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Anthropic said the US can cement a one- to two-year AI lead against China — but only if it acts fast. Loading audio narration… The company laid out two possible scenarios for the AI landscape in 2028 in a lengthy Thursday post: one in which the US restricts China’s access…
Marc Lore wants your blood. Loading audio narration… The serial entrepreneur and Wonder CEO has relied on artificial intelligence to tell him what to eat for three meals each day over the past year, he told Semafor’s “Compound Interest” podcast in an episode published on Tuesday.”When I’m not eating at…
On an otherwise innocuous morning in January 2025, I lost my job. Loading audio narration… When the CEO asked me into his office, I already knew what was coming. Management had held an emergency meeting earlier that morning, warning us that mass layoffs were coming.Two of my colleagues had already…
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…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Louis Squires, 71, owner of Magnolia Room Cafeteria in Tucker, Georgia. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I had been a regular customer at the S&S cafeteria in the Atlanta suburbs for years. So, when I…
Northern Ireland is just a short trip across the sea from my home country, Scotland, but it wasn’t until I got into a relationship with a Northern Irish man that I finally visited. Loading audio narration… Three months into our relationship, we ventured over so that I could meet his…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jasmine Bhatti, CEO of Navi Nurses. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Since I was in college, I always knew I wanted to make an impact in healthcare at a big level.At the time, my grandmother…
I arrived early at my local Gap expecting a crowd for the Victoria Beckham collaboration. Instead, I found mall walkers — and later, clothes that were as cute as they were hard to wear. Loading audio narration… It wasn’t until nearly 10 a.m. at my New Jersey mall that five…
For as long as I can remember, we spent the Saturday before Father’s Day with our extended family nearby at my cousin’s home outside Philadelphia, swimming, dancing to live music, and immersing ourselves in the company of our cousins. Some traveled from as far as California, and we’d mingle with…
Small and seasonal US businesses rely on about 100,000 international students to boost their staff each summer. Loading audio narration… This year, though, demand threatens to outweigh supply.”We’re seeing the same number of businesses participate. However, the requested number of supplemental participants might be slightly less,” Kasey Simon, president of…
