of many start ups raising billions amid the hype over generative ai. amazon said in november it was interesting and additional $4 billion to boost its stake. jp morgan is said to be planning its hybrid work option for employees requiring everyone to return to the office five days a week

howard altman. thanks, sabrina. can you talk about the status of the so-called cease-fire between the turkish backed forces [inaudible] >> thanks howard for the questions but as you heard me say earlier we support the cessation of all violence. right now this is the time to focus on and increase stability in the region. as we have said before before from this podium the u.s. supports syria's territorial integrity and enforcing a syrian led political process while remaining focused on our mission there which is to ensure the enduring defeat of isis and any terrorism coming out of the area. we know that isis uses moments like this to exploit instability which is why we are continuing our mission there. toto ensure that isis can never reconstitute or search back to what we saw. thank you sabrina. at two questions. can you clarify the date of the meeting. will it be january 7 or later and will there be another meeting or is this the last meeting during this administration and the second question should we expect more in

howard altman. >> can you talk about the status of sathe so-called cease-fire and the turkish backed forces and what support is the us providing in that area or in a particular part? >> as you heard me say earlier we do support the do cessation of all violence in parts of syria. right now this is the time to focus on and increase the ability in the region. as we said before from this podium the us supports serious territorial integrity and focuses on promoting a inclusive syrian led political process while remaining focused on our mission there to ensure the defeat of crisis and any terrorism coming out of syria. we know isis uses moments like this to exploit pl instability which is why we nt are continuing our mission there to ensure isis can never reconstitute or surge back to what we saw just a decade agoand i will leave it at that. >> . [inaudible] ... >> .. thank you. is there anything we can say, what kind of discussions were held? >> thank you for the question. i don't have more provide. what happened with our is under investigation. they hit one of our teams. an ongoing inves

. >> openai sam altman posting a cryptic message about the future of artificial intelligence.t allegedly were technology can surpass human control saying near the singularity unclear which side. he later added to the confusion saying the post might also relate to the simulation hypothesis that the theory that the world is living in nothing but a computer simulation. he is watching too much syfy channel. incoming first lady melania trump teaming up with amazon prime on the documentary about her life which will hit theaters and streaming in the second half of the year. it will give viewers an unprecedented look behind-the-scenes of her life and her work. amazon founder jeff bezos meeting were present electronic after his election victory and doting $1 million to his street. melania trump speaking with maria and october about how her life has changed since her husband donald trump came down the escalator in 2015. listen. >> the whole cancel culture. suddenly the powers that be wanted to cancel you, what happened and how did that feel. >> it happened in the white house and he anno

howard altman? >> thank you, sabrina carroll can you talk about -- the so- called cease-fire between the turkish forces and -- and what level support is the u.s. providing in that particular part of syria? >> thank you for the question, howard. as you heard me say earlier, we do support the cessation of all violence in parts of syria. right now, this is a time to focus on and increase stability in the region. as we said before from this podium, the u.s. supports serious territorial integrity and our focus is on about political process while remaining focused on our mission, which is to ensure the enduring defeat of i.s.i.s. and any terrorism coming out of syria. we know that i.s.i.s. uses moments like this to try to exploit instability, which is why we are continuing our mac mission there to ensure that i.s.i.s. can never recover. not to like a decade ago. >> i have a couple questions. can you clarify the date of the meeting? will it be on january 7th or later? will there be another meeting held by

he's filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the restructuring, accusing openai and its boss, sam altman, thun is director of europe & transatlantic partnerships at the think tank the open markets institute. how does the appointment of adebayo ogunlesi, a senior managing director at blackrock, help with its new mission? i think adebayo ogunlesi is a big name on wall street, has advised many leading companies. i think for openai this point is about signalling to investors openai is serious about growth and has a serious plan for commercialising its ai technologies in a market that is increasingly competitive. what does commercialising their mean? what do we expect openai to do differently under its new direction? i think it is about showing technologies like chatgpt and other models that open a high have developed have viable use cases for consumers, for businesses that are capable of generating a stable long—term revenue stream for openai, despite the fact there has been a lot of attention around openai technologies, they have not really proved that kind of long—term viability yet. we lon

