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AI companies are asking their employees to flag AI writing — and one wants a steak emoji
For the past three years, the em dash has been a popular tell for identifying AI writing. Now, AI startups want their employees to self-disclose. On Monday, Varun Anand, the cofounder of AI sales and marketing startup Clay, shared his company’s recently rolled-out AI writing policy in an X post…
A major deadline for student-loan borrowers is here — and glitches persist
The first batch of student-loan borrowers is required to switch to a new repayment plan this week — but some of them are running into issues. After President Donald Trump’s administration eliminated the Biden-era SAVE plan, which gave borrowers cheaper monthly payments, servicers began notifying…
I turned down MIT to choose a little-known college my mom wanted me to attend. Not everyone understood my choice.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations for our Boot Camp video series with Hannah Mitchell, 18, a student from Denver studying marine engineering at the Merchant Marine Academy — the only federal service academy where graduates can pursue a civilian maritime career rather than immediately…
Muse is supposed to make money when you use it to shop. What happens if you just don’t shop that much?
Would you let an AI do all your shopping for you? Do you want an AI to do all of your shopping for you? I’m asking because the answers are going to be key to the success or failure of a new class of AI Agents: services like Meta’s Muse, or the super-hot Instinct startup
Sylvester Stallone, 80, says, ‘You’re never too old to be in love’
He might be cinema’s consummate tough guy, but at 80 years old, Sylvester Stallone is ready to be vulnerable. In an episode of The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast released on September 26, the “Rocky” star reflected on aging, parenting, anxiety, and the regrets he carries into his 80s…
I raised $200K on Kickstarter for my sunrise alarm clock. The lessons I learned while preparing the campaign were just as valuable.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Emily Byrne, the founder of Rise Centered, a company that makes sunrise alarm clocks from natural materials. It has been edited for length and clarity. I launched a sunrise alarm clock made from natural materials on Kickstarter in 2023, raising…
I practiced attachment parenting and co-slept with my kids. Now they are independent young adults.
When my kids were little, I knew so many parents who used babysitters or went away for a few nights without their kids. I understood — many parents have to work and need time away from their kids for their own well-being. But that just never was me. In my kids’ first few years of
OpenAI staffer says he missed his sister’s wedding to help with AI safety incidents
The past few months have apparently been “hell” for OpenAI’s security teams. On Sunday, an agent-security staffer at the AI lab, who posts anonymously on X as @joedaroo, wrote that he’s sacrificed time with his family as the models have become more capable and harder to contain. OpenAI confirmed…
The US Navy’s shipyard overhaul is going to cost billions more and take decades longer than planned, watchdog warns
The US Navy’s plan to repair its public shipyards is expected to cost billions more and take decades longer than originally planned, according to a new government watchdog report. The Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program is intended to fix poor conditions at the Navy’s four public…
I was my boyfriend’s first — and only — Hinge match
On a random Tuesday night in April, loneliness paid a visit to Matthew. He’d been single for two years and was completely content with his bachelor life when he realized he missed having someone in his life, and going on a first date again didn’t seem too bad. Twenty minutes later, he had…