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Google is building a new AI “personal agent” for Gemini that can take actions on the user’s behalf, Business Insider has learned. Loading audio narration… Employees at the company have been testing the new AI agent, internally named “Remy,” which runs in a staff-only version of Google’s Gemini app and…
Two more senior staffers left OpenAI in recent days, including its head of private equity, who was hired by Google. Loading audio narration… Paul Zimmerman said he now leads Google’s efforts to sell its AI to PE firms and their portfolio companies. He’d worked at OpenAI for just over a…
Managers who don’t produce are becoming expendable. Loading audio narration… As tech layoffs roll on and org charts flatten, some industry leaders are sending them a sharp directive: Keep tabs on your reports, but be sure to contribute, too.In a letter to Coinbase staff on Tuesday, CEO Brian Armstrong announced…
Greg Brockman’s second day of testimony revealed many insights into Elon Musk’s interactions with OpenAI’s founders. Loading audio narration… Brockman, OpenAI’s president, returned to the witness stand on Tuesday, seeking to add “context” to journal entries about how it would be “morally bankrupt” to “steal” the OpenAI nonprofit from Musk.Musk…
If GameStop CEO’s awkward CNBC interview was an away game, his Fox Business appearance the following day felt like a home game. Loading audio narration… Ryan Cohen seemed happier to be on TV during Tuesday’s edition of Fox Business’ “Making Money with Charles Payne,” where the CEO again discussed GameStop’s…
More and more companies are reducing their staff and leaning into AI. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is the latest tech exec to head in that direction. Loading audio narration… Armstrong said the fintech company plans to lay off around 14% of its workforce. He shared his message publicly on X…
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary is defending his plans for a Utah data center that was just approved by state officials despite community backlash. Loading audio narration… O’Leary is dismissing critics of the multibillion-dollar project as “professional protesters” and suggesting some of the opposition is being amplified by artificial intelligence.In…
A little over a year ago, the Elon Musk-guided Department of Government Efficiency asked federal workers to explain their jobs. A new document dump offers a peek into their answers. Loading audio narration… Back in February 2025, DOGE asked federal workers to send five bullet points answering one simple question:…
U.S. financial regulators are proposing to switch required filings for publicly traded companies from quarterly reporting to semiannual. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday released its amended proposal for optional semiannual reporting for companies on Wall Street. SEC officials say the change in frequency of reporting won’t impact the…
NassornSnitwong / Shutterstock.comYou’ve spent decades in the workforce earning a living, your schedule dictated by the demands of the job. All the while, you’ve been steadily adding to your savings so that one day you could get to this point: retirement. You finally have time to cross items off your…
