# Week 11 Reading Recap for 2023 > Week 11 Reading Recap for 2023 **Published by:** [Marathon Macro](https://paragraph.com/@marathon-macro/) **Published on:** 2023-03-19 **Categories:** weekly reading recap **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@marathon-macro/week-11-reading-recap-for-2023 ## Content ARTICLEShttps://www.wsj.comA Chinese Businessman's Trek From Beijing Gadfly to Steve Bannon Confidant to Fraud SuspectChinese businessman Guo Wengui, who gained attention by lobbing corruption allegations at Beijing from a Manhattan penthouse and later launched a media company with Trump confidant Steve Bannon, was arrested Wednesday and accused of orchestrating a $1 billion fraud.https://www.wsj.comBaidu's ChatGPT Rival Launches to Mixed ReviewsBEIJING-At an intimate event space in Baidu Inc.'s Beijing headquarters on Thursday, the Chinese search giant's Chief Executive Robin Li sought to wow an in-person and online audience by introducing its AI-powered chatbot, Ernie Bot.https://www.wsj.comWSJ News Exclusive | TikTok CEO's Message to Washington: A Sale Won't Solve Security ConcernsWASHINGTON-TikTok's boss has a message for the Biden administration and Congress: A sale won't resolve America's national-security concerns over the popular video app. Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew said in an interview that divesting the company from its Chinese owners- a move the U.S.https://www.wsj.comJerome Powell Says Fed Is Prepared to Speed Up Interest-Rate RisesWASHINGTON-Chair Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve would consider raising interest rates by a larger half percentage point this month and was likely to lift rates higher than previously expected this year to cool an economy that has shown surprising strength.https://www.theverge.comOpenAI co-founder on company's past approach to openly sharing research: "We were wrong"Yesterday, OpenAI announced GPT-4, its long-awaited next-generation AI language model. The system's capabilities are still being assessed, but as researchers and experts pore over its accompanying materials, many have expressed disappointment at one particular feature: that despite the name of its parent company, GPT-4 is not an open AI model.VIDEO TWITTER Luke Sophinos @lukesophinos This guy acquires companies for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But never sells them. The coolest software billionaire you've never heard of 13.1K 9:45 PM • Mar 14, 2023 BOOKFossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not LessMarathon Continues... ## Publication Information - [Marathon Macro](https://paragraph.com/@marathon-macro/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@marathon-macro/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@marathon-macro): Subscribe to updates - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ChadOGrant): Follow on Twitter ## Optional - [Collect as NFT](https://paragraph.com/@marathon-macro/week-11-reading-recap-for-2023): Support the author by collecting this post - [View Collectors](https://paragraph.com/@marathon-macro/week-11-reading-recap-for-2023/collectors): See who has collected this post