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2 things you can do to get promoted, according to a PwC exec
An immediate — and effective — response to your boss’s Slack could help you land that promotion. PwC’s Dallas Dolen has spent the better part of two decades conducting performance reviews and promotion meetings, and he said there are two things workers can do to improve their chances of getting…
The unsettling rise of grandmAIslop
When Ben Metcalfe recently visited his grandparents, he was greeted by an AI-generated caricature of one of their family photos hanging on the kitchen wall. “I understand that there was good intention behind doing it,” says Metcalfe, a Gen Zer who works in AI governance. “At the same time, it’s a…
The US wants an AI-era ‘red phone’ with China
The US has proposed a direct channel with China to notify both governments of major AI-related national security incidents even as their AI rivalry intensifies. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the proposal was made during talks in New York on Sunday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Their…
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian are letting their daughters chart their own paths — with one caveat
Alexis Ohanian says he and Serena Williams have one rule for letting their daughters chart their own paths. “The one rule in the house is we don’t care what you want to do when you grow up, as long as you do your best at it and you’re doing something useful,” Ohanian told E! News
I felt confident in my appearance and how I dressed. Then, I moved to Japan.
Moving to a new country comes with plenty of adjustments, from language to social rules, but I didn’t expect to feel out of place in my own body. Before moving to Japan from New Zealand, I was mostly content with how I looked, having already survived the body-image hurdles of early motherhood…
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI CEOs have ‘ulterior reasons’ for warning about doomsday
Don’t let the black leather jacket fool you, Jensen Huang isn’t a doomer. Nvidia’s CEO said as much in an interview with CBS News aired on Sunday. He accused the leaders of the frontier AI labs of being disingenuous in their warnings that, without more AI oversight, the products they are building…
Trump’s tech advisor has advice for AI companies worried they’re building unsafe models: ‘Just stop’
There’s a simple solution for AI companies that feel like their models are developing at a frightening speed: Hit the brakes. That’s the advice Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, gave during an interview with Fox News Sunday. “It’s very…
Meta’s Muse TV ad is the latest sign that AI agents are going mainstream
The next shiny new AI thing has arrived: The personal AI agent. Once mostly the domain of Silicon Valley coders who used them to amp up their efficiency at work (and anxiety levels), the AI agent is now being welcomed into the home. And with the release of Meta’s new personal AI agent, Muse, the
How America’s Best Restaurant Serves 450 Pounds of Meat Every Week
Kabawa was just named the best restaurant in America by Food & Wine, and the best in New York City by The New York Times. So, what does it take to run a full service at America’s best restaurant? A 50-person team turns eight and a half hours of prep into a $150, three-course Caribbean
A former Siemens CEO thought he was investing $2.5 million in Deepak Chopra’s app. Prosecutors say it was fraud.
In 2023, a wellness entrepreneur pitched Klaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa, on an opportunity to invest in Deepak Chopra’s meditation app. Kleinfeld invested $2.5 million. Now federal prosecutors say the entrepreneur, Wanja Oberhof, embezzled most of that money, using it for…