🌏 Apple’s AI strategy

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Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced its new AI system. “Apple Intelligence” is a new collection of AI features that is focused on personal products, and privacy is a huge goal of executives.

The company is also putting ChatGPT on iPhones, iPads, and Macs. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that he’s “very happy to be partnering with apple to integrate chatgpt into their devices later this year!”

Two planes nearly collided at Mumbai’s airport. An IndiGo flight landed just as an Air India flight was taking off on the same runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport June 8.

Walmart’s stock went up even further thanks to an upgrade from JPMorgan. The bank hiked Walmart’s rating from Neutral to Overweight and lifted the firm’s price target from $66 to $81 a share.

Moderna’s COVID-flu combo shot is outperforming in trials

Moderna said yesterday that its experimental combination vaccines against COVID-19 and the flu produced a higher immune response than existing standalone vaccines in a late-stage trial.

“Combination vaccines have the potential to reduce the burden of respiratory viruses on health systems and pharmacies, as well as offer people more convenient vaccination options that could improve compliance and provide stronger protection from seasonal illnesses,” Moderna’s CEO Stéphane Bancel said in a statement. “Moderna is the only company with a positive Phase 3 flu and COVID combination vaccine.”

The combo shot could also help Moderna offset declining demand for COVID-19 vaccines — but Pfizer and Novovax aren’t far behind, as both are also developing their own combo shots.

One big number: $100 million

What each employee of Nvidia is now worth thanks to its wild stock ride

The generative artificial intelligence boom has propelled chipmaker Nvidia to new highs, including entry to the $3 trillion market cap club. With an employee count just shy of 30,000, each of its employees is now worth over $100 million.

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Surprising discoveries

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is killing it at the box office. The fourth movie in the Bad Boys series, starring Will Smith with Martin Lawrence, has already brought in $104.6 million globally.

Oklahoma could become the home of the largest skyscraper in the U.S. You read that right.

It’s so hot in Death Valley that cameras are breaking. The area in California is known for its extreme heat, but even the hottest place on Earth has its limits.

Flamingos are back in Florida. Conservationists think winds from last August’s Hurricane Idalia carried the birds to their native land.

Elephants have names! They call for each other using distinct sounds for each individual.

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