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This story is based on an interview with Scheryl W. Glanton, 74, a real estate agent from Philadelphia. It has been edited for length and clarity.It was getting frustrating. Despite at least 20 showings of my listing in suburban Philadelphia, no one made an offer.We put the 5,100-square-foot Tudor-style property,…
Irvin Thevaranjan was blindsided by his layoff.The day before, the head of governance risk and controls at delivery service Grubhub had a stellar performance review with his boss, who told him that he had lots of opportunities in front of him at the company.Less than a day later, though, he…
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not a timely person.Even in higher-stakes situations like flights, my time blindness is hard to overcome. (I’ve definitely gotten to the airport 45 minutes before takeoff on at least one occasion before.)So when I showed up at LaGuardia Airport last week, three and…
Sam Altman says now is not a good time.In a Fortune interview that aired on Saturday, OpenAI’s CEO said that “given everything that’s happening with safety,” he doesn’t expect to take his company public this year.”Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public,” he said.When Fortune’s editor in…
Don’t think that United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is going to sit through your slide deck.”If you want to send a deck, send it to me in advance, and then we’re just going to talk about it, but you’re not going to read slides to me,” Kirby told Semafor’s “CEO…
The leaders of US AI labs are having a come-together moment.After Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said on Saturday that he’s “become convinced” AI needs to pace its development to avert disaster, other AI leaders quickly logged on to endorse the idea.Most notably, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on X, “I…
Hisayuki Idekoba hears regularly about how broken hiring can feel.As head of the job platform Indeed, job seekers tell him they have applied to roles only to get nothing back, while employers complain about unresponsive candidates and surging application volumes, thanks in part to AI bots that flood open roles…
A group of online creators with a combined 46 million followers is demanding Lowe’s and Home Depot — two of the largest home-improvement stores in the US — to cut ties with Flock Safety amid a nationwide campaign against large retailers that may have contracts with the surveillance tech company.In…
My boss had a proposal: It was time to replace him with AI.It was late spring, following months of AI-attributed layoffs across the economy that left workers wondering: Am I next? In the name of journalism, my editor and direct manager, Ryan Kailath, agreed to be a guinea pig.I’m an…
My husband and I recently spent two weeks in Portugal. We had a great time, ate fantastic food, and drank a lot of wine, but it was also our least favorite European vacation to date.As outdoorsy travelers, we missed the hiking and adventure activities we usually prioritize. We also made…
