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The AI talent war may now be worthy of a Hollywood adaptation.In a new lawsuit that reads like a corporate crime thriller, Apple accused OpenAI of poaching former Apple employees, conducting “show and tell” interviews, and accessing confidential documents to accelerate its consumer hardware push.The complaint centers on OpenAI’s hiring…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Fareed Kotb. It has been edited for length and clarity.After photographing two World Cups in Russia and Qatar, I wanted my third to be different.I somehow wanted to connect to the first World Cup in 1930, nearly 100 years ago, and…
The most exciting bet ahead of England and Norway’s World Cup quarterfinal match isn’t taking place on DraftKings.Norwegian Air Shuttle proposed a wager against British Airways in an Instagram post after the matchup was set earlier this week. The challenge would pit Scandinavia’s second-largest airline against the United Kingdom’s flag…
I live in the Hamptons year-round, and I understand why people think summer here looks glamorous from the outside.There is the much-anticipated season for those who come to visit: the rush of crowds, people jumping from one boutique fitness class to the next, the packed restaurants and bars, the private…
As a native New Yorker, I thought my move to Tennessee was temporary. But I’m a country girl at heart.Starting over a thousand miles from loved ones is challenging, especially as a new mom aged out of childbearing years. My daughter Violet longed for friends, and I did too. But…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bakari Akil, 37, a private equity investor from New York. Akil grew up with no international travel experience and, three years ago, set out to visit 30 different countries each month. He finished his list, but is still traveling around the…
It started as a routine product drop. Then it spiraled into a PR nightmare. Now it’s gone.On Friday, Meta said a new feature that allowed users to generate AI images from public Instagram posts is no longer available. Users learned of the feature on Tuesday when Meta unveiled Muse Image,…
When I first moved in with my parents in my late 20s, I did not expect the arrangement to carry me into my mid-30s. I stayed because, although it was different from what anyone in my social circle was doing, I was surprised by how much we all enjoyed it.…
At Kalshi, most employees report directly to both founders of the largest prediction market in the US in what CEO Tarek Mansour described as a deliberately “unusual” management structure.Speaking on a recent episode of Sequoia Capital’s “Long Strange Trip,” Mansour said he and fellow cofounder Luana Lopes Lara have roughly…
I bounded upstairs to retrieve the laundry basket, trying to tack on one more chore before losing the day to my remote job’s endless emails and Zoom meetings. As I picked up the strewn-out clothes — this is why my husband’s a software engineer rather than a basketball player —…
