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3 ex-Apple researchers want to make AI less awkward. Lightspeed, Accel, and Nvidia are giving them $50 million to do it.
A startup that’s trying to make AI models better conversationalists with more emotional intelligence has just raised $50 million. Seattle-based Nuance says it wants to build models that can hold face-to-face conversations without the lag and awkwardness of existing chatbots. Fangchang Ma, Nuance’s…
Lovable CEO Anton Osika quoted a famous essay on nuclear war to calm AI apocalypse fears
Amid all the doom and gloom about AI’s escalating doomsday debate, Lovable CEO Anton Osika offered a glimmer of calm over the weekend. The Swedish startup founder shared a passage by C.S. Lewis, the British author and Christian thinker best known for “The Chronicles of Narnia,” about how to live…
Your Long-Term Care Premium Just Jumped 60%? Don’t Cancel, Do This Instead
The letter arrives with a return address you barely recognize and a number you can’t miss: Your long-term care premium is going up 60%. You’ve got a few weeks to decide. And your first instinct — I’ll just cancel — is the one move that guarantees you lose. Here’s why. Suppose you’re 81. You bought
I’m in my 60s and can’t find full-time work. I took Social Security early and filed for bankruptcy to stay afloat.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Thomas Heep, a job seeker in his 60s who lives in Denver. He was laid off in April 2025 and is still looking for full-time work. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I was laid off from my job as an operations manager on
2027 cars are rolling in slower than usual. That’s good news for 2026 buyers.
The auto industry is clinging to 2026. At the end of August, just 12.4% of new-vehicle inventory was 2027 model-year, according to CarGurus data shared with Business Insider. That’s a sharp break from recent patterns: At the same point in each of the past three years, roughly one-quarter of new…
He had a gig mowing lawns at 11. By 25, he had turned it into a multimillion-dollar landscaping business.
Some kids mow lawns for pocket money and move on. Cody Kuebler kept at it, turning the childhood gig into a multimillion-dollar business. Now 25, Kuebler said he spent his summers growing up cutting his neighbors’ grass for around $25 a job, first with an aging push mower, and later with one his…
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…
Bryan & Kate forever
As soon as they had sex on July 27, Bryan Johnson tells me, he knew his cofounder and girlfriend, Kate Tolo, was hours away from getting her period. Normally, the couple has sex two to three times a week, most often between 3 and 5 p.m. “Too close to Bryan’s bedtime” — 8:30 p.m. —
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…