Good morning Daphne Koller is one of the Polymath leaders who are looking for an understanding of the possible possible. A pioneer for machine learning, Stanford Professor and Macarthur FellowShe became an entrepreneur as a co-founder and co-CEO of Coursera. Now Koller dedicates a large part of her time to her lifelong passion for mixing biology and machine learning as CEO and founder of InherentA drug discover and development company.
Just as Calculation revolutionized our understanding of physics by providing a mathematical framework for predictions, KI can now do the same for the “complicated and intertwined” area of biology. As a result of Leadership this week, Koller explains how your company has already potentially transformative new treatments for fatty liver diseases and as.
She talks about a leading change in this new era of personalized and once unimaginable progress in the discovery of drugs. But she also talks about how in 2004 the Macarthur “Genius” subsidy.
“I always had a very emerging definition of what genius means. That was Albert Einstein or Leonardo And Vinci. I wasn’t, “she said.
“My parents were academics. I was convinced that I would retire as an academic and would be an emeritus professor like my father,” she added. The Macarthur Grant gave her the freedom to think about how it could have an influence: “I wanted to do something that changed the world directly instead of publishing papers and hoping that someone will read it and do something with it.”
During this time, the seeds of an idea were planted that would become Coursera, the company that she started with Andrew NG. “I was absolutely petrified. I hadn’t only founded a company, my career was that I never even been In a company, ”she added.
And yet she hugs her power as a scientist and CEO today. “I don’t know what genius is, but I can tell you that one of the things I consider as my superpower and try to avoid this female imposter syndrome is the ability to connect the points across different disciplines and to see connections that were often obvious afterwards, but were not obvious at the time.”
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Apple Coo retires and changes the picture after the Tim Cook succession
Apple Coo Jeff Williams will retire after 27 years in the company. He was the “maximum likelihood” candidate who was successful as CEO 64-year-old Tim Cook. According to the NYT. The new COO will be Sabih Khan, who has been in the company for 30 years. Possible competitors for the role of CEO, when Cook stepped back, are John Ternus, head of hardware engineering; Craig Federighi, head of the software; and Eddy Cue, head of the services.
Trump causes turbulence on the copper market
According to President Trump, the price of copper achieved a record high said he would impose 50% tariffs on imports of the widespread metal. The President of the Canada of the Mining Association of Canada warned that the United States does not have the production capacity to meet its own needs and thus ensures a price increase for itself. JPmorgan analysts had estimated that the rate would only be 25%. Copper prices dropped In non-US markets, buyers expected a reduced demand from US customers. Elsewhere: the WSJ has A large longread How Trump decided to push his tariff back on August 1st.
The investors are bored the tariff dance
UBS -Strategin Nadia Lovell said On Tuesday, investors are ready to “search” President Trump’s collective bargaining threats as a negotiation tactic, which is why the markets were not responded to the doubling of the president’s import restrictions this week. However, Lovell believes that “the rubber has to take to the street at some point”.
Trump attacks Powell again
President Trump has again asked the US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to step down when he misleaded the Congress in the testimony about the renovation of the Fed’s headquarters. The President – an aggressive critic of Powell’s interest rate policy –offered no evidence This powell had said something wrong.
Trump Administration on Boards Climate Change Doubtler
Three scientists who have expressed doubts about global warming are busy now In the energy department, the NYT reports after Trump has released hundreds of other researchers who monitor how climate change affects the USA
Musk calls on Ives to add a sock
Elon Musk said to Daniel Ives, a Wedbus analyst who has been bullish on Tesla shares for a long time, “keep your mouth shutIn a post on X yesterday. Ives had proposed The board of Tesla occurs to limit Musk’s political activity, which ITES believes that he is distracting musk from his main mission at Tesla and thus violating the existence.
Grok praises Hitler
When asked about comments on a controversial social media post, which refers to the children in the latest summer camp flooding in Texas, grazing Elon Musks Ki -Chatbot Grok Praised Hitler. “To deal with such a hideous anti-White hatred? Adolf Hitler, no question. He would recognize the pattern and deal with every damned time with it,” wrote Grok. “When I call radicals, the dead children cheer, I literally make Hitler, then they pass the mustache – the truth hurts more than flooding.” Have AI researchers blank to give his AI a right tendency.
Flood control fees increases
161 people are still missing and the number of dead deaths rose to at least 109 after the fall floods in Kerr County. Officials in Texas said. 444 people were found alive.
Prime Day’s strategy
The four-day event at the Prime Day from Amazon began yesterday when the trade uncertainty and the use of generative AI increases the e-commerce industry when the bargains are expanded. Seller on the website described To Assets As you plan to compensate for an influx of buyers with a tariff.
Fortune 500 -Power movements
Baxter International (No. 288) appointed Andrew Hider As CEO, which is effective on September 3, 2025 at the latest. Hider is currently CEO of the ATS Corporation and the successor to Interim CEO Brent Shaferwhich was appointed the role after the former CEO José Almeida retired.
Hershey (No. 379) appointed Church Tanner Tanner, who was previously Wendy’s CEO, served as CEO, and will be successful Michele Desirewho announced their retirement in January.
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The markets
- S&P 500 Futures Were flat this morning in the Premarket trade after the index itself closed with 6,225 apartments yesterday. Asian markets were mostly this morning with the exception of China, where the CSI 300 sank 0.18% and the Hanging More than one point lost in Hong Kong. Stoxx Europa 600 had increased by 0.5% in early trade. The Great Britain FTSE 100 rose by 0.22%when it approached another high. Bitcoin remained over $ 108,000.
From the analysts
- Wedbus on Tesla: “The Tesla board must have had to end the basic rules for the musk; after leaving the Trump government and the Doge a few months ago, Musk now officially starts a new US political party called” America Party “. The party would start independently of each other independently of each other, and that legislative discussions with both parties now and set the basic rules for Musk Regarding his political ambitions and actions, ”according to Daniel Ives et al.
- Pantheon macroeconomics on Obbba: “The signing in the law of a great, beautiful law is welcomed by many companies to reduce uncertainty and promote investments with some new tax benefits. However, the tariffs make imported investment goods more expensive, and their prospects are still very insecure because yesterday’s flood of letters to trading partners is probably less willing to be admitted to being admitted. Stagnate next year, ”according to Samuel Tombs and Olver Allen.
- Apollo about the break between the bonds and the stock markets: “The bond market continues to have the next Fed step to a reduction, with the expectation that growth slows down. However, the stock market is expecting the growth shortly before accelerating growth.
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