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GLP-1 drugs are fueling the rise of the ‘big kids’ market, one mega restaurant chain says
Kids’ meals are in vogue, according to Cava CEO Brett Schulman. The slop bowl chain is seeing an increasing consumer base that he calls “big kids” — adult customers on GLP-1 drugs opting for kids’ portions. In response to a question during a Tuesday earnings call about how weight-loss drugs were…
Rosie O’Donnell says Mounjaro is part of why she’s ‘never felt better’ at 64
At 64, Rosie O’Donnell said she’s reached a place where she feels healthier and more comfortable in her body. “I never felt better. And it’s sad to me that it took me till I was 64 to get here, but part of it is Mounjaro,” O’Donnell said on Tuesday’s episode of the “Good Hang with
OpenAI is quietly testing a pay-to-reset quota feature. Here’s what we know.
A mysterious new function has been appearing for some users of ChatGPT’s Plus plan. A Reddit user on ChatGPT’s $20 monthly plan posted in the ChatGPT forum on Monday, saying they were presented with a black “pay $8 to reset” button when they logged in and found that their weekly usage quota had…
Taiwan is training its Abrams tank crews to hide and refuel inside its bustling urban sprawl
TAOYUAN, TAIWAN — Nestled inside a construction yard about a mile outside Taiwan’s main airport, a platoon of M1A2T Abrams tanks lies in wait, covered by tarps and debris. One of the main battle tanks, sporting a metal anti-drone cage, roars forward while crews prepare to refuel its powerful…
Elon Musk says SpaceX’s AI revenue will outpace all its other products by next month
Elon Musk has predicted that AI will earn SpaceX more money than its other offerings. On Tuesday, SpaceX posted a 30-minute all-hands recording on X that CEO Elon Musk held with employees, during which he said AI has become an “extremely important part of SpaceX’s future.” “Probably our AI revenue…
Tesla built a Starlink internet dish into its Cybercab robotaxi
Tesla is giving its Cybercab a little help from another Elon Musk company. On Monday, the EV maker shared photos on X of what it called the “First Cybercab with Starlink integration.” The images show a square-like cutout in the roofline, where the satellite internet equipment is built directly into…
Trump’s student-loan repayment overhaul faces a new lawsuit from the biggest public service and healthcare unions
President Donald Trump’s student-loan changes are facing another legal battle. On Tuesday, a coalition of unions filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education seeking to block Trump’s new student-loan changes, including its narrowed definition of professional degrees. The suit argues that the…
Former OpenAI executive Kevin Weil has sought a valuation of at least $750 million for his new AI science startup
Kevin Weil, the former chief product officer of OpenAI, has sought a valuation of at least $750 million for a new AI science startup, in the latest example of AI pushing into science. Weil is aiming to raise $150 million in the round, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions. The…
Here’s the severance package TikTok offered to laid-off workers in its Nashville office, which is shutting down
TikTok is shuttering its Nashville office in early October and laying off 250 staffers. Last week, the company told impacted workers they’d remain on payroll for the next couple of months before the office officially closed. After that, employees are being offered one month of severance pay plus an…
Claude’s watermarking poses the question: Are you willing to proudly own that you write with AI?
This week, Anthropic announced that it will be adding in a watermark to its outputs, making it highly detectable to tell if something was “processed by Claude.” This should strike fear into the hearts of any students who have become addicted to the sweet, sweet nectar of AI-written term papers and…