[applause] good afternoon, everyone. As we settle in i often pick a word for the day. A kind of how i govern myself often times and my frame of mind. But today im going to take an image of the day if you look at your screen, one of our commissioners shared with me this image and i think it sets the tone and stage and underscores the importance of why we are here. This is a chinese book for kindergartners and even if you dont speak chinese, circled r. Two letters, ai. Kindergarten textbook. The senator talked about us getting ready from grade school to graduate school. Now we are talking about kindergarten or even pre k. If we are going to keep ahead and stay number one when it comes to ai so i just want to start with this image because again it really for me underscores the urgency of why this commission was formed and why its so important as we are here today. We have a broa had a broad mandh concrete steps the government should take to build and maintain a Machine Learning work force
Performance that its seen in about two months. Energy and Technology Companies led the decline, many of 2013s strongest performers were down for the day. If youre taking a look this morning, youll see equities are indicated higher. Dow futures up by 26 points above fair value. S p up by close to two points. Oil looks to be a major market story. Yesterday there was a late day swoon triggered by the death cross. Thats when something you see the 50day average moving below the 200 day moving average. Its viewed as a bearish sign and you did see a big selloff. We saw wti crude falling all the way back down to 95 and change. This morning on, it is still down there, down another 17 cents to 95. 27. Had been close to 100 a barrel before. Also worth watching today, the 10 30 eastern report on natural gas inventories. Then we have the latest oil decline coming about a half hour later. On the economic agenda, we have the major automakers reporting. The number of vehicles that they sold in decembe
Good morning. Its a considering the nomination of b schultz men for promotion to general, and to be the next chief of Space Operations. General, thank. You i welcome you for your decades of service, and willingness to serve in this very important position. I would like to welcome your wife, jennifer, your son john, and your daughter sarah. While not present today, let me also acknowledge your parents, randy and the Lynda Schultz men who are watching from home, im sure. They know theyre very proud of you nomination. Recognizing the increasing importance of the space demand, and the growing threats to our critical space by china and russia, congress established the space for us in the fiscal year of 2020. Under the National Defense authorization act. The first chief space general raymond, then the commander of the u. S. Air force space command, was legislatively transferred in 2020 to be the chief. You are the first to be nominated, and have a hearing for this position. Given that the sp
On June 6, CNPC hosted the 'Generation Z' Youth Dialogue event in Beijing, focusing on energy cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. Young employees from various countries shared growth stories and cultural performances, promoting international collaboration. The event emphasized mutual learning and high-quality development.