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As the summer temperatures rise, tech tempers flare.Sam Altman is back to his old ways: openly feuding with Elon Musk and taking jabs at Anthropic once again, to the shock of no one.With Altman and Musk’s courtroom dispute wrapped up (Musk lost but vowed to appeal), the dueling AI leaders…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mackenzie McAllister, a 22-year-old graduate from the University of Missouri. Her identity has been confirmed by Business Insider. This story has been edited for length and clarity.When I went to college, computer science just felt like the right fit.Four years ago,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Micah Remley, the CEO of Robin, a workplace management platform that helps companies manage hybrid offices. Remley has spent more than two decades working in startups and has led Robin since 2022. The essay has been edited for length and clarity.When…
Say you joined Anthropic in 2024. The company offers you a competitive compensation package: a $400,000 salary and $1.3 million in equity. You’re feeling pretty cush.Flash forward to July 2026. In the two years that you’ve worked there, the company’s valuation has grown from $18 billion to $965 billion. With…
AI is getting expensive, and companies need to be rational about it, says Jamie Dimon.On a CNBC appearance on Wednesday, the JPMorgan CEO said that companies need to be mindful of token spend and its return on investment.”They all see the costs going up rapidly,” Dimon said. “So, of course,…
Figma’s design boss said product design candidates need to do more to keep him interested during interviews.Noah Levin told Business Insider on Thursday that AI tools now allow product designers to create polished, interactive prototypes, and that it’s raised the bar for what he expects from potential hires. Levin has…
A former Formula One engineer left the world’s fastest race cars to tackle a much bigger engineering challenge: teaching robots to work in factories.Now, his Munich-based startup, microagi, has raised $55 million in the largest seed round secured by a German startup. Hummingbird led the round, with participation from Northzone,…
Tom Holland says Zendaya joked she’d leave him if he turned down “The Odyssey.”In an interview with People published Wednesday, Holland said he initially faced a dilemma when Christopher Nolan offered him the role of Telemachus in his latest film.”To be honest, when I got home after our meeting, I…
Halle Berry says she’s entering her 60s with the same drive she’s always had — and no plans to slow down just yet.On Wednesday’s episode of the “Making Space with Hoda Kotb” podcast, the Oscar-winning actor said one of the things she finds frustrating about aging is the expectation that…
Before Russia, Vlad and Andriy’s battle was with COVID.The pandemic had blown a gaping hole in the incomes of the two singers, who’d performed for a decade in an a cappella quartet. The group was named Luciano — after their hometown, Lutsk, and the Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti — and…
