Who Me? 💸 — AI giants are taking over philanthropy, The NBA is betting on new rules
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Who Me? 💸 — AI giants are taking over philanthropy, The NBA is betting on new rules

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 20267 min
  • Business & money

AI giants like Anthropic, SpaceX, and OpenAI are launching massive philanthropic initiatives to counter public backlash and job displacement concerns. Plus, the NBA is introducing strict new betting restrictions to curb problematic parlay wagers and protect league integrity. And in the big picture, Tenstorrent hits a $6.2B valuation, Canadian inflation rises to 3.1%, and news publishers file a copyright lawsuit against Anthropic. The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com

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Hey, Peak Pals, I'm Alex Blumenstein. And I am Jay Rosenthal. What is this, Jay? Well, this is your Peak Daily for Tuesday, October 20th, 2026, where we cover the biggest

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stories in Canadian and global business finance and tech, all in less than 10 minutes. Alex. Jay, I have a throwback for you. Hit me.

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Do you remember we both covered the story where Tim Hortons would be doing collaborations on apparel. Apparel, do you remember that? Yes, this was before I was on the podcast though,

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