People

Your AI hype man might be quietly ruining your people skills

Your sycophantic AI bestie might be making it harder to admit when you’re wrong. Loading audio narration… Sure, a chatbot that agrees with you can feel great in the moment, but over time, that validation could quietly start to shape how you deal with real people.”When AI systems are optimized…

TikTok ran ads for AI apps that digitally undress people in photos

AI apps that let users digitally undress people in photos are using TikTok to find new customers. Loading audio narration… An investigation by the AI content detection service Copyleaks, shared exclusively with Business Insider, found that TikTok hosted more than 50 sexually suggestive ads for apps and websites that promoted…

People are splurging on first-class tickets in the hopes of a 3-minute TSA line

Travelers checking in at United Airlines' Premier Access desk at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.JOSHUA LOTT/AFP via Getty ImagesSome passengers have figured out a way to get through TSA fast.Passengers told Business Insider they shelled out for first-class tickets to get past snaking lines.Several airlines do offer first-class passengers expedited priority lines…

The top places in the US where people are moving to

Many California counties are still seeing more people move out than move in, unlike in Maine, new data showed. Loading audio narration… The Census Bureau’s population change estimates show how the country’s 3,143 counties and county equivalents grew or shrank between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025.Business Insider looked…

How Barry Diller’s People Inc. learned to live without Google

Lots of publishers are freaked out about “Google Zero” — the notion that one day, Google will stop sending them any traffic at all.That’s more or less already happened at People Inc., says CEO Neil Vogel: Vogel says Google referrals used to account for 70% of his properties’ traffic, but…