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Perplexity could be the latest entrant to the red-hot AI coding wars.The San Francisco-based AI search startup has built an internal AI coding tool that it may launch publicly later down the line, a person familiar with the matter said.For now, Perplexity has codenamed the tool “Teammate,” and its engineers…
Microsoft is offering laid-off US employees up to 39 weeks’ base pay for most US employees, according to severance offers reviewed by Business Insider.Microsoft on Monday announced plans to lay off around 4,800 employees, or 2.1% of its global workforce, confirming Business Insider’s earlier report.The US severance package includes a…
Summer camp is back in session — if your bunkmates run the world’s biggest tech and media companies.Tech CEOs are descending on Sun Valley, Idaho, as the annual Allen & Co. conference kicks off on Tuesday. Known as “summer camp for billionaires,” the invite-only gathering is expected to draw leaders…
Admissions at some of the top colleges and universities in the US have become increasingly competitive as tuition costs continue to climb, but for the nation’s top students, earning a spot next to a former president on the alumni list could be worth the hassle.The Ivy League has long been…
HomeGoods can be a great place to buy a stool or a small side table, but I wouldn’t buy larger furniture pieces here.For example, many of the sofas and big chairs I’ve seen in the store look amazing from afar, but the quality hasn’t impressed me much.Plus, at HomeGoods, you…
During my taste test, I learned you can’t go wrong with Krispy Kreme’s classics.In my experience, the original glazed doughnuts always taste a bit fresher than the rest of Krispy Kreme’s varieties. They’re also perfect in their simplicity: just a sweet glaze on a soft, squishy, yeasty doughnut.I wasn’t surprised…
The World Cup’s biggest stars are here to remind us what high performance looks like.Just as superstar engineers are dominating the biggest jobs in AI, so too are soccer’s top players taking the World Cup by storm. With the tournament’s superstars on a scoring streak, it looks increasingly likely that…
Toyota is investing $3.6 billion to expand its San Antonio, Texas, assembly plant, a move expected to create about 2,000 new jobs and bring Toyota Tacoma pickup production from Mexico to the Lone Star State. The automaker announced Monday that it will build a second vehicle assembly line at its…
OpenAI is making a bigger play for investment banking.The AI company is seeking someone with two or more years of investment experience to join its Applied AI team in San Francisco as a “subject matter expert.””You will bring deep, current knowledge of how investment banking work is actually performed, including…
When my college friend invited me to Sweden for her 30th birthday, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. In fact, I booked my flight to Europe within an hour of receiving her invitation in the mail.Her camp-themed celebration was set to take place over a summer weekend in the small,…
