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Americans Won’t Quit... Their Jobs & Spotify Has First Profitable Year, Ever
05 Feb 2025
Episode 512: Neal and Toby talk about why a strong job market is encouraging but also highlights the fact that Americans aren’t switching jobs as they did in previous years. Then, China reacts to Trump’s tariffs by imposing tariffs of their own. Also, a recap of some standout earnings performances from Palantir, Meta, and Spotify. Meanwhile, rising egg prices have forced some to dial back on their egg purchases, some are taking matters into their own hands by becoming amateur chicken farmers. Cluck on. Finally, a recap of the biggest headlines from the day. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Check out https://wise.com/business for more! Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. APY as of 1/16/25, offered by Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Rate subject to change. *Terms and Conditions apply.
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Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Freiman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, the US-China trade war has kicked off and Barbie is caught in the crossfire.
Then employment sections on LinkedIn might be looking a little thinner these days as job hopping gets rarer and rarer. It's Wednesday, February 5th. Let's ride. Neil, there's a saying my parents used to tell me, do as I say, not as I do. The AI company Anthropic is telling its prospective employees something similar.
According to 404 Media, the company that runs one of the biggest AI assistants in the world. is asking potential applicants to agree that they won't use an AI assistant to aid in writing their applications.
While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not use AI assistants during the application process, the application says. We also want to evaluate your non-AI assisted communication skills. Please indicate yes if you have read and agree. Neil, pretty ironic.
Very ironic, very funny. But what if Claude did write a cover letter for Anthropic Financial Times, asked Claude to do it? And I'm going to read a few excerpts and I want to tell everyone to ask you if you'd hire me. Dear Anthropic hiring team, when I first encountered Claude and learned about the philosophy behind its development, something clicked.
Here was a company that wasn't just chasing the next big AI breakthrough, but actually stopped to ask, how do we do this right? Yada, yada, yada. I'd love to join a team where getting it right matters more than getting it first. Let's talk about how I could contribute to Anthropic's mission.
I actually didn't hate that whatsoever. And I think you're right. If Anthropic succeeds at its goal of creating a chatbot that can mimic human, that is indistinguishable from the human, that it has achieved its goal. So it is like this Catch-22 situation that they find itself in. That is better than I could do. I know, Neil, you are absolutely hired. I think it was better.
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