Craigslist founder's big worry? Cyber threats to infrastructure

Opening Bid

Spreading the wealth. That’s exactly what Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is doing now that he is fully retired from a customer service role at the company he took after leaving the leadership team years ago. Through Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Newmark has earmarked $100 million to help defend the country’s critical infrastructure from things like cyber attacks. The latest giving comes alongside ongoing contributions to trusted journalism platforms and veterans. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi sits for a rare interview with the self-proclaimed nerd Newmark to discuss why he is giving away all his wealth and lives a notoriously frugal lifestyle. The pair also chats about the rise of artificial intelligence and how it will shape the internet. Seeing as Newmark founded Craigslist at the start of the internet, who better to ask about the future of the world wide web!

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00:00-Craig Newmark joins Opening Bid

02:00-Craigslist founder on AI fears

07:50-Giving away wealth and disowning 'billionaire' status

11:30-Cyber security risk to country

17:40-Looking for a seance?

21:00-What's next for Craigslist

Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky.

Craig Newmark is best known as the founder of the classifieds ad site Craigslist, which showed tens of millions of Americans that the Internet could be reasonably useful and easy to use. Now, he engages in full time philanthropy, focusing on helping and protecting the people who help and protect our country, including cybersecurity, trustworthy journalism, and support for military families and veterans.

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