By The Way: Headlines You Should See
Speakers
Nathan Hager
— Co-host, Bloomberg Daybreak
Christina Ruffini
— Host, Bloomberg This Weekend
Bailey Lipschultz
— Reporter, Bloomberg
Summary
The hosts discuss three eye-catching non-market stories: competitive subway speedrunning on San Francisco's BART, the trend of schools assigning fewer full novels, and an AI-themed bar in China's tech district that reflects China's open-source AI startup culture.
- Competitive subway speedrunning is centered on San Francisco's BART system.
- A 17-year-old is attempting a sub-five-hour BART speedrun with a bike.
- Schools are assigning fewer novels amid teaching-to-the-test pressure and ChatGPT use.
- The AGI Bar in Beijing and Shanghai has robot bartenders and attracts AI startup founders.
- The China AI bar story highlights China's open-source approach in frontier AI models.
- No explicit investable securities or market trades are discussed.
