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Lady Gaga’s tech CEO fiancée is training an AI model on data collected from human skin
Michael Polansky is busy. In the last decade, he’s cofounded a philanthropic nonprofit, launched an early-stage venture capital firm, helmed an asset management firm, got engaged to Lady Gaga, and somehow, had time to become a Grammy-nominated artist for co-writing seven songs on his fiancée’s…
China’s intelligence chief just gave a revealing glimpse into what Beijing fears most about AI
China’s spy chief just offered a window into Beijing’s priorities when it comes to AI’s biggest risks. Chen Yixin, China’s minister of state security, published an article Sunday morning in China Cyberspace, a journal run by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s internet regulator…
What smart people are saying about the ’60 Minutes’ relaunch
CBS premiered the 59th season of “60 Minutes” on Sunday, with familiar faces like Norah O’Donnell, Lesley Stahl, and Jon Wertheim. Sunday’s episode included three main segments: an interview with a US Air Force Officer rescued from Iran, a segment about brokers offering felons paths to pardons from…
All eyes are on what Trump and Xi will do amid grim warnings of an AI apocalypse. Here’s what they’ve said.
In the face of a grim debate about an AI-fueled apocalypse, both President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are locked in on keeping up the pace of AI progress, not slowing it down. Trump downplayed concerns about AI researchers’ warnings that AI could threaten humanity’s existence during…
I moved my family from Utah to Thailand to work remotely. 8 months later, we came home.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Braydon Barrett, 32, who moved to Asia with his family in 2024 but moved back to Utah eight months later. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Living abroad was never really on my radar until I got married. My wife had always wanted to travel
Turns out you really do only have to ask: Trump says he will remove tariffs on Irish whiskey after visit to Ireland
Well, that was easy. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would remove tariffs on Irish whiskey after golfer Shane Lowry and the Irish prime minister did the unthinkable: They asked him. “Everybody’s been bugging me,” the president said during remarks at the Irish Open. “They’re saying, can you…
I travel often, but just took my first luxury cruise. The food was great, and it was easy to relax, but there was 1 unexpected drawback.
For all the things I loved about cruising, one of my original reservations did bear out. I usually think of travel as a way to experience a place and its culture. I like wandering neighborhoods, eating local cuisine, figuring out public transportation, and having the kinds of unplanned interactions…
The AI doomsday debate has reached a boiling point
Existential angst What do you do if you feel like you’re helping build something that could contribute to the end of humanity? This is the existential question confronting the AI industry, a debate that only intensified after Jacob Coxon, an Anthropic researcher, quit last week with a stark…
I’m 45 and spent months trying to find a new corporate job. Now I’m delivering food to support my 2 kids.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Camila Valim. It has been edited for length and clarity. I spent two decades in corporate as head of marketing for an entertainment group. I left that job due to burnout. I pivoted to becoming a professional organizer and started a successful…
Read the memo: CBS News leadership is selling staffers on ’60 Minutes’ as it relaunches under Bari Weiss
CBS News is getting employees hyped about the first full season of “60 Minutes” under top editor Bari Weiss, months after a string of high-profile exits. “We don’t often send notes to the whole newsroom. But today calls for it. It’s a big moment for 60 Minutes and CBS,” newsroom leaders, including…