Shift, a startup founded by former Formula One engineer Bercan Kilic, sent camera-wearing cleaners and a chef into a New York apartment to record household tasks for free, testing whether first-person…
A parent in a California suburb near OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google joined the Reed Union School District AI task force after discovering their teenage son used AI to solve math homework by photographi…
Investor Kevin O'Leary said on a podcast that companies he backs are bypassing traditional consultants and using AI for tasks once outsourced, citing lower costs over the past 24 months. Major consult…
Many tech workers are spending nights and weekends learning new AI tools to keep pace with rapid change, according to a Business Insider report. Maahir Sharma, a 24-year-old software engineer at a Big…
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth admitted during an internal meeting that employee morale is among the worst in the company's 20-year history, citing layoffs and reassignments to menial AI training roles. The…
Digital forensics expert Hany Farid warned that ordinary internet users can no longer reliably distinguish AI-generated images, video, or audio from real content, as deepfake content has grown by roug…
Former Nvidia executives Greg Estes, Jeff Brown, Devang Sachdev, and Vishal Lulla launched EverGreen, a global network of Nvidia alumni that provides early capital, technical guidance, and design part…
A Glean Work AI Institute survey of 6,000 digital workers found 77% use multiple AI tools weekly, 33% use four or more, and 60% shuffle prompts across tools when outputs fail. Despite individual time …
Ben & Jerry's cofounder Ben Cohen advised young people to pursue careers based on passion rather than money, warning against becoming Uber drivers due to Waymo's autonomous vehicles. He emphasized fin…
Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda predicts 'crazy protests' over AI-driven job losses, saying fears about AI eliminating jobs are 'justified' and that companies, including her own, are scaling back on hir…
MicroAGI, a German startup, is offering free home cleanings in New York City through its Shift app in exchange for first-person video footage of cleaners at work, which it uses to train and license AI…
Wharton researchers Steven Shaw and Gideon Nave coined 'cognitive surrender' to describe people's tendency to defer to AI even when it's wrong, finding that participants accepted incorrect AI answers …
Business Insider analyzed data to profile the typical New Yorker: a 38-year-old renter earning $86,000 annually, working in healthcare or education, and spending over 30% of income on housing. The cit…
Figma CEO Dylan Field told The New York Times' "Hard Fork" podcast that AI-generated design produces average outputs and humans remain essential for creating novel work, as the company releases AI "vi…
A Yale Budget Lab analysis found that AI has had a modest impact on the U.S. job market since ChatGPT's 2022 release, with no connection to changes in employment or unemployment. The study shows AI is…
The U.S. Commerce Department invoked national-security export controls to force Anthropic to disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all customers after officials demonstrated a technique to by…
Maahir Sharma, a 24-year-old software engineer in Dublin, built an AI agent that called hotels to negotiate rates and perks. The agent handled full conversations and secured better deals, even after a…
Disney is launching a beta AI tool in July that generates TV ads, including scripts, video, and music, targeting small and medium advertisers. The move comes as consumer backlash against AI-generated …
PwC global chairman Mohamed Kande said at VivaTech that companies adopting AI at scale are increasing headcount, not cutting it, and that workers become more valuable with AI use. PwC's 2026 jobs baro…
Rathesh Prabakar, a 26-year-old senior software engineer in Bengaluru, used ChatGPT to accelerate his job search after resigning from a billing company in October 2025. He secured a new role at a prod…