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Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Activision’s Bobby Kotick, & AI Wars 02/07/23

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Activision’s Bobby Kotick, & AI Wars 02/07/23

In a this super-sized episode, Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sits with Joe Kernen at the Capitol for an extended interview ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union Address. Speaker McCarthy discusses his political agenda, bipartisan negotiations for the debt ceiling, and America’s geopolitical and economic paths forward. In his first interview in over a year, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick discusses his company’s quarterly performance, as well as the stalled deal for Microsoft to acquire the gaming giant. Kotick also addresses ATVI’s $35m settlement with the SEC over claims that the company violated federal whistleblower protections and failed to maintain adequate disclosure standards over workplace misconduct. Plus, AMC is now pricing up tickets for premium movie theater seats, and Google has released its answer to ChatGPT: Bard AI. In this episode: Rep. Kevin McCarthy, @SpeakerMcCarthy Bobby Kotick, @BobbyKotick Becky Quick @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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February 7, 202346m 44s

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Show Notes

In a this super-sized episode, Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sits with Joe Kernen at the Capitol for an extended interview ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union Address. Speaker McCarthy discusses his political agenda, bipartisan negotiations for the debt ceiling, and America’s geopolitical and economic paths forward. In his first interview in over a year, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick discusses his company’s quarterly performance, as well as the stalled deal for Microsoft to acquire the gaming giant. Kotick also addresses ATVI’s $35m settlement with the SEC over claims that the company violated federal whistleblower protections and failed to maintain adequate disclosure standards over workplace misconduct. Plus, AMC is now pricing up tickets for premium movie theater seats, and Google has released its answer to ChatGPT: Bard AI

 

In this episode:

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, @SpeakerMcCarthy

Bobby Kotick, @BobbyKotick

Becky Quick @BeckyQuick

Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk

Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin

Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie


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