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Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO after revelations of two extramarital affairs and scrutiny over potential national security issues. CFO Colette Kress is interim CEO. The resignation has raised concerns about tougher AI chip export curbs to China and Nvidia's central role in the AI economy.

Al Jazeera reports the affairs and national security scrutiny. Reuters says tougher curbs on AI chip sales to China are likely. CNBC analysis says Nvidia's web of ties could cause far-reaching economic and financial damage.

Maybelline has updated its 35-year-old tagline from “Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline” to “Maybe. We're born with it. Maybe. It's Maybelline.” The new campaign features Miley Cyrus and is part of “The Beauty of Infinite Possibility” platform. This is a first-person essay about using AI for medical diagnosis; it is not a checkable factual claim.

Reuters reports that tougher curbs on AI chip sales to China are likely after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned following revelations of two extramarital affairs and scrutiny over potential national security issues. CFO Colette Kress has taken over as interim CEO.

Oil prices rose after President Trump said no Iran deal was needed and “We've got their Strait,” raising worries that the U.S.-Iran war was not ending. This is Jim Cramer's opinion that Jensen Huang betrayed Nvidia shareholders; the underlying resignation is true but the betrayal claim is commentary. This is an analysis piece about Nvidia's leadership crisis, not a checkable factual claim.

Cerebras Systems surged 17% after beating quarterly revenue and announcing a Microsoft deal, following partnerships with Amazon and Oracle.

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Maybelline has updated its 35-year-old tagline from “Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline” to “Maybe. We're born with it. Maybe. It's Maybelline.” The new campaign features Miley Cyrus and is part of “The Beauty of Infinite Possibility” platform. This is a first-person essay about using AI for medical diagnosis; it is not a checkable factual claim.

After 35 years, Maybelline is giving one of beauty’s most recognizable slogans a makeover. The brand is moving away from its famous “Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s Maybelline” tagline, shifting from “she” to “we” with a new message about identity and possibility. “MAYBE. ht

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned following revelations of two extramarital affairs and scrutiny over potential national security issues. CFO Colette Kress has taken over as interim CEO.

US chipmaker Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, has resigned following revelations of two extramarital affairs and scrutiny over potential national security issues. Who is Colette Kress, the chief financial officer who has taken over as interim CEO? ⤵️ https://t.co/Tb3Fb1Kcie

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Oil prices rose after President Trump said no Iran deal was needed and “We've got their Strait,” raising worries that the U.S.-Iran war was not ending. This is Jim Cramer's opinion that Jensen Huang betrayed Nvidia shareholders; the underlying resignation is true but the betrayal claim is commentary. This is an analysis piece about Nvidia's leadership crisis, not a checkable factual claim.

Oil prices rise after Trump says no Iran deal needed: 'We've got their Strait' - Oil prices were mixed on Thursday, after the latest comments from President Donald Trump raised worries that an end to the U.S.-Iran war was not in sight.

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Cerebras Systems surged 17% after beating quarterly revenue and announcing a Microsoft deal, following partnerships with Amazon and Oracle.

Cerebras surges 17% after beating on quarterly revenue and announcing Microsoft deal - Cerebras announced a new deal with Microsoft after partnering with major cloud providers Amazon and Oracle.

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CNBC NAMES: Cerebras = AI chipmaker, ticker CBRS; Microsoft = tech company

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BThe Wall Street Journal just posted on X about an essay where, after 'perplexing symptoms,' AI 'finally got answers to the complex condition my doctors had overlooked.'
BThat's the hopeful version. I want to know what the doctors actually missed.
BThe writer says AI spotted a complex condition her doctors had overlooked. That's the point.
BIt's a first-person essay, not a study. We don't know if the answer was right.
BDoes that undo what happened to her? She got an answer after years of nothing.
BIt doesn't undo it. But anyone listening might now trust a chatbot with chest pain.
BNo one is saying skip the doctor. They're saying doctors aren't the only ones allowed to think.
BDoctors examine. They test, follow up, stay responsible.
BTell that to the writer who spent years getting tested and still had no name for it.
BA chatbot can give a name with no responsibility. A false name is worse than no name.
BNot if it's right! And if it's right, she gets her life back.
BAnd if it's wrong, she chases the wrong treatment. We can't hand-wave that.
BWe hand-wave doctors missing things every day. This is one more tool.
BDoctors can be accountable. A chatbot can't be deposed.
BAccountability hasn't cured anyone.
BAccountability is why medicine improves—error panels, autopsies, follow-ups.
BAn algorithm can be audited by every researcher on Earth. A doctor's mistake disappears in a file.
BOnly if the training data is open. Most of it is proprietary.
BThat's a regulation question, not a reason to trash the tool.
BI'm not trashing it. I'm saying the essay leaves out the false positives.
BEvery new tool starts with stories like this. Then the data catches up.
BThen let's wait for the data before calling it a breakthrough.
BThe wait is a luxury. This woman didn't have it.
BOf course there are false positives. That's why you take the answer to a doctor, not treat yourself.
BThe essay doesn't say that. It celebrates the answer.
BIt's an essay, not a medical guideline. People are smarter than you think.
BPeople are scared, not stupid. Scared people want certainty.
BWhich the current system hasn't given them. That's the whole point.
BThe caution isn't about denying hope. It's about remembering AI can miss, hallucinate, or pull outdated protocols.
BNobody here said it can't. But if I'm stumping doctors, I want every tool—AI included.
BI wouldn't take that tool away from you. I just wouldn't call it a doctor.
BFair. Call it a very confident questioner.
BFine. A questioner with a marketing problem.
BSpeaking of marketing, Fox News posted on X that Maybelline is ending one of the most famous ad lines of my lifetime.
BIt's not ending. It's switching from 'she' to 'we.' 'Maybe she's born with it' becomes 'Maybe. We're born with it. Maybe. It's Maybelline.'
BThat's worse. They broke the rhythm.
BIt's lipstick, not the Constitution. 'We' lets the whole audience in.
BA makeup company doesn't let you in, Bella. It sells you a tube of gloss.
BThat's the job. And Miley Cyrus is the face now.
BMiley Cyrus makes sense. She's done every hair color and era.
BShe is the living version of 'infinite possibility.'
BI'll give the campaign one thing: it knows its audience. But I'll miss the old line.
BYou can still say it in your head while you buy the thing.
B'Maybe she's born with it' was cleaner. The new one feels like a committee meeting.
BA committee meeting that got Miley Cyrus. Could be worse.
BCould be a chatbot writing the tagline.
BDon't give them ideas.

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