altman posted a joint statement with his mother and his brothers denying those allegations, claiming annie faces mental health challenges and the justice department is suing six large landlords for using an algorithm to help set rents and keep them high. ten states, including california, have joined that suit. prosecutors say the companies also share information on rental prices and occupancy to boost profits. the landlords were added to an existing suit against the property management software company realpage. the company says it is being scapegoated for high housing costs caused by a shortage of homes. all the latest in technology. technological advances are currently on display this week in las vegas. more than 4000 companies are taking part in the consumer electronics show, which began nearly 60 years ago. this year's main themes include artificial intelligence and solutions to fundamental human problems such as access to food, clean air, clean water and quality health care. >> a new cold front is moving south, and it could mean big trouble in the coming days. 'm hayl m (wife) s

howard altman. >> thanks, pat. couple questions on different subjects. what is the u.s. assessment of the capability of the north korean troops that are fighting in kursk? are they capable and well-equipped? the other question is how dangerous is the ongoing battle between turkish backed forces to the u.s. objectives of stopping and fighting isis? maj. gen. ryder: on your first question, i won't go into specific intelligence other than to say all indications are that these are relatively well disciplined, competent forces. the dprk forces. primarily infantry focused so again by all accounts they are capable and what we are seeing one of the battlefield is that they do present a threat. ukrainians are doing a good job of holding the line, although it is very tough fighting and we have seen the russians make some incremental gains. as far as the sdf and turkey or turkish backed forces in northern syria, again as i highlighted earlier we do continue to see the cease-fire hold. we do want to see a de-escalation of hostilities. what we don't want to see is a resurgence of isi

openai ceo sam altman and meta both announced that theyave the same amount late last year. okay, if you live in san francisco, you may soon need to find yourself another pharmacy. that's because walgreens says it will close a dozen stores in the city at the end of february. those stores are part of the company's larger plan to shutter sosome 1200 stos nationwide. in a statement about the upcoming san francisco closures, the company said in part that, quote, increase regulatory and reimbursement pressures are weighing on our ability to cover costs associated with rent, staffing and supply needs. today, we spoke with customers who had mixed feelings about the closures. it doesn't matter. you're going to have to drive a little further. and the parking is really good here, too. so i'm worried that i have to go somewhere where the parking isn't as great and it's just going to make everything a little harder. just the environment. you know how things are today. nothing is secure that it's going to be here forever. so it just gets down to it's business. walgreens says it will noti

howard altman. reporter: thank, pat, a couple of questions on different subjects. one, what is the u.s. assessment of the capability of the north korean troops that are fighting in kursk. are they capable? well-equipped? and the other question is, in -- how dangerous is the ongoing battle between kurkey and turkish-backed forces in the s.d.f. to u.s. objectives of stopping fighting isis? general ryder: on your first question, i won't go into specific intelligence other than to say, you know, all indications are that these are relatively well disciplined, competent forces, you know, the dprk forces. primarily infantry fos focused and so you know, again by all accounts, you know, they are capable and what we're seeing on the battlefield is that they art a threat. the ukrainians are doing a good job of holding the line, although again it is very tough fighting and we have seen the russians make some incremental gains. as far as the s.d.f. and turkiye, or turkish-backed forces in northern syria, again, as i highlighted earlier, we do continue to see the ceasefire hold.

well, we've been speaking with the host of the conservative daily pulled costs, just jo altman and he says state security services are increasingly failing to be able to identify and monitor suspects such as the one in new orleans. it's a very dangerous game that we're playing right now because, and most, most of the things that are happening that are related to this always tend to lead back to being on a tear watch list being someone that they've been watching for, for some time. and, and the day they failed to act before the, the, you know, an event like this happened. so it's, it's, it's, it's become all to come and play, such as in united states, but around the world. and in large part you can't regulate against it. you just gotta figure out ways to have a better, more modern society and that's what we're running away from. it could be linked to it a, could it be a fan boy of the organization as well. they're also coming out saying that there's 4 or 5 other people that are suspected of being that he did not act alone. they had barriers as a plastic theirs were set up. um they did

