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OpenAI Takes Aim at Google & Southwest Ends Open Seating

Morning Brew Daily

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Business, News, Business News

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Episode 374: Neal and Toby discuss the massive change to Southwest’s business model by scraping its open seating policy. Will this move save the airliner? Then, the latest GDP report shows the US economy is stronger than ever, signaling a likely cut by the Fed in September. Next, OpenAI announces a new search engine that will directly compete with Google. Meanwhile, Trump proposes a ‘no tax on tips’ law meant to appeal to the working class, but some say it may actually hurt them instead of helping. Lastly, a beefy Olympics preview covering the latest scandals and intrigue surrounding the Games in Paris.  Checkout https://beehiiv.link/morning-brew-daily and get a 30 day free trial and also 20% off 3 months with code BREW Get your Morning Brew Daily T-Shirt HERE: https://shop.morningbrew.com/products/morning-brew-radio-t-shirt?_pos=1&_sid=6b0bc409d&_ss=r&variant=45353879044316  Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.0

Good morning Brew Daily Show, I'm Neil Freiman, and I'm Toby Howell.

0:31.0

Today, did Open AI just release its Google Killer introducing search gPT.

0:36.7

Then pour one out for the People's Airline. Southwest is getting rid of its open seating

0:42.2

policy.

0:43.2

It's Friday, July 26th.

0:45.2

Let's ride.

0:47.0

The Paris Olympics are off to an ominous start.

0:53.7

Just hours before the opening ceremony later today, France's high-speed rail network was hit with

0:58.9

coordinated arson attacks that has severely disrupted traffic along three train lines

1:04.2

according to the National Railway. It advised travelers to postpone their

1:08.4

trips if possible and canceled many trains. About 800,000 travelers will be impacted due to disruptions

1:15.0

that are expected to last through the weekend until Monday, not the kind of

1:19.5

news you want to wake up to, especially with the opening ceremony coming later today.

1:24.5

The timing could not be worse because not only is it the day of the opening ceremony, it's also

1:29.8

the first day of the Grand Depart, which is this key date for Parisians to begin

1:34.0

their summer breaks. Lots of city dwellers leave for the countryside for most of

1:38.0

August leaving Paris to the tourists. Obviously it's a unique year with the Olympics coming to town but

1:44.3

now people can't get out of town after the attack so just hope everything goes

1:48.5

smoothly and they can get these repairs done because it should be a joyous day

1:52.3

for Paris. Now a word from our sponsor

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