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Zohran Mamdani is making a big bet on turning city-owned property into affordable housing.The New York City mayor plans to oversee the construction of 200,000 affordable homes across the five boroughs. It’s a significant undertaking that will require new builds, hotel and office building conversions, and widespread rezoning.To control costs…
When I graduated from college in 2021, all I cared about was moving abroad.As a Spanish and communications student, I was supposed to spend a full year studying abroad in Seville, Spain — something I had looked forward to for years.Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, though, I had to leave…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is backing a stealthy physical AI startup run by former Tesla and Meta employees, in the latest sign that investors are rushing into robotics.The startup, called Alfred, is also being funded by Khosla Ventures, SV Angel, Chapter One, and others, according to internal documents reviewed by…
OpenAI needs help reversing the American public’s souring view of data centers. Loading audio narration… The leading AI company shared a new job opening over the weekend for a position it called a “community engagement lead.” These new employees would be tasked with talking to local communities in places where…
Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher who now runs the AI Futures Project, says the artificial-intelligence industry is racing to build systems that companies still do not fully understand or control. Loading audio narration… Kokotajlo spoke with Business Insider’s Reem Makhoul and Barbara Corbellini Duarte in May 2025, explaining that…
Last year, my nervous system felt like it was always in survival mode. I’d just moved to Seattle for work, leaving most of my friends in sunny California. Loading audio narration… Seattle winters, meanwhile, are known for being rainy and gloomy rather than snowy. The sun would set around 5…
Google is building a new AI “personal agent” for Gemini that can take actions on the user’s behalf, Business Insider has learned. Loading audio narration… Employees at the company have been testing the new AI agent, internally named “Remy,” which runs in a staff-only version of Google’s Gemini app and…
The US is missing out on cheap Chinese EVs, but Volvo is open to changing that. Loading audio narration… In an interview on Wednesday, Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson told Business Insider that the Swedish brand would consider building cars from its Chinese parent company, Geely, at its factory in South…
