Inflation rises, Big Tech execs talk AI on Capitol Hill: Yahoo Finance Live

The latest CPI report shows inflation rose in August thanks in part to higher energy prices. Some of the biggest names in tech are attending an AI forum on Capitol Hill. Some of the people reportedly attending include Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates.

Top guests on Yahoo Finance Live today include:
3:50 p.m. ET -  Rick Tumlinson, Founder of SpaceFund and Space Frontier
4:05 p.m. ET - Lila Snyder, Bose CEO
4:15 p.m. ET - Clara Shih, Salesforce Head of AI
4:45 p.m. ET - Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland