good morning! It’s Daniel de Vis with your daily money. It’s Friday, so let’s take a look at the most delicious consumer news of the week.
With a famous sweet tooth, President Donald Trump received a handpicked selection of his favorite red and pink starburst candies from former House majority leader Kevin McCarthy.
But if Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is speaking out, that era of technicolor candy may be numbered.
For that payment, I was able to get a home. . .
Auto buyers set records in the second quarter as they chose to spend a whopping long-term loan and monthly car payments that rival several mortgage bills.
According to second-quarter data calculated by edmunds.com, the share of new car buyers to commit to monthly payments of over $1,000 reached an all-time high of 19.3%, or nearly one in five consumers.
Here’s why car buyers are saddened themselves with higher payments and longer loans:
Mask promotes unstable chatbots
A day after his chatbot Grok had a Nazi meltdown, Elon Musk trumpeted the launch of the Grok 4 in a live, one-hour late-night demo.
Joined by researchers from his artificial intelligence company Xai, Tech Mogul showed off his flagship chatbot mental gymnastics, from solving complex math problems to predicting World Series winners.
He did not mention Grok’s series of viral posts on the X social media platform that praises Adolph Hitler.
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