Beware Election Deepfakes, Intel’s New Cash & International Day of Happiness 03/20/24

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Election season brings concerns of disinformation, interference, and deep fakes. Former Chief Security Officer of Facebook and current SentinelOne Chief Trust Officer Alex Stamos shares his biggest concerns for voters and democracy this year. A government shutdown looms once again, over lawmakers; CNBC’s Emily Wilkins discusses the spending bills that Congress still needs to pass before the deadline. Also in DC, the Biden administration will give Intel up to $8.5B in direct funding for computer chips in four states. Plus, Chipotle is moving forward with a 50-for-1 stock split, and happy International Day of Happiness! Harvard Professor and host of “How to Build a Happy Life” Arthur Brooks shares his tips for living better. Emily Wilkins - 14:09 Alex Stamos - 20:56 Arthur Brooks - 30:44 In this episode: Arthur Brooks, @arthurbrooks Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Katie Kramer: @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	Hi, I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer, today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	Protecting our election security, the danger of deep fakes to voters.
0:14.0	Security expert Alex Stamos.
0:16.0	From my perspective, like the real danger here
0:18.1	is around the actual mechanism of the election.
0:20.3	The other thing that I'm really worried about
0:21.8	is tying that to actual cyber attacks against election structure.
0:26.0	And Intel awarded $8 billion from the federal government in a major CHIPS Act award.
0:32.0	Other countries are spending heavily
0:34.0	and investing in this, and if we're not, we get left behind.
0:36.7	You got to be right about it.
0:38.6	Plus the next government funding deadline, Chipotle splitting
0:42.4	investors burritos, and get happy!
0:45.2	Squawk's unofficial Chief Happiness Officer Arthur Brooks on feeling good wherever you are.
0:50.3	What Americans have in common is that happiness has everything to do with family life and adventure.
0:55.0	It's not contentedness like you would find in other places.
0:58.0	It's Wednesday, March 20th.
1:01.0	It's International Happiness Day, and I'm happy as a clam. Squack pod begins right now.
1:07.0	Stand Becky by in three, two, one, queue please.
1:12.0	Good morning everybody.
1:13.0	Welcome to Squackbox right here on C.
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