Will Elon Musk "Get Off The Politics Kick"? 10/14/24

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🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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During SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight on Sunday, its launch tower successfully caught the rocket’s “Super Heavy” booster. “Elon Musk” Biographer Walter Isaacson discusses the latest SpaceX milestone, Tesla’s pivot to AI and robotics, and the Cybercab reveal. He also weighs how Musk’s endorsement of Fmr. Pres. Trump could impact Tesla’s performance. Next, CNBC’s Kate Rooney reports that Wall Street’s hedge funds are competing for an edge using AI, for example through quickly analyzing financial reports or avoiding the “emotional” pitfalls of trading. Plus, the latest national NBC News poll shows the two presidential candidates in a deadlocked race, Musk’s X drops Unilever from its advertising lawsuit, and Delta pauses its hot meal service on more than 200 Detroit flights because of a “food safety issue.” Walter Isaacson 12:22 In this episode: Water Isaacson, @WalterIsaacson Kate Rooney, @Kr00ney Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Zach Vallese, @zachvallese

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:07.0	Elon Musk is extremely online.
0:10.0	Does the world's richest man's social media commentary and moves into politics take away from his other accomplishments?
0:17.0	More with Musk biographer Walter Isakson.
0:21.0	You can be really, really smart in some areas and really divisive and problematic in others.
0:27.0	Wall Street looking to AI to beat the market.
0:30.6	What does it mean when everybody is using it?
0:33.0	C. N. B. C. Runi.
0:35.0	This is sort of becoming the norm to a point where
0:38.0	you've got to get even better than AI at this point.
0:41.0	Plus, the clock ticks down to election day, X versus
0:45.8	advertisers, and an announcement in Stockholm.
0:49.2	Not a real Nobel Prize. Because it's not a real science. I'm C. M.C. producer Zach Valisei. It's Monday
0:56.1	October 14th. Squac pod begins right now.
1:00.0	Stand Becky by in three, two, one, queue please.
1:05.0	Good morning everybody and welcome to Squawk Box right here on
1:09.4	CMBC. We are live from the NASDAQzak Market site in Times Square.
1:13.0	I'm Becky Quick along with Joe Hernan and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
1:17.0	Thank you very much.
1:25.0	On Saturday a man was arrested after he stopped at a checkpoint near a campaign rally for former President Trump.
1:33.2	Authorities say he was attempting to enter the inside perimeter of security
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