any altman filedea lawsuit monday alleging her brother sexually assaulted her between 1997 2006 sam altman released a statement on behalf of himself and his family denying the allegations and adding that his sister is facing mental health challenges. lawsuit asks for more than $75,000 in damages. the oakland police commission is seeking public input on proposed changes to the city's vehicle pursuit policy. after criticism from governor gavin newsom, a special meeting happened yesterday at city hall at 05:30pm. a town hall is slated to take place next wednesday at east bay church of religious sites. any proposed changes could affect high-speed chases, which have led to accidents and fatalities. oakland's current policy restricts pursuits to only violent crimes that has resulted in higher than average collisions when compared to state data newsom continues to ask for support from the city. and we will continue to follow that story closely for you. in a last-ditch effort to save tiktok from the looming ban. the social media giant took legal fight to the supreme court urging the justices to in

he's filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the restructuring — accusing 0penai and its boss sam altman of, i spoke to max von thun from the think tank the open markets institute and began by asking him what he expects 0penai to do differently as a for profit company. i think it is about really showing that technologies like chatgpt and other models that 0penai have developed really have viable use cases for consumers, for businesses that are capable of generating a stable long—term revenue stream for 0penai. i think the fact that there has been a lot of hype and attention over 0penai's technologies, they haven't really proved that kind of long—term viability yet. we were mentioning moment ago the lawsuit that elon musk is taking against 0penai, accusing it ofjoining up with microsoft in monopolistic fashion, what are your thoughts on the merits of that case? so, there are two key claims that are part of elon musk�*s lawsuit. the first is that moving away from a nonprofit status into a for—profit status, 0penai is abandoning its original mission to develop ai for the benefit of humanity. a

i see less of a distinction between tim cook or sam altman personally donating.s. it's very obvious what they're doing. >> why do you think that some are doing it personally and some are doing it as a corporation. >> apple usually doesn't donate politically. >> from that perspective the idea of saying i'm going to donate but not take shareholders' dollars to do it. >> that's probably the thing. >> if you have not used company money to -- >> do it in the past. and there's also a reason i think it's interesting, apple is not talking publicly about this. that dinner at mar-a-lago apple completely silent about what was discussed, apple completely silent about this inauguration donation from tim cook. they don't want to touch this or openly admit that this is actually happening. i think that speaks volumes as well because they know it's kind of icky. it's interesting to see this change from so many of these people after eight years. >> icky. >> icky. >> icky is the new practical. steve, thank you. we will have a lot more on big tech and the markets at the top of the h

itself, salt altman quoted -- sam altman quoted saying in the next four years or the trump administration we're likely to get to agi. he said that. >> yes. >> interesting to see him sort of discuss the next four years and artificial general intelligence being reached which is the reason that they even created openai, of course. >> right. >> way back when. and autonomous vehicles, as well, and advances that are going to be made this year. there's a lot that we're going to be -- as we have been for years, but it may start to question. the question is what's it going to mean for the enterprise. >> right. >> for companies in terms of use of robotics, in terms of a.i. and intelligence being used in the enterprise to help efficiency and productivity. >> i'm going verrazano bridge you. >> okay. >> the reason why you do the getty shutter stock, this thing can read video. it's a killer. i mean, this is the type of thing that i would never allow -- like these two should be competing against each other. this is the video -- say you wanted this as the picture, i've often mentioned that. if you want t

. >> sam altman is not wrong, though. while we're talking about canada and all kinds of stuff and cartoons, we are getting close to agi, which is basically going to have computers that are as smart as me and you and very soon way smarter than all of us combined. that's a big deal. now, sam doesn't want to have to fight donald trump while his company is doing that and he wants to pay his million dollar fee. that million dollar fee is a .001 rounding error on his company. i think sometimes we miss big stuff. however, i want to say something about the cartoonist. it is amazing in the age of artificial intelligence and space flights, whatever that somebody picking up a pen and paper, that was not just pen and paper, and drawing something is much more powerful. see the thing about a cartoon which is different which i do think it's wrong to knock out a cartoon because an essay was written. you know in two seconds you don't know what the cartoon is doing. you have to read the whole essay. the power of cartooning, even today, you

. >> you've done fascinating interviews with sam altman. >> i think openai is way attention, head, andt's the problem. everyone thinks that elon is an entrepreneur, and he is, but he's a better person. he didn't create tesla, for example, or some of the other things, he is just a good business person. a henry ford character. and i think what's interesting, he uses lawsuits, noise, he uses attacks, personal attacks, he uses his now twitter, he uses that, or x, whatever you want to call it. he uses all his tools to do these things. and they're often the same, they're all to create noise and attention on him. because really, the stock reflects elon musk all the time. >> he has a lot of levers. >> he does now. >> kara, thank you. always great to talk to you. >>> up next, justin trudeau's departure as canada's prime minister. >>> and the president and first lady are in new orleans. we're going to have comments there, plus more on the ongoing investigation. >>> and later, more on the unease surrounding january 6th pardons. >>> president biden is in new orleans right now. he and the first lad

meanwhile, open ai ceo is denying sexual abuse allegations made by his sister, altman claims her brother abused her regularly between 1997 and 2006. she has previously made public accusations and o post on x says the claims are quote, utterly untrue. and u.s. steel ceo is calling on president-elect trump to reverse president biden's decision to block the sale of his company to japan's nippon. >> what we want is for due process to work. and obviously, we have a new president that will take a fresh look at this. we understand what his current views are. he's a smart guy. he has the opportunity to take -- have fresh eyes and do what's right. i believe strongly he will. >> and president-elect trump has previously expressed opposition to that deal. and delta airlines striking a new deal with uber, allowing its sky miles members to earn miles for the ride sharing app. and that move ends delta's eight-year partnership with lyft. the new partnership is set to begin in the spring, frank. >> it's interesting. you fly somewhere and a lot of times you need the uber. that makes sense for the ride sha

so will sam altman. meta and amazon will each donate a million dollars as well. democratic massachusetts senator warren posted on x, quote. it is no secret why apple ceo is cirqueing up to donald trump. republicans are planning for corporate tax cuts that would give apple more in hand-outs. mar-a-lago trump hosted italian prime minister saturday night. later he will meet with house republicans at mar-a-lago to discuss a single reconciliation package with top priorities. as we move forward don't forget about trump's history with bezos. the two criticized each other during and after trump's first term. their relationship appears to be improving. back in october bezos prevented the "washington post" that he owns from endorsing a presidential candidate. amazon will also stream trump's inauguration on prime video. that's not all. amazon has exclusively licenseed and up coming documentary of melania trump. this morning, dana, trump's legal team filed a motion to stay his upcoming sentencing in his new york criminal trial. that is set for friday. if that motion is denie

this is who is insofar, zuckerberg, elon musk, sam altman all sitting together.ef executives of tesla, amazon, open ai and meta on the platform. that's a place to sit because trump's cabinet and elected officials all sit. former first lady michelle obama skipping this but hasn't given reason yet. former president barack obama is confirmed. michelle obama also just missed president jimmy carter's funeral which a lot of people are talking about that, too. this comes as president-elect donald trump announced tuesday he's going to create an external revenue office upon his return to the white house to collect all foreign source revenues such as tariffs, okay? he says for far too long we have relied on taxing our great people using the irs. through soft and pathetically weak trade agreements, the american economy has delivered growth and prosperity in the world while taxing ourselves. i think people at home are interested in hearing more about instead of ditching the irs how they are going to take tariffs from these other nations. back out here live the world economic

's liberty realtor josh altman will walk us through what the fires mean for the insurance crisis anddy michaels tells us about evacuating her mom from the fires and what she called the beyond negligent leadership in california. former federal prosecutor on trump's next step after his unconditional discharge in new york. the 11:00 hour is next. ♪ ♪ advil liqui-gels are faster and stronger than tylenol rapid release gels. ♪ also from advil, advil targeted relief, the only topical with 4 powerful pain fighting ingredients that start working on contact and lasts up to 8 hours. (auctioneer) let's start the bidding at 5 million dollars. thank you, sir. (man) these people of privilege... hoarding the financial advantages for far too long. (auctioneer) 7.5 at the back. (man) look at them — unaware that robinhood gold members now enjoy the vip treatment — a 3% ira match on retirement contribus. (auctioneer) 11 million sir. (man) once they discover their privileges are no longer exclusive... their fragile reality will plunge into disarray. ♪ sofi is helping me get my money right to achieve my

lauren: it's a nuclear power startup backed by sam altman of openai.hroughout the sector. this is what happened with the treasury department and irs revised tax credit rules for companies making hydrogen and look at oklo, stock is up this year young 28% already on top of huge gains next year. i also want to take a look at defense stocks. they are down today for the most part. you can see lockheed down 2%, rtx down 1. barclay's cut the defense stock price targets on three of them in particular. all three harris, lockheed martin and general dynamics are concerned about the budget and doge and not enough money coming into the sector. stuart: lauren, thank you. the president of honduras is threatening to kick u.s. troops out of the country if trump follows through with the deportation plans. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, has trump responded to this yet? reporter: stu, the trump transition team responded with a relatively tame statement "the trump administration looks forward to engaging our latin american partners to insure our southern borde

stuart: openai sam altman has been to mar-a-lago and talked to trump and donated millions to a fund andou a contact about ai in the future? >> not surprisingly for any company that is in the middle of such transformative technology and you have to think about this at the scale of electricity it'll impact how we work, live, communicate, even how we play, all of those things come back. this technology is so big and of course a company like ours, you know, by definition has to be in conversations with folks coming in to lead this country as we go forward. look, i think one thing that we are really struck by, excited by, interested in and certainly want to be partners with is president elect trump made really clear his perspective on ai. it is to make sure that america wins on a national security piece, and wins on the economic competitiveness piece. we understand as the premier inviter in this space we need to bush innovator in this space we need to be part of that and be supportive of reaching his goals. stuart: you got that in, you're the premier developer of ai. kris lehane, thanks for

stuart: we have sam altman, mark zuckerberg and other business leaders going to the inauguration insteadeconomic forum in data da. >> momma didn't raise no dummy.. these guys know where the bread is buttered and the future of their companies, and they're going to try and get as close as they can to the decision makers of washington dc. if i were running one of these companies, i'd do the same thing. smart move. stuart: never been to davs and probably never will. >> me either but this will be missent inauguration, and they are all awesome because they are a slice of american history and we'll be there covering it over the weekend. stuart: i've been covering inauguration since 1976. >> and your favorite moment? stuart: ronald reagan. >> '81 in stuart: yes, the moment he game the president and iranians released the hostages after 440 days. you'll get a repeat of this in this week. >> we'll see. we'll see. stuart: i think. let's get to the view, shall we. this is just for you. joy behar called out carrie underwood for agreeing to perform at trump's inauguration. roll it. >> how do you love y

he's accusing openai ceo sam altman of abandoning the original mission of developing ai for the benefit of humanity. musk filed the case last year, then withdrew it last summer only to refile it. 2 months later with the new lawyer in federal court in san francisco. >> you want for your help this morning. the fda requiring new nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage products because if you've ever gone shopping, you know, you have to flip it over in tiny print shows you what is in the product. this move aims to change that and by deult change the eating habits if you pay attention, then they're hoping that that will lower the rates of obesity and food and diet related illnesses that we're seeing increase in this nation. this plan is designed so you can easily read the contents of the food item right there up front. restaurants, bars and live music club. it's called mama can has announced that they're going to have to close their doors. they've only been operational for 2 and a half years now in san jose located in downtown. and they just released the reason posting this heartf

we already heard about open ai's ceo, sam altman donating a million dollars to the donation.on. $1 million from the company itself and another million from dara khosrowshahi, and there's elon musk, spending $277 million trying to help trump get re-elected. a lot of money from tech pouring in. i should also note robinhood and some other crypto firms as well. >> it's one of these things, they cozy up to the party in pao, in the obama years, it was that, it was trump, then biden, and now back to trump. the idea that these companies have to stand for something has given way to the real politics of, yeah, you want good relationships with whoever's in office. it feels obvious to say, but feels like a departure from a few years ago when it was very much more about moral posturing. >> now it's money posturing, because the perception here is that trump will be very transactional, as he was in his first term. and i always go back to the example, when we talk about this to jeff bezos. trump really made his life tough during his first presidency, going after him about abusing allegedly t

thank you, sam altman. or you will go to hell the bad the bad place. another comparison to religion is, of course we've got to talk about god. so when i first started writing about privacy it was about 2009. i was at the wall street journal and i went into my editors and i was like, you know, there's all this like, stuff tracking you across internet. and they were like, no way. what? and i was like, i'm going to do some stories about. and so i wrote a bunch of stories and then i remember my editor called, me into his office one day and he said, you know, i'm just i'm feeling like they know all these things because my series was called what they know and it was all about all these things they know about you and he was like, i think we're talking about his god. and i was like, what? and and he was like, yeah, god knows everything. so now they've invented god. and i was like, i'm you can look at it that way, but that's not how seeing it. but i have noticed in the years since i've been writing about privacy that there are a lot of people who feel that same

while altman is focused on the future, there are some who are worried about the safety and regulationf ai. recently, openai disbanded its teams that were created to tackle ai safety. >> what can go wrong? >> everything. >> you know. up next, some things you need to know today. >> you know, i'm just gonna watch whatever this four hour movie is and hope everything ends up okay. yeah. as we head to break a live look outside at 655. we'll be right back. i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm lyanne melendez, i'm luz pena, i'm tara campbell, i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news. >> we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our city better. (banker 1) let's hear it! (vo) with wells fargo premier a team can help you plan for your dream. (woman) i have this vacation home... (banker 2) so, like a getaway? (woman) yeah, but... it's also an eco-friendly artist retreat. (banker 3) so, you're expanding your business... (woman) ...and our family! can you help me plan for that? (banker 1) yeah! let's get started. (vo) ready to meet the dream team? you can with wells fargo. joining us here are the seve

meta and amazon are each donating $1 million to trump's inaugural fund, along with openai ceo sam altman. amazon will air the event on its prime streaming service. founders mark zuckerberg and jeff bezos have clashed with trump in the past, but now say they look forward to working with the administration. here are some key dates to watch ahead of donald trump's return to the white house and the federal government. january 3rd. the 119th congress will be sworn in, and members will pick a speaker. january 6th. congress will convene to count the electoral college votes. january 20th. white house move in day for the trumps and the inauguration. a reminder if you want to see this show again, you can see it on our fox local app. it's a free download for your smart tv or phone. you can find this program and lots of other extra content from our newsroom. that is our special report. thanks for watching the transition of power i'm greg lee. we'll see you next time. get an act of terrorism. as investigators look for a motive and accomplices. >> this perpetrator who went around our barricades in ord

>> sam altman said last month that trump will lead us into the if age of a.i., and so they want him tod that age. charles: but everyone's throwing in the towel. [laughter] no one is fighting back. do you think they also know that the american people are firmly behind him. >> oh, yeah. obviously, we've had a sea change, right? we were really going down the progressive policies for the last, i'd say, eight years. and all of a sudden, oops, stop, those people went too far, we're going to go back. this is this is really is motivated, charles, by the understood the of deregulation and support from the add administration that believes in a.i. charles: talking about a.i., trump announcing the $20 billion keel. by the way, it's from private money. we are in a serious race with china, and there used to be the saying that demographics are destiny? i think right now tech the logical supremacy is destiny. and although we've got a big lead many in data centers, folks, it's a lot tighter in other areas. for instance, china, check this out. this is the lead china has on a.i. patents. they are so far

and he's accusing openai ceo sam altman of abandoning the original mission of developing ai for the benefit of humanity. musk case last year. then withdrew it last summer only to refile it. 2 months later with a new lawyer in federal court in san francisco. more developing news now. there's a shakeup at meta last week as we know the menlo park based company announced they'd be getting rid of fact. checking. well, now bloomberg is reporting that the ceo mark zuckerberg plans on cutting 5% of his workforce, which comes to about 3600 people. zuckerberg says he made the decision in order to cut low performers. mark zuckerberg, the ceo believes they have to work. >> more quickly to weed out what he's calling loper former. so getting much more aggressive in the means by which they do. these performance-based reviews. and i think that's a trend we may see more of in silicon valley. >> you some people believe the real motive behind this move is for company to focus more on artificial intelligence. we have reached out to meta world. but, you know, when we hear back. >> a 22. and still ahead, san fra

elon musk, jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg, sam altman, just to name a few.what message does that send? >> i think to me, this is a larger story of how quickly corporate america and silicon valley has changed since november 5th. i mean, we have seen a sea change from both sides. i think it is a reflection of they are waking up and realizing that the world doesn't revolve around silicon valley and new york city and washington, d.c., that there's a whole country in between that hasn't been loving what's been going on in corporate america with their woke policies and the censorship coming out of some of these tech companies. and i think these guys are finally waking up to it that many of the voters in this country are looking for something different out of corporate america, or they know which side of their bread is buttered. >> it's about their money for them and lining their pockets. >> so i like my analogy better. bread and butter. lindsey johnson, lance trover. thank you both so much. well, you know the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. well,

but jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg, sam altman from openai, we've just heard is going, i think believe potentiallyim cook is also going to be attending. a lot of these are people who either trump said some of them should be in jail or was famously, famously critical of them, or vice versa. what is your view as a member of congress with oversight of a lot of these contracts that that these guys have with the federal government? what's your view of that? >> well, attending the inauguration, i mean, that's i think, and donating, i think it's kind of normal. but there's a lot of financial interest involved here right now in that, for example, if tiktok is banned in the united states of america, where is that business going to go? it's going to all go to facebook and to meta. but, you know, that's him showing up at the inauguration or contributing to the inauguration that's happened throughout history. we just have to have our eyes open as we go along and watch what's going on. >> but it does come as there's a fascinating split happening inside the maga world between elon musk and steve bannon. and ste

comes as the trump whisperer, along with tech billionaires jeff bezos and mark zuckerberg and sam altman, will be front row at the trump inauguration, showing their influence over the next administration. and it also comes as the wall street journal and bloomberg are reporting that china is considering selling tiktok to musk. i remember just days from now, tiktok is scheduled to be banned here in the united states over security concerns. we happen to have another bidder at the table for tiktok, but i wonder what you make, kevin of the possibility that they might be considering it. and we have the picture here. you were just down in florida with trump. >> um, look at that suit that don johnson, miami vice suit i look spectacular. i look spectacular. >> that suit really is something. i'm not going to lie. >> i can't believe how good i look. >> but what did he think of the prospects of you potentially. um. and frank mccourt buying tiktok? >> yes. frank and i have put the syndicate together. i've been working on this deal for two years. so is frank, just to clarify, the musk story? yes, that

. >> the other one on this one were sam altman's comments on a.i.t we will see agents work their way into the workforce this year. >> i think that's what jensen huang is talking about. the fact that you will see robots everywhere. health is an area we haven't seen. i've done one of these fta tests for a drug that i've invented, and you can't afford it, if you're an individual. there's no individual other than maybe musk. but if you had agents that could check in on the patients, the next thing you know is that you would have very inexpensive costs to be able to get in front of the fda. it does matter. >> we'll watch those calls nd a bunch of others as well. opening bell is coming up in about four and a half minutes. don't forget, you can catch us anytime, anywhere. the "squawk on the street," opening bell podcast. >>> busy week for fed speech. already getting the first comments of the week out of liz cook. she does say the fed can be more cautious on cuts. >> i think the fed has to position itself that way. they didn't position itself well going int