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  Leaders in AI have joined a refrain to slow the pace of innovation as fears of AI’s risk to humanity mount . Dario Amodei , Sam Altman , Demis Hassabis, Satya Nadella , and Elon Musk have all commented on the concerns, while President Trump insists that competing with China is paramount . Former Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, now an Independent, calls on President Trump to use his executiv...

25 years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Squawk Box remembers those who were lost and those who rebuilt. KBW CEO Tom Michaud, spared that day by mere chance, remembers the third of his colleagues who were killed in the south World Trade Center tower. Michaud also celebrates the heroism and unity that came after that day and highlights ways to foster a resilient community in New...

Former Google Design Ethicist Tristan Harris is now co-founder and president of the Center for Humane Technology, and he explains the alarm from AI researchers , executives, and investors on rogue and “uncontrollable” AI. Harris comments on AI regulation, leadership, the new opinion piece from Paul Tudor Jones , and recent departures from frontier labs like Anthropic. Canada’s Conservative Party l...

Microsoft has teamed up with the American Federation of Teachers to create guardrails for AI in classrooms . Microsoft President Brad Smith and AFT President Randi Weingarten discuss data protections for students using AI as well as the ongoing challenge of matching the paces of AI safety and AI innovation. A year after Charlie Kirk’s assassination in Utah, Governor Spencer Cox (R-Utah) has releas...

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods –including on U.S. steel and dairy–have taken effect as fallout continues from the collapse of trade talks last month. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is celebrating AGI after OpenAI released GPT-6 while the lab’s chief scientist issued a warning about AI scaling. Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, discusses fraud in...

: The long tail of the NBA’s shocking punishment of LA Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.  Podcaster Pablo Torre has been at the center of this story; he and Washington University’s Patrick Rishe discuss the latest reporting and the future options for the NBA. Rep. Greg Casar, the Texas Democrat who chairs the House progressive caucus, describes the need for legislation he...

Nvidia has officially agreed to buy open-source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion , as the chipmaker and world’s most valuable company moves into a future beyond hardware. The CEOs of both companies, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Hugging Face’s Clement Delangue,  join exclusively to discuss the terms of the courtship and the deal – and the future of artificial intell...

Berkshire Hathaway’s new CEO Greg Abel is in Tokyo, where he’s discussing the firm’s stakes in Japanese trading houses . Abel also discusses Berkshire’s Alphabet stake , a portfolio shift spearheaded by Warren Buffett. Then, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick joins the show from the G20 in North Carolina. Ahead of a fireside chat with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Sec. Lutnick...

Anthropic has secured a $35 billion deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda for a Texas data center, and today Apple welcomes its new CEO John Ternus, after Tim Cook’s 15 years on the job. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has assembled a 15-person business advisory council to bridge his office with Wall Street. One councilmember, RXR CEO Scott Rechler, discusses why he agreed to participate, despite initial uncert...

In the first attack since July, the U.S. struck Iran at Larak Island. CNBC’s Dan Murphy reports on the latest exchanges from Dubai. OpenAI will end access to Cursor after SpaceX’s acquisition of the AI startup. At the G20 in Asheville, North Carolina, former U.S. Treasury official Joe LaVorgna explains his optimism about America’s economic trajectory and weighs in on both the Treasury’s bond buyba...

After reporting a strong Q4, Affirm’s stock surged. Affirm CEO Max Levchin discusses his view of the consumer and the economy, from his position in buy-now, pay-later platform that also offers credit cards. Meta reached an $18 billion multi-state settlement in its social media addiction trial, as CNBC’s Julia Boorstin reports, and a judge ruled in favor of Anthropic, finding that the Pentagon took...

Nvidia reported a blowout quarter , issuing optimistic revenue guidance that’s pushing the stock higher. CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos discusses CEO Jensen Huang’s comments after the report and the response on Wall Street. Senator Dave Mccormick (R-PA) discusses inflationary pressures on Americans in his own state, particularly in the context of the  ongoing war in Iran . Ahead of the midterm...

Labor Secretary under President Clinton Robert Reich discusses the tariffs between the U.S. and Canada and AI’s impact on the workforce, as well as wealth taxes, the rise of populism in the U.S., and the K-shaped economy that he says is driving them both. One of the largest  hurdles for AI and the data center race is power . Emerald AI CEO Varun Sivaram has built a solution in flexible power...

Legendary investor Stanley  Druckenmiller has penned a sharp op-ed criticizing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s new bond buyback strategy. In  “Operation Economic Outcast,” President Trump is attempting to pressure Iran by way of its trading partners. CNBC’s Eunice Yoon explains China’s role in the strategy and in Iran’s oil economy. After  U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed, tariffs set in on so...

After the U.S. treasury yields surged to levels not seen in nearly 20 years, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the  Treasury would double the size of its government debt repurchases . Treasury Department officials tell CNBC’s Steve Liesman that the plan could be funded by the Treasury’s General Account Fund, or its “rainy day” fund.  Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada have...

Proposition 40, a  proposed wealth tax in California, has sparked heated debate among investors, tech founders, and billionaires. Venture capitalist Ben Narasin argues that the tax and the solutions put forward by  politicians including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) would harm the businesses that drive a large portion of America’s economy. Teletherapy platform Talkspace is betting that AI can do more good...

The morning after crypto and tech leaders met President Trump at the White House, attendee and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong discusses the Clarity Act vote in September. Armstrong is optimistic that crypto will begin a new bull run in the fall.  AI data center construction has become a political flashpoint in the primaries and upcoming midterms as candidates navigate support and pushback in their c...

Shares of  Moderna and Merck are surging on positive results from a Phase 3 trial of a groundbreaking cancer treatment. After a decade in development, individualized mRNA “vaccines” and established cancer treatment Keytruda result in reduced risk of recurrence or death. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel and Merck Research Laboratories president Dr. Dean Li discuss this pivotal moment in medicine and how...

In an exclusive, rare interview, CEO and co-founder of Hims & Hers Andrew Dudum sits down with Andrew Ross Sorkin. Dudum maps out his vision for an AI-enabled American healthcare system,  comments on the FTC’s lawsuit , and reflects on his  company’s impact on GLP1 access and affordability . CNBC’s Alex Sherman reports on the  Buss family drama playing out on the Lakers , and  Meta is once again o...

OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman issues a call to amp up cybersecurity in the age of AI. Brockman addresses recent leadership departures at OpenAI , the open-weight model debate, and AI safety standards. Keller Cliffton, CEO of drone delivery company Zipline, discusses his company’s scaling deal with Uber. Together, the companies aim to notch one million drone deliveries a day. Berksh...

Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor delivers a surprising result as pollster and strategist Frank Luntz discusses what it says about the state of the race and the growing influence of prediction markets on politics. Gary Vaynerchuk, founder of VaynerX and an investor in alternative sports, talks about the business of sports, his love of whiffle ball and his dream of one day owning the New...

A lawsuit claims Truth Social is giving paid subscribers an unfair advantage by allowing them to see President Trump’s posts fractions of a second before other users. Former Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter discusses the case and what it could mean for investors. Senator Bill Cassidy weighs in on changes to the  recommended vaccine schedule for kids and what the new guidance could mean f...

Nvidia’s $500 billion deal with top Wall Street firms has sparked a debate about circular spending in the AI ecosystem. Ed Zitron is a critic of the investments pouring into the industry, and he shares his bearish take on AI. Brett Schulman, CEO of  fast casual chain Cava , is keeping his eye on  consumer confidence amid salmonella and cyclospora outbreaks in the U.S. Schulman discusses the impact...

Nvidia is taking in $500 billion in new financing from major Wall Street firms as CEO Jensen Huang touts chips as the next “investable asset.” Former senior White House policy advisor on AI Sriram Krishnan discusses America’s tech race with China and the next  opportunities in artificial intelligence, including in cyber security . CNBC’s Dan Murphy reports on the new normal in the Strait of Hormuz...

Mark Zuckerberg announced that  Meta will open source its most powerful AI models , including a new model called Muse Glimmer. AI investor Vinod Khosla discusses the evolution of AI, investment opportunities in the space, and tech’s ability to support communities displaced by data centers by way of tax changes. Plus, President Trump has renewed his  effort to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook , and Take...