meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Wall Street Breakfast

Wall Street Breakfast: AI Frenzy

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business, Investing, Business News, News

3.8950 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

AI frenzy: Baidu (BIDU) confirms plan to launch ChatGPT-like bot called 'Ernie'. Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) to launch Bard chatbot for feedback as it steps up AI competition. Boeing (BA) to cut 2,000 white-collar jobs in finance, HR - report.

Our links:
Wall Street Breakfast: seekingalpha.com/wsb
Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast brings the top news to investors every morning. Released by 8:00am ET, it's all the news you need to know for your market day.

Seeking Alpha Premium: https://seekingalpha.com/premium/getting-started
A comprehensive set of features and analysis that helps take the guesswork out of your investing decisions. Get the bottom-line on any stock or ETF with our Premium tools.

Alpha Picks: https://seekingalpha.com/alpha-picks/subscribe
Alpha Picks gives you two top stock picks each month, sifted from Seeking Alpha’s analysis of thousands of stocks. We do the work. You reap the rewards.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WallStBreakfast

Show links:

Economy in focus at Biden's State of the Union address

Bed Bath & Beyond pares monster gain after convertible stock deal announced

CVS close to acquiring Oak Street Health for $10.5B - WSJ

Restaurant groups Cava, Fogo, Panera reportedly eyeing 2023 IPOs

Sam Bankman-Fried reaches deal with federal prosecutors on use of encrypted apps

Dalius Taurus: https://seekingalpha.com/author/dalius-taurus/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Did you hear the one about Bard, Chat, and Ernie? No, it's not a new joke, but it is something to talk about and three companies are in a frenzy.

0:10.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:18.0

Good morning, today is Tuesday, February 7th, and I'm your host Julie Morgan, our top stories.

0:24.3

An AI frenzy.

0:26.0

Google and Baidu both announced they are moving closer to their respective AI goals.

0:31.2

And Microsoft is expected to make an announcement about chat

0:34.6

gbt today. Bed Bath and Beyond had a very positive day Monday.

0:39.8

Struggling retailer saw its shares rocket up over 90% in just one session.

0:45.2

Seeking Alpha Associate News Editor Kevin Curran reports on what's next for the meme stock.

0:51.6

Boeing confirms it is cutting 2,000 jobs in two departments.

0:56.0

Just last week we told you the company is hiring 10,000 workers in 2023.

1:02.1

We begin with an AI frenzy.

1:04.8

Baidu has confirmed an earlier report that it will complete internal testing and

1:09.2

launches chat gPT-like bot in March, joining a global race as interest in artificial intelligence

1:15.8

gather steam. Pre-market Baidu is up more than 15%. The platform will be called Ernie Bot, which stands for enhanced representation through knowledge integration.

1:27.0

Baidu aims to make the service available as a standalone application and gradually merge it into its search engine.

1:33.5

And we said frenzy, right?

1:35.2

Google CEO Sundar Pachai said on Monday

1:38.2

that the tech giant would unveil its barred chatbot

1:41.2

for feedback with a wider public release coming in short order.

1:45.6

In a blog post, Pachai said that the barred chatbot would be powered by language model

1:50.5

for dialogue applications or Lambda, Google's artificial intelligence.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Seeking Alpha, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Seeking Alpha and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.