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I’m a founder and decadelong Microsoft engineer. Here’s who I’d hire to lead the next stage of AI.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rob Collie, a former Microsoft engineering leader. Collie’s book about organizational AI strategy, “Fair Game,” will be published on August 11. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. I spent 13 years at Microsoft and was one of…
I’ve been to every major US national park. There are 5 I don’t plan on returning to, despite having great experiences there.
In my opinion, Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska is one of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful places on earth. That’s why some may find it surprising that I don’t see myself going back anytime soon. Although I loved experiencing Glacier Bay on a Norwegian Bliss cruise, visiting can be both costly…
Palantir CEO says Dario Amodei is not the ‘caricature’ that Americans might believe him to be
Alex Karp continue to drag the AI labs — while defending one of their leaders, Dario Amodei. The Palantir CEO spent July outlining his thesis for “sovereign AI.” Firms should want to keep their data, he said; they shouldn’t fork it over to a third-party like OpenAI or Anthropic. (You might remember…
Meet the Hunt family, the billionaires behind the Kansas City Chiefs and one of America’s richest dynasties
In May 2024, Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered a commencement speech at Benedictine College, a small private Catholic liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas. In his address, Butker told women in the audience they’d been told “the most diabolical lies” about the value in pursuing a career…
Inside Goodwill, the world’s biggest thrift machine
Goodwill handles over 4.4 billion pounds of donations every year. Most of it gets cleaned, priced, and sold at a retail store. Now, Goodwill is using AI listing tools to sell the best items online before they ever reach the floor. That’s squeezing the flippers who built businesses on those finds…
Google Earth’s new AI image generation function didn’t survive a day after users deepfaked disasters
Google pulled a new AI image-editing feature from Google Earth less than 24 hours after launch, The company launched the function on Thursday, allowing Gemini’s Nano Banana 2 image model to access Google Earth and transform locations with text prompts. The function, however, quickly got out of…
I’m a registered dietitian. Here are 12 of my favorite budget-friendly anti-inflammatory foods at Aldi.
As a registered dietitian, I think Aldi has a great selection of anti-inflammatory items at a great price. Julie Andrews I’m a registered dietitian who loves shopping at Aldi for budget-friendly, anti-inflammatory foods. My trip to Aldi is never complete without grabbing some steamed edamame, Greek…
The ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ post-credits scene is a cosmic cliffhanger. Here’s what it could mean.
As the credits roll, then keep rolling without a mid-credits scene at the end of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” your Spidey senses may begin to tingle in a bad way. But rest assured, there is an end-credits scene in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” — you just have to wait until the very end. What happens
Texas Stock Exchange officially goes live to rival NYSE and Nasdaq
A new rival to Wall Street officially debuted on Friday as the Texas Stock Exchange went fully live for the first time with trading available for all of its listed tickers. The Texas Stock Exchange, which is based in Dallas, is the first new major stock exchange to launch in the U.S. in decades. The
Disappointing photos show what backpacking across Europe is really like
I’d seen it all over Instagram — backpackers posing in otherwise empty cityscapes and epic natural scenes, with inspirational captions about life being an adventure. I started traveling with just a backpack before I took on the role as a travel reporter for Business Insider five years ago, when I…