What to Expect in Business, Politics and Culture: David Ricks, Eli Lilly, Fatima Cody, and Faint

David Ricks, the chair and C.E.O. of Eli Lilly, and Fatima Cody Stanford, obesity medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers, and Sara Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, C.W.A., A.F.L.-C.I.O.

What to watch: The buzz, fears and questions around artificial intelligence, and the billions of dollars pouring into its advancement; the future of politics, media and political fund-raising; new weight-loss drugs and their potential impact across industries; trade wars; China-U.S. relations; interest rates; private spaceflight; and the evolution of the labor movement — these topics and more will be covered by Andrew as he talks with some of the biggest newsmakers in business, politics and culture.

There are lots of questions about an uncertain world. The President-elect has vowed to disrupt the status quo in the government. What will this mean for the independence of political institutions? What will happen to global trade alliances in a world with more protectionist policies? How will these shifts affect business, the economy and the markets? What does this reveal about who stands to gain on Wall Street, in Washington, and in Hollywood?

Looking elsewhere, what should be placed around powerful A.I. technologies? What do new attacks on corporate D.E.I. programs mean for chief executives and their corporate policies?

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Tim Cook: A 100-year Apple Campus Journey for the First Detector and Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI)

Andrew takes the stage around 9 a.m. Eastern, and the first conversation will start soon after. They will be reporting live from the conference.

I am going back to the Ring today for the first time in seven years. There is an important point in the tech world. The companies that are the most likely to secure their dominance will either lose it or gain it. We are here to discuss the impending release of Apple intelligence, the company’s first significant offering in the white-hot field of generative AI. Some think it was late. While Apple was showing off an expensive, bulky augmented-reality headset its competitors were gaining buzz, dazzling investors and dominating the news cycle. Apple needs to get it right. Corporations are more likely to be bad than good for a century.

The ultimate assessments, of course, will come from users. But if 40 years of covering Apple has taught me anything, it is this: Should this first iteration of AI fall short, an unrepentant Cook will show up at a future pretaped keynote hailing a new version as “the best Apple Intelligence we’ve ever built.” Tim Cook never lets the pressure affect him.

Cook didn’t panic. He doesn’t believe in the first being the best. He says that “Classic Apple” enters a field of first-movers and with a strong grasp of novelty versus utility, offers products that make the latest technologies and even sexy. When the iPod rethought digital music, you should think about it. It wasn’t the first MP3 player, but its compactness, ease of use, and integration with an online store thrilled people with a new way to consume their tunes.

Every time I visit the Apple Park campus, my mind flashes to a tour I took months before construction was finished, when there was dust on the terrazzo floors and mud where lush vegetation now flourishes. My guide was Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. With a proprietor’s pride, he ushered me through the $5 billion circular colossus, explaining that committing to the new campus was a “100-year decision.”