How to be successful: 🎯Ideas from Sam Altman (chatGPT founder)
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Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, which debuted ChatGPT, has some thoughts on how to achieve outlier success:
Compound yourself
Aim for your life to follow an ever-increasing up-and-to-the-right trajectory
Have almost too much self-belief
The most successful people believe in themselves to the point of delusion
Long-term thinking with a broad view of how different systems in the world work [Read more]
Here are today’s Top 7 news:
1. Economic Survey predicts India’s EV market to reach 1 crore units in annual sales by 2030
Production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for advanced chemistry cells is expected to lead to faster EV adoption.
2. Elon Musk tries to settle lawsuit over late disclosure of Twitter stake
Elon Musk is attempting to settle a federal court case in Manhattan. Investors accused Musk of waiting 11 days past the SEC deadline to disclose he had bought 5% of Twitter’s stock.
Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October.
3. GST collection reaches second highest-ever in January
This is the third time in the current financial year that the collection has crossed ₹1.50 lakh crore.
PhonePe Founders to Receive Big Payout from Flipkart ESOP Sale
Study finds average salary hike of 9.1% for top executives in 2023
OpenAI’s ChatGPT challenged by blockchain-based NFT project to create 3D avatars from text
4. Economic Survey 2023 urges simplification of tax rules to attract startups to India
The Economic Survey 2023 highlights the potential of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for digital financial services.
It states that the introduction of CBDC will provide a boost to financial services by laying the framework for “another generation of financial innovation”.
5. Agritech Startups Raise Rs 6,600 Crore in Funding Over Last Four Years
A report released last month by Avendus Capital shows that agritech space saw 30 funding rounds worth $796 million in the first nine months of 2022.
6. Indian shares set to rise ahead of Federal Budget
Indian shares are set to open higher today, Feb. 1, ahead of the Union budget, as investors look for major triggers for the near-term trajectory of the market.
India's NSE stock futures listed on the Singapore exchange were up 0.59% at 17,857.50 as of 07:42 a.m. IST.
7. Hollywood to use AI to youngify Tom Hanks in adaptation of surreal graphic novel
Hollywood is looking to use artificial intelligence (AI) in a movie adaptation of a surreal graphic novel. AI-driven deepfake technology will be used in the movie. Tom Hanks will be “youngified” using this technology.